Dee Snider - Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction?
Вставка
- Опубліковано 7 сер 2018
- If you're new, Subscribe! → bit.ly/subscribe-loudwire
Twisted Sister legend Dee Snider sits down with Joe DiVita to prove and disprove what's written on Wikipedia.
Go here → loudwire.com/
Like us → / loudwire
Follow us → / loudwire
Get our newsletter → loudwire.com/newsletter/
"I'm an icon for godssakes!!" Dee's really cool -- saw him do a solo show a few yrs ago and even at the age of about 62 he was jumping all over the place!
When you don't do drugs, you can rock into your 80s.
Icon my ass!! Dee, If you would have Walmart mic farted at the PMRC hearing as your opening statement, I’d agree and upgrade you to legend. Be that as it may, you’re still super cool. 😂
I saw Dee at disneyland once but he was with his family and I didn't want to bother him
It'd be hard to resist but good move, brother.
I saw him at Universal Studios Florida with his family and just admired him from afar. We were on the Jurassic Park ride and him, his family and his bodyguard were in the car in front of us. His security guy was so big he took up the whole back seat. He seemed super nice though.
I met him in 2004 in Valdosta, GA. His band was playing a free concert in the parking lot of a bookstore for a 4th of July celebration. Across the parking lot was a regional wrestling show. I was with the wrestlers since I knew them personally.
Later that night at the bar, Dee stops by our table and wanted to tell the guys they put on a hell of a show and that he’d watch when he could from the stage.
He asked me if I wrestled and I told him that I was in the Air Force. He shook my hand and bought us a pitcher of beer.
He’s a very down to earth guy. Very cool dude!
I never met him... Feelsbad
Most respectful thing you can do with your icons. If they are working and meeting people, that's cool. But everyday family time? Its their time off!
I love the fact that he's been married to his wife for 40 years. Not too much of that nowadays, sadly.
John Kay of Steppenwolf and Eric Stewart of 10cc have each been married to their respective wives for decades as well.
he outlasted Al and Tipper Gore that's for sure.
@@hootinouts and steven van zandt
It’s one of my dreams to have something like that
Yeah , Suzette and Daniel " dee " snider are true to each other !!
See testifying in front of congress during that Tipper Gore PMRC...dude was full on metal, I’ll never forget.
He was brilliant
He kicked the government's ass in Congress guess they didn't know he is actually intelligent lol
he made us proud! SMF for life!!!
Him and Frank Zappa showed that musicians aren't just a bunch of freaks... Some of them actually have intelligence, more than the government that's for sure...
His battle against censorship makes him one of the most important people in all media imo
The difference between Gene Simmons and other rockers is literally embodied by Dee Snider:
Playfully “aggressive” but not full of ego
I’ll take Twisted Sister over KISS everyday if the week! Gene Simmons is easily the most overrated musician in rock.
Dee has a huge ego. He had 2 corny hits and acts like he's a God.
Yeah gene Simmons is a ego maniac think he's a god I like some kiss but kiss is not all that good at least dee always remember who made him who he was the fans gene couldn't give a shit about his fans
Any metalhead from the 80s that says they didn't love Twisted Sister is lying
I bought their debut Album Under the Blade in the 80's I became a SMF instanly
I think a lot of us more sneaky-loved them. I was a kid when we're not gonna take it came out, but in the late 80s as a teen, we where all more into hardcore and thrash. But we all secretly loved TS... and KISS actually. But you know, when your a teenager you gotta pretend to only be into the hard stuff. Image and all that. And by the time the 90s came around, it became more about the flannelette and black jeans, and as the joke amongst my scummy friends went, girls getting confused and thinking us metalheads had feelings (Can thank Kurt for that lol).
I saw Dee Snider live in 2019. He's still a star and absolutely rocks still
Absolutely! His son should take some lessons from him about stage presence so he’s not doing backflips when he’s not singing.
His kid can rock like his old man, but he needs to develop a stage persona.
Me too!
I missed the : "they do get that wrong sometimes"
David Gómez Lol To True 😂😂😂
Yeah man where is that guy?
