Dee Snider has confirmed that TWISTED SISTER is likely to reunite in 2024 for special performances at various political rallies that require their support. This announcement comes almost a year after their one-off reunion at the Metal Hall of Fame in Agoura Hills, California.
The band aims to ensure that their iconic song “We’re Not Gonna Take It” is not misused by the extreme right and that it continues to represent inclusivity and freedom. While there are currently no plans for a full reunion beyond these special performances, the band’s reunion at the Metal Hall of Fame has sparked speculation.
“Well, I won’t be surprised if we’re reuniting this election year to champion some important causes,” Snider said in an interview with Canada’s The Metal Voice. “We’re all on the same page — pretty much all of us are on the same page — and I could see us helping fight the good fight. ‘Cause this is a big-picture election, and with things like women’s right to choose, that’s a big-picture thing. That’s gonna hurt the other side. I said ‘the other side’, because I’m not on that side, [on the side of] Mr. Trump.
“You can’t roll back the clock,” he continued. “We’re not going back in time. We’re going forward. The fact that my granddaughter does not have the right to choose just blows my mind. So these are important, important issues. It’ll be less about the politicians and more about the parties they represent and what they represent. [Issues like] gun control. By the way, I’m the weird… I’m gunned up, man. But I am for intelligent gun control. I’m gunned up. I’m the moderate. I’m that person. I drive a Tesla and an H2 Hummer. I’m an environmentalist and I ride motorcycles.
“When Al Gore said to me, ‘Oh, is Sick Mother-F**kers [TWISTED SISTER‘s fanbase], is that a Christian organization?’ And I said, ‘Christianity and profanity have nothing to do with each other.’ There’s no ‘thou shalt not curse’, the 11th commandment that apparently was dropped or lost. No — those motherf**kers are cursing too. So everybody’s cursing — like I just did. Sorry. I’m losing it now.”
“People say, ‘What’s a moderate? What is a moderate?’ I tell people the middle, the vast middle, need to speak up, because right now the extreme left [and] extreme right are both,” he added. “They’re steering the ship, they’re the loudest voices in the room, they’re making the most noise, and the vast middle is sitting too silently. And they’ll say, ‘Well, what’s a moderate these days?’ I said, ‘What’s a moderate? If you’re willing to discuss something and consider a compromise, you’re a moderate.’
“Because the people on the extreme left and extreme right, they will not give one inch. They won’t talk about it. They will not compromise under any circumstance. So there’s a lot of us in the middle who may be more right leaning or left leaning. That’s fine. But you need to speak up if you’re willing to have a discussion on a subject and you’re willing to consider compromising on something, ’cause those are the voices that need to be steering the ship, not the unrelenting, unyielding extremes on both sides.”
