Club Daze: The Studio Sessions, Vol. 1

Performer: Twisted Sister
Engineer: Rob Freeman
Distributor: E1 Distribution (USA)

Notes: Twisted Sister: Dee Snider (vocals); Jay Jay French, Eddie Ojeda (guitar, background vocals); Mark Mendoza (bass, background vocals); Kenneth Harrison Neill (bass); Tony Petri (drums). Producers: Steve Bramberg, Eddie Kramer, Mark Mendoza. Compilation producers: Jay Jay French & Mark Mendoza. Recorded at Mediasound and Electric Lady Studios, New York, New York; Bolognese Studios, Merrick, New York between 1978 and 1981. Includes liner notes by Jay Jay French & Martin Popoff. Twisted Sister was one of the prime movers on the East Coast hard-rock/heavy-metal scene in the '70s, with a sound that was a blueprint for the metal explosion in the '80s. When Twisted Sister was formed in 1972 by lead vocalist and guitarist Jay Jay French, it was a glam band that played covers of Mott the Hoople and David Bowie tunes. All that changed in 1976, when Dee Snider joined and the band took a metallic turn. The first two songs on this collection "Come Back"(a fast and furious rocker of lost love) and "Pay the Price"(featuring the skin bashing of second drummer Tony Petri), set a blistering tone. "Rock N Roll Saviors" is an anti-disco anthem, with a guitar sound that clearly influenced early Iron Maiden. "High Steppin" is a more traditional rock & roll tune, while "T.V. Wife" and "Can't Stand Still" (the latter written and sung by French), clearly show the earlier glam sound of the group. "Lady's Boy" has an accessible swing feel to it, while "Leader of the Pack" is an early version of the song that appears on COME OUT AND PLAY. It is interesting to note that this earlier version contains handclaps and piano.

Twisted Sister, fronted by charismatic Long Islander Dee Snider, occupied a unique place in rock-&-roll history. A band of populists with a regular-guy attitude toward fun, the band also set out to shock with blatantly sexual lyrics and outrageous gender-bending costumes. They formed in 1976--partly in response to the disco phenomenon--and opted for more straightforward hard-rock riffs rather than the new punk sounds being created by their local peers. After relentless gigging and recording, they finally hit the charts in 1984 with the all-purpose us-against-the-world anthem "We're Not Gonna Take It." After a few more albums with no further hits, the band disassembled and Snider went on to a varied solo career.

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