@@Nahelus they said that Graham is in México
i cri evrytiem
Egor❤
when lemmy walked by in that clip
Best part of this interview
Dee is doing something right. Dude looks fit and doing well. It's great to see. Always had respect for him.
He looks awesome
his song were not gonna take it helped me keep suicide out of my head when i was in junior highschool
thank you dee snider
I’m so glad you’re still here 💕 Great job on staying strong
@@corvidwyrm4113 yep now all im worried about is keeping my dogs healthy and happy
"I was almost fired from Twisted Sister for being too caffeinated." - Mwahaha, one of the best reasons for being fired in Rock 'n' Roll history if that ever had happened. :D
When someone calls you by the wrong name, immediately call them by the wrong name back again. You'll be amazed how quickly they remember your correct name after that.
I tried this with people who spelled my name wrong in emails...they continued to spell my name wrong anyway...so annoying.
@@ShadowCat1321 Lol sad
@@ShadowCat1321 I can't believe they spelled Shadow wrong
Dee Snider is the proof that Glam Metal, even with it's cheesy factor, brought us some pumping music.
Hats off to you!
twisted sister isn't really glam tho
@@FirstnameLastname-nd9wx And what is it then my good sir? Because they are probably among the ones who made the genre popular
It's just hard rock really. They don't have the musical elements of glam, and the makeup thing is kinda ironic, because they don't look attractive with it. I think Dee Snider said something like they should've been called "hid", instead of "glam", because they were hideous.
Twisted Sister wasn't as glam as say, New York Dolls or Poison.
@@SantomPh New York Dolls rock🎸
Why does he look and sound like Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David combined
That intro is straight up Leon White.
OMG you’re right lmfao
He's a Long Islander, he talks like a Long Islander.
They're all from New York and Long Island, so I'd imagine they'd all have similar speech patterns/accents.
I heard a little bit of Gilbert Gottfried lol
That intro is hilarious haha. This was a great FoF episode!
one of the best frontmen of all time
Crixo I'd say one of the best
Person of all time in general
@Fred Ragers VII a pedo is someone thats finds a child sexually attacked as in a child that has not even hit puberty yet. Yes 15 us under the legal limit but osbthis really true?
Totally agree with you, Dee is so underrated a lot of people don’t know how great he really is.
It's just not the same without Graham's social awkwardness ...
Mark Wildt what happened to Graham?
@______ yeah , the whole 2 handed bow and handshake thing was douchey
You're right, it's better.
@Joe Kinchicken Calm down, boomer.
@Cameron cash Hopkins Ok boomer
This was a good one. And Dee was a great interview.
It was cool hearing about the evolution of a song like "We're Not Gonna Take It."
And how his wife said "You're a classically trained counter-tenor" to convince him to write and sing a Christmas song for her.
And knowing that Celine Dion sang that song and sold 14 million copies of the album it was on?
Awesome.
I doubt it would ever happen, but it would just be too cool if Dee and Celine would do a version of that song together as a duet.
Don't scoff.
David Bowie once did a very beautiful duet with Bing Crosby.
Anything is possible.
Instead of rubbing cocaine or heroin on his gums to see if it's "the good stuff" Dee rubs coffee grounds. He can taste over-roasted Colombian beans like nobody else.
Dee I loved your music starting back in my early middle school years. Zero drugs too, that’s always a plus.
"I am a coffee freak."
Yup, yup. Sounds about right.
Dackson Flux
“Coffee“
"Rubbing the coffee grounds on my teeth."
You don't say?
You can tell he never did hard drugs or alcohol. He aged very well unlike others of his generation.
@@PrimxInxTeal oh yeah, mad respect.
Satan? He’s too nice to be Satan. I met him in 2004 in Valdosta, GA. They were doing a free concert for the 4th of July in the parking lot of a bookstore. It was part of a huge strip mall. On the other side of the parking lot was a free wrestling event which is where I was because I knew some of the guys performing.
Fast forward a few hours and Dee Fucking Snyder walked in to the Mellow Mushroom, shook hands with the wrestlers (Glacier was their headliner and a drinking buddy at the time). Glacier introduced me to Dee and told him I was in the military. He shook my hand, thanked me for serving, and then dropped $100 bill on the table to pay for our tab.
