Mud off the denim and leather-based: Twisted Sister are formally again. The band that gave us “We’re Not Gonna Take It” and “I Wanna Rock” have confirmed they will storm levels worldwide in 2026 to have fun their 50th anniversary — 5 many years of quantity, rise up, and unapologetic glam metallic extra.
Founding guitarist and supervisor Jay Jay French mirrored on the milestone: “Starting on February 2nd, 1976 in somewhat bar known as The Turtleneck Inn in Hunter Mountain, NY, Dee Snider, Eddie Ojeda and I’ve known as ourselves Twisted Sister and stood shoulder to shoulder for practically 5 many years, via a number of personnel adjustments and 1000’s of performances. We’re proud to have fun a milestone that after felt unthinkable: a 50-year anniversary!! Now we have created a music and efficiency legacy that has and can proceed to encourage thousands and thousands of followers all over the world. Twisted Ceaselessly, Ceaselessly Twisted!”
Lead guitarist Eddie Ojeda added: “Fifty years on, and Twisted Sister continues to be the soundtrack for each insurgent with a motive and a motive to show it up.”
Nevertheless it was Dee Snider who raised the horns highest: “Should you’re fortunate sufficient to be in a band that folks nonetheless need to see after fifty years(!), how will you not reply the decision? In 2026, Twisted Fucking Sister will hit levels all over the world as a result of WE STILL WANNA ROCK!!”
The band final toured in 2016 with drummer Mike Portnoy following the tragic dying of longtime sticksman A.J. Pero. For this anniversary run, they will welcome again Joe “Seven” Franco on drums, returning to the fold for the primary time since recording and touring Love Is For Suckers in 1987, with Russell Pzütto on bass, a well-recognized face from Snider‘s solo initiatives and former Twisted Sister appearances.
Tour dates are nonetheless beneath wraps, however with their 50th looming, followers can anticipate large levels, greater choruses, and sufficient eyeliner to produce MTV’s glory years once more. For the SMFs who’ve waited practically a decade, 2026 is shaping as much as be a twisted homecoming.
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