Has your television been lacking in the glam metal department lately? No? Well, tough. The very first All-Star Celebrity Apprentice was announced today and will feature Bret Michaels of Poison and Dee Snider of Twister Sister. Both frontmen were featured on previous seasons of NBC’s The Celebrity Apprentice, with Snider having appeared in season five [...]
Friday, June 8, 2012
And just when you thought that Dee Snider couldn’t debase himself more than recording a Broadway covers album. The Twisted Sister frontman is now starring in a commercial for carpet cleaning company Stanley Steemer. Snider, who’s looking even more clownish than normal, plays straight man to a suburban house party that wins a “Dee Snider [...]
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. “When The Pick Of Destiny was released it was a bomb. And all the critics said that the D was done,” Jack Black sings on the title track to Rize Of The Fenix. Well [...]
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Dee Snider is no stranger to TV, having recently competed in Celebrity Apprentice and appeared in Holliston. But now fans can see the Twisted Sister frontman in an even more unlikely place: a TV commercial for Stanley Steemer, a carpet cleaners chain. He even sings “Call 1-800-Steemer” half way through the ad. And to think, [...]
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. This week, the charts are jam packed with thirteen metal and hard rock debuts, four of which made their way into the top 200. However, the top debut comes from Storm Corrosion, the collaboration [...]
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Hey guys, it’s Rock Week on ‘Dancing With the Stars!’ What, you already knew that? OK, we’re not judging. At any rate, who better to give a Cuban-born actor that’s never heard of Twisted Sister some tips on nailing the fashion, mojo and moves of a rock star? How about Satchel and Michael Starr from [...]
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Last month, the nominees and initial performers for the 4th annual Revolver Golden Gods Awards were announced. And now more performances, honorees and special additions have been confirmed for this year’s award show. First up, it’s been revealed that Rush will receive the “Ronnie James Dio Lifetime Achievement Award.” Jack Black and Kyle Gass of [...]
Monday, March 12, 2012
The Twisted Sister frontman is no stranger to Broadway, having performed in Rock Of Ages onstage back in 2010. Still, the last thing you’d expect to hear Dee Snider singing are songs like “Big Spender” or “Luck Be A Lady.” Yet that’s exactly what he did with Dee Does Broadway, an album full of Broadway [...]
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Last Summer, it was announced that Twisted Sister’s Dee Snider and GWAR’s Oderus Urungus had joined the cast of FearNet’s original series Holliston. And now a trailer for the horror comedy, which has in the past been described as Wayne’s World meets Saw, has popped up online. The minute clip includes lots of blood, raunchy [...]
Friday, October 21, 2011
It worked well for Bret Michaels. So why shouldn’t Dee Snider take a shot at being Donald Trump’s next celebrity apprentice? It’s been reported that the Twisted Sister frontman is taking part in the fifth season of NBC’s Celebrity Apprentice. Snider will be competing against fellow “celebrities” such as Victoria Gotti, Real Housewives star Teresa [...]
Did you love hearing Anvil’s new song “Mankind Machine”? Then stream the Canadian thrashers’ new album Hope In Hell in its entirety before it’s released on May 28 over at Loudwire.
Kylesa’s new album, Ultraviolet, is streaming online at Pitchfork. Check out the album, as well as some pretty awesome visuals, here. The album will come out on May 28 on Season of Mist.
Unsigned & Streamed vets Anciients, who’s Season of Mist debut Heart of Oak is out now, have landed the opening slot on the Lamb of God tour. They’ll be playing from May 16 – June 10. Check out the dates here.
Sinestra Studios (who very often provides Metal Insider with some killer live photos) is hosting its very first art galleria and metal show on Saturday, May 25, at The Knitting Factory in Brooklyn, NY. Tickets for the event are onsale now.
Louna has premiered a new music video for the song “Business” with Crave Online. The extravagant and politically themed music video comes in support of the Russian hard rock group’s new album, Behind The Mask, available now via Red Decade Records and MEG/RED.
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