That was my one and only time meeting him. Dee Snyder is as straight as it gets. Nothing but respect for that dude.
Dee shouting out Carnivore! Rest In Peace Peter Steele.
I know! They need to have Graham do a short documentary on them.
Where?
Triplashere lives!
@@cornhole4725 4:12. Love your avatar btw. My favorite Queensryche album.
When I was a teenager my brother spray painted "if you can't eat it or f**k it, kill it!" on the wall of some building. Carnivore was awesome
Twisted Sister... The most Underrated heavy metal band besides W.A.S.P
Ratt is also underrated.
Twisted Sister and W.A.S.P. underrated? Lmao! Let me guess you're too young to have experienced the 80s? ;)
@@renegadenotehead8704 believe me. I know the 80s
Then how can you say that these bands are underrated? I grew up in a small town in Scandinavia and even my _grandmother_ knew Twisted Sister back then! In addition to that, _Stay Hungry_ went triple platinum in the US and was constantly played on the radio. Is Michael Jackson also "underrated" according to your definition?
Blue Cheer, one of the originals
His last two solo albums are amazing. Disappointed there won't be another one after he announced he will not be recording anymore.
I never took them seriously because of the make-up and costumes - until I saw them open for Iron Maiden. Some bands struggle to match their album sound - these guys brought it. Dee is not just a singer - he's an entertainer and very intelligent
This was me, exactly. They were great live. I walked in to that show annoyed that I had to put up with a Twisted Sister set. I ended up wishing it was longer. I bought “Stay Hungry” just a few days later.
They also had a strong stage presence. Dee’s goofy pink and black costume with the tassel epaulets actually made for a surprisingly imposing presence-at lest from front row on the floor. That man *towered* over the crowd.
Thank you Dee Snider for saving Rock & Roll!
Got kicked out of a Twisted Sister concert when I was 17, Loved it!
What'd you do to get kicked out?
@@RyanConnell5150
I brought a fifth of Jack Daniels with me.
He's an entertainer even off stage.
I really enjoy this fact or fiction thing, thanks guys
👍
I love Dee Snider :D Seems like such a humble guy, with a crazy personality :P
I've always loved Dee Snider, and I still do. Such an awesome personality.
There is a great Twisted Sister documentary on Netflix, I highly recommend it and I'm not even huge Twisted fan.
TraceVandal I heard their songs before watching that documentary, but didn’t know anything about them, lol. One of the best metal documentaries I’ve ever seen. The amount of work they put into the band was insane (not saying any other band doesn’t have it hard).
VoidX it's crazy how they were hugely successful in their own little bubble, almost like they didn't even need a label but they wanted to get signed SOOOO bad.
TraceVandal Yea, it seems like they had a ton of bad luck, too. But anyways, it all pays off when you look back at the struggles, because I’d say their shows were more genuine.
TraceVandal Agree 100%. An ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC documentary. I’ve seen it about 3-4 times now, because it really shows how hard they had to work, going all the way throughout their history.
Agreed! That is a great documentary!
2:15 I love that lemmy cameo hahaha!
This Interview needs a Part 1 and Part 2, I wanted this interview to keep going! Very interesting facts!
When he licked his finger and went to shake the guys hand he kept his finger up as not to be rude. This guy is a super respectable person
As a kid growing up Christian, but slowly getting more and more into rock n roll, I feel like I might end up like him lol. Started out singing and playing guitar at church, but hoping to be a rockstar
Dee never seems to age. a true icon. been a banger since '86 and cant ever remember not being a fan. SMF for life!
Not even a huge Twisted Sister fan...still smiling the whole time. You the man Dee!
do Geddy Lee fact or fiction
The Huntsman That would be sweet!
The Huntsman yeah
YEEEEES
That would be a Rush.
@@ACommonlyWealthyDeer No, that's a different band.
Say all you want about Dee, but he took on Congress and stood up to the music alot of people love. Hard Rock and Heavy Metal. Very intelligent and we'll spoken. Twisted Sister kick ass. Those stuffed shirts thought they won by putting on Parental Guidance stickers to albums. They lost because any record with the stickers sold more records. Thanks Dee.
