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Holiday-themed albums need to either be pretty good, horrifically terrible, or completely original to cause even the jolliest head to turn. Twisted Christmas, a ten-track collection of yuletide classics from the band that once writhed atop a convertible singing the song "Burn in Hell" near the end of Pee Wee's Big Adventure, manages to achieve all three. Twisted Sister was always a group that would occasionally transcend their hair metal image with some truly majestic and powerful rock & roll, so it comes as no surprise that they filter the beloved Christmas carol through the same makeup-smeared sieve that brought the world "I Wanna Rock," "Wake Up the Sleeping Giant," and "The Prize." In fact, "Oh Come All Ye Faithful" sounds so much like a reimagining of "We're Not Gonna Take It," the listener can't help but become outraged at all of the injustice in the world. "Deck the Halls" sounds like a Ramones tune, "I'll Be Home for Christmas," featuring guest vocalist Lita Ford, could have launched a thousand lighters at any stadium in the late '80s, and the absolutely embarrassing "Heavy Metal Christmas" ("12 silver crosses, 11 black mascaras, ten pairs of platforms, nine tattered T-shirts, eight pentagrams, seven leather jackets, six cans of hair spray, five skullhead rings, four quarts of Jack, three studded belts, two pairs of spandex pants, and a tattoo of Ozzy") is almost impossible to turn off without seeing it through to its loathsome but charming end.
© James Christopher Monger /TiVo
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Twisted Sister, MainArtist - Hugh Martin, Writer - Ralph Blane, Writer - A.J. Pero, Drums, Background Vocals - Jay Jay French, Guitar, Background Vocals, ExecutiveProducer - Dee Snider, Vocals - David Wong, AssistantEngineer - George Marshall, AssistantEngineer - Denny McNerney, Engineer, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer - Mark "The Animal" Mendoza, Producer, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals, MixingEngineer - Eddie "Fingers" Ojeda, Guitar, Background Vocals
Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company., © 2020 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2006 JEDMA Associates LLC under exclusive license to Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company.
Anders Henriksson, Arranger - Twisted Sister, MainArtist - Traditional, Writer - A.J. Pero, Arranger, Drums, Background Vocals - Jay Jay French, Guitar, Background Vocals, ExecutiveProducer - Dee Snider, Arranger, Vocals - Coste Apetrea, Arranger - Cyndee Peters, Arranger - David Wong, AssistantEngineer - George Marshall, AssistantEngineer - Denny McNerney, Engineer, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer - Mark "The Animal" Mendoza, Producer, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals, MixingEngineer - Eddie "Fingers" Ojeda, Arranger, Guitar, Background Vocals
Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company., © 2020 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2006 JEDMA Associates LLC under exclusive license to Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company.
Twisted Sister, MainArtist - Irving Berlin, Writer - A.J. Pero, Drums, Background Vocals - Jay Jay French, Guitar, Background Vocals, ExecutiveProducer - Dee Snider, Vocals - Doro Pesch, Background Vocals - David Wong, AssistantEngineer - George Marshall, AssistantEngineer - Denny McNerney, Engineer, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer - Mark "The Animal" Mendoza, Producer, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals, MixingEngineer - Eddie "Fingers" Ojeda, Guitar, Background Vocals
Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company., © 2020 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2006 JEDMA Associates LLC under exclusive license to Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company.
Twisted Sister, MainArtist - A.J. Pero, Drums, Background Vocals - Jay Jay French, Guitar, Background Vocals, ExecutiveProducer - Dee Snider, Lead Vocals - Buck Ram, Writer - KIM GANNON, Writer - WALTER KENT, Writer - Doro Pesch, Background Vocals - Lita Ford, Additional Guitar, Lead Vocals - David Wong, AssistantEngineer - George Marshall, AssistantEngineer - Denny McNerney, Engineer, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer - Mark "The Animal" Mendoza, Producer, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals, MixingEngineer - Eddie "Fingers" Ojeda, Guitar, Background Vocals - Brian Bunce, Trumpet
Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company., © 2020 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2006 JEDMA Associates LLC under exclusive license to Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company.
Twisted Sister, MainArtist - Jay Livingston, Writer - A.J. Pero, Drums, Background Vocals - Jay Jay French, Guitar, Background Vocals, ExecutiveProducer - Dee Snider, Vocals - Ray Evans, Writer - Doro Pesch, Background Vocals - David Wong, AssistantEngineer - George Marshall, AssistantEngineer - Denny McNerney, Engineer, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer - Mark "The Animal" Mendoza, Producer, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals, MixingEngineer - Eddie "Fingers" Ojeda, Guitar, Background Vocals
Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company., © 2020 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2006 JEDMA Associates LLC under exclusive license to Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company.
Twisted Sister, MainArtist - A.J. Pero, Drums, Background Vocals - Jay Jay French, Guitar, Background Vocals, ExecutiveProducer - Dee Snider, Vocals - Tommie Connor, Writer - Doro Pesch, Background Vocals - David Wong, AssistantEngineer - George Marshall, AssistantEngineer - Denny McNerney, Engineer, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer - Mark "The Animal" Mendoza, Producer, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals, MixingEngineer - Eddie "Fingers" Ojeda, Guitar, Background Vocals
Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company., © 2020 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2006 JEDMA Associates LLC under exclusive license to Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company.