I’m 45. My kids are 10 and 12, boy and girl. I’m happy and proud to say they love Twister Sister. 2021 you’re still gaining new fans ❤️
I love Dee Snider. One of the best frontman of all time.
Dee did a lot to rock and roll and heavy metal music.
Twisted Sister is an awesome band, I wish they come back together and do live shows again, even without A. J.
"So would you come back, would you come back to me"
This makes me respect Dee so much.
Dee is a great story teller. It was a huge disappointment when he announced that he was going to end his radio show.
Justin B According to DeeSniderRadio, his talk show ran from 1999 to 2002. I don't mean House of Hair. I'm not listening to that crap.
I loved the morning radio show that he did in Connecticut 💕🤘🙏🏻
That Graham guy looks really different from when I last saw him. Sorry, but is not the same without him.
rasjeff1 duh
No Gruhamed is better than both those clowns.
CJ mmmm...Graham and Gruhamed are the same guy
WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CJ Yes
I'm a Goofy Goober
Clip Burpton your a goofy goober yeah
We’re all goofy goobers yeah
ROCK
Clip Burpton YEAH!!! 😄🍨🇨🇭🎼🎸🤠
*YEAUH*
Loved it when he took on Senate back in 85.
He's right, he is an icon.
Thanks, Dee for being so dang awesome. And thanks loudwire for this interview...
Outstanding interview. Thanks for the share
Man Dee Snider is legendary, I will always remember my first and only Twisted Sister show Northside 2016 the last ever Twisted Sister show it was epic.
Seen Twisted Sister quite often at The Mad Hatter when they were doing the clubs. Ah those were the days!
Love Dee Snider’s personality and love of heavy music. Love his radio show too.
Such a great interview. Such a great guy!
I'm not gonna take this video...
iemand anders ... No, I ain't gonna take it 😈🤘
william G ROCK!!! I WANT TO ROCK!!!
Now drop and give me twenty!!!
Lol
What you gonna do with your life?
I was at that arrow rock festival show. Man what a show it was! I even remember Dee making jokes about being so late they didn't even have time to take a shit haha.
Also, somebody threw a toothbrush on stage and some jokes were made about that.
I was surprised that Dee still remembers that show, but man it makes me happy. It was the first time I saw Twisted live and I'm glad I was there!
I was also at that festival. Man they rocked!..it had an awesome vibe!
"We're not gonna take it!" was one of my first records ever! I was obsessed! 8 years old in '84....what a good year!
I've been binge watching these Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction? lol Love them. Thanx guys!
This man helped to save metal from the clutches of political correctness and censorship.. Dee snider will always be a metal legend!
Well, he slowed it down. Eventually, in the ‘90s their was a “parental advisory” warning in CDS and an ESRB rating on video games.
It was less about political correctness and entirely about parents too lazy to raise their children wanting the government to force cherry picked Christian ideals upon all Americans.
@@alwillk Yeah, but it could be argued those labels just helped kids find the "cool" games and music. I know growing up, that was what we looked for! If it didn't have the label, it wasn't worth playing! 🤣🤣🤣
Dee is my biggest hero in life. I mean, there was Dimebag Darrell, and Randy Rhoads, two of the greatest shredders that ever lived, and THEN there's this guy, who not only would go out and rock and sing all done up in makeup and shit, he was there at the 1985 PMRC hearing, to defend what he was the most passionate about in life, and the greatest genre in rock music for the rest of us metal-heads!
Never was a huge fan of their songs, but TS was top 3 when it came to live performances. Dee is a great guy.
He’s really respectable and respectful which is so cool to see
"My choir director says she cries when she hears me on the radio." Why do I find that so funny?
I LOVED Heavy Metal Mania! And I agree metal made MTV. And killing off metal killed it.
Agreed! Best wishes
Reality shows killed it
Love his energy, and love that he knows who he is, what he is and makes sure you know it, totally rad dude
Dee, what a good human being you are.
"I'm an icon for God's sakes!" LOL ya gotta love Dee
Fact or fiction with James Hetfield please!
Ryan Breen and that must be a 3 parts episode
I've noticed that James Hetfield doesn't really like doing stuff like this, mainly because he likes his privacy(I can't fault him for that), but Lars, Kirk, and Rob tend to do this kind of stuff more.
Joe: James, according to Wikipedia, you are drunk right now.
James: Fact.
6:40 - interviewer's face - priceless! Thinks - "I don't know what to make of this"
Dee is always great to listen to
Dee Snider is awesome. And that Graham dude looks different.
The only hair metal artist I can respect
Omg yes i was just having a TS binge yesterday I LOVE DEE
Dee is one of the greatest. Love you brother. Still waiting on Strangeland 2.
It's always refreshing when they are down to earth people. Watch the Sebastian Bach episode in comparison.
"Just keep sending me the damned cheques" :-D
what a funny and intelligent guy. true legend. who knows how history would have played out without him taking a stand for us all
In grade 3 in the mid 80's, Air Bands were a thing in our school. A few buddies and I did two songs from The Stay Hungry Album. The teachers weren't smart enough I guess to do a little research into the content of the songs. While all the other kids were playing Kenny Rogers songs, we came out to "I wanna Rock" and Burn in Hell. Needless to say, the total shock and awe was brutal, no more class Air Bands. Years later, Dee Snider was a guest DJ at a Bar in my city and I remember him bringing the house down. A total professional and entertainer. I'm glad he has had so much success!
i lost it when he said hed stand up for Celine Dion, this is true greatness.
The house St. Celine built!
Not a single thing mentioned about his amazing movie Strangeland? Wtf?
What a weirdly, awesome movie.
Was that the one where he was the online predator that got lynched by the town, his meds wore off, and he went after everyone?
Strangeland makes me miss epic 90s movie soundtracks that were laundry lists of great bands.
Way ahead of his time, and I was glad to have been part of it.
you are good man mr Snyder. We `re not gonna take it was my childhood anthem but putting this on a video dedicated yo cure cancer for children is really blast! It always brings me to tears! Sublime. And that lesson what you gave in front of Congress!
What a great dude!!! Someone you'd have a beer with
Stop the censorship. It sucks. Let the people say what they gotta say
They probaly do it so they don't get demonetized by youtube.
That's still very un-rock'n'roll like... Shit, most of those people got known for pushing boundaries and throwing massive middle fingers to society, governements or simply life problems.
Censoring something as common as "fuck" and "shit" really feels childish.
@Conshe Tumare Self-censorship. ..lol.
UA-cam would demonitize them if they didn't censor.
@@aleflippy1997 I've seen channels get demonotized for not censoring cr*p and d*rk. The world is a crazy place these days. 😂😂😂
I just love how the first few seconds of the video just set the tone for the rest of it.
Love your radio show, Dee, love Twisted Sister, love your role as Gol in Jak and Daxter 1, love the new album, love how the I know Nick Petrino, the older brother of my friend i went to school with for many years, is playing with you on the newest tours!!
Lemmy at 2:14 ❤❤❤
He deserved like 3 parts of Fact or Fiction, Dee is the epitome
Wow, really impressive vocal creds! Very intelligent man as well. I still love Twisted Sister's and Dee Snider's music.
Dee is such a chill guy god damn it 😂
"Get a look at Joe!" LOL!!
Made me giggled loll
C'mon man! You missed the basics. Where does the name, "Dee" come from? It's short for Daniel, by the way. I had to go to Wikipedia myself to find this out.
And I just learned it from you!
Dee is a legit legend...great video!
Gol being mentioned to and quoted by Dee is a heartening sight
The Acherons will always be the coolest villains from the Jak series
It's too bad we never saw more of them or the first's amazing ambiance
8:29 "Is that true?" That's not how this game works, Dee.
At 9:54 he's about to drop a solid Regis impression. Then maximus interruptus screws it
when i was very young, i accidentally watched the we're not gonna take it music video and ended up having nightmares about dee being under my bed. glad to know i am still terrified of this man
Snider plays no bs. Hahaha I’m 22, just found him and I’m in love with his whole family, story and songs.