Twisted Sister, MainArtist - Jule Styne, Writer - Sammy Cahn, Writer - A.J. Pero, Drums, Background Vocals - Jay Jay French, Guitar, Background Vocals, ExecutiveProducer - Dee Snider, Vocals - Doro Pesch, Background Vocals - David Wong, AssistantEngineer - George Marshall, AssistantEngineer - Denny McNerney, Engineer, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer - Mark "The Animal" Mendoza, Producer, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals, MixingEngineer - Eddie "Fingers" Ojeda, Guitar, Background Vocals
Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company., © 2020 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2006 JEDMA Associates LLC under exclusive license to Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company.
Twisted Sister, MainArtist - Traditional, Writer - A.J. Pero, Arranger, Drums, Background Vocals - Jay Jay French, Guitar, Background Vocals, ExecutiveProducer - Dee Snider, Arranger, Vocals - Doro Pesch, Background Vocals - David Wong, AssistantEngineer - George Marshall, AssistantEngineer - Denny McNerney, Engineer, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer - Mark "The Animal" Mendoza, Producer, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals, MixingEngineer - Eddie "Fingers" Ojeda, Arranger, Guitar, Background Vocals
Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company., © 2020 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2006 JEDMA Associates LLC under exclusive license to Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company.
Twisted Sister, MainArtist - Mel TORME, Writer - Robert Wells, Writer - A.J. Pero, Drums, Background Vocals - Jay Jay French, Guitar, Background Vocals, ExecutiveProducer - Dee Snider, Vocals - Doro Pesch, Background Vocals - David Wong, AssistantEngineer - George Marshall, AssistantEngineer - Denny McNerney, Engineer, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer - Mark "The Animal" Mendoza, Producer, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals, MixingEngineer - Eddie "Fingers" Ojeda, Guitar, Background Vocals
Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company., © 2020 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2006 JEDMA Associates LLC under exclusive license to Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company.
Twisted Sister, MainArtist - Traditional, Writer - A.J. Pero, Arranger, Drums, Background Vocals - Jay Jay French, Guitar, Background Vocals, ExecutiveProducer - Dee Snider, Arranger, Vocals - Doro Pesch, Background Vocals - David Wong, AssistantEngineer - George Marshall, AssistantEngineer - Denny McNerney, Engineer, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer - Mark "The Animal" Mendoza, Producer, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals, MixingEngineer - Eddie "Fingers" Ojeda, Arranger, Guitar, Background Vocals
Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company., © 2020 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2006 JEDMA Associates LLC under exclusive license to Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company.
Twisted Sister, MainArtist - Unknown, Writer - A.J. Pero, Arranger, Drums, Background Vocals - Jay Jay French, Guitar, Background Vocals, ExecutiveProducer - Dee Snider, Arranger, Vocals - Doro Pesch, Background Vocals - David Wong, AssistantEngineer - George Marshall, AssistantEngineer - Denny McNerney, Engineer, MasteringEngineer, MixingEngineer - Mark "The Animal" Mendoza, Producer, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals, MixingEngineer - Eddie "Fingers" Ojeda, Arranger, Guitar, Background Vocals
Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company., © 2020 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2006 JEDMA Associates LLC under exclusive license to Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company.
Album review
Holiday-themed albums need to either be pretty good, horrifically terrible, or completely original to cause even the jolliest head to turn. Twisted Christmas, a ten-track collection of yuletide classics from the band that once writhed atop a convertible singing the song "Burn in Hell" near the end of Pee Wee's Big Adventure, manages to achieve all three. Twisted Sister was always a group that would occasionally transcend their hair metal image with some truly majestic and powerful rock & roll, so it comes as no surprise that they filter the beloved Christmas carol through the same makeup-smeared sieve that brought the world "I Wanna Rock," "Wake Up the Sleeping Giant," and "The Prize." In fact, "Oh Come All Ye Faithful" sounds so much like a reimagining of "We're Not Gonna Take It," the listener can't help but become outraged at all of the injustice in the world. "Deck the Halls" sounds like a Ramones tune, "I'll Be Home for Christmas," featuring guest vocalist Lita Ford, could have launched a thousand lighters at any stadium in the late '80s, and the absolutely embarrassing "Heavy Metal Christmas" ("12 silver crosses, 11 black mascaras, ten pairs of platforms, nine tattered T-shirts, eight pentagrams, seven leather jackets, six cans of hair spray, five skullhead rings, four quarts of Jack, three studded belts, two pairs of spandex pants, and a tattoo of Ozzy") is almost impossible to turn off without seeing it through to its loathsome but charming end.
© James Christopher Monger /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:41:46
- Main artists: Twisted Sister
- Label: Rhino
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company., © 2020 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ 2020 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company.
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