Shut Up and Give Me the Mic

Shut Up and Give Me the Mic

DEEâ€™S NOT GONNA TAKE IT

As lead singer and songwriter of Twisted Sister, Dee Snider became the poster boy for heavy metal, hair bands, and the wild side of rock. Now, in his twisted new memoir, he reveals the real stories behind the crazy makeup, the big hair, and badass hits like â€œWeâ€™re Not Gonna Take Itâ€ and â€œI Wanna Rock.â€

A classically trained countertenor who sang with his high school choir, Dee remembers the day he decided he was â€œnot gonna take itâ€ and stopped caring what people thought about him. Following in the footsteps of his idols Alice Cooper and Black Sabbath, Dee jumped from band to band before meeting Jay Jay French and Twisted Sister. But it wasnâ€™t until he met his costume-designing soul-mate Suzette that they developed his unique style. Deeâ€™s hard work finally paid off with an impressive resume that includes: a monster hit record; smash MTV videos; a long-running radio show, â€œThe House of Hairâ€; appearances in film (Pee Weeâ€™s Big Adventure, Howard Sternâ€™s Private Parts, StrangeLand) and television (Growing Up Twisted, Celebrity Apprentice); and a starring role in Broadwayâ€™s Rock of Ages. He even authored a teenage survival guide that was required reading in Russia!

In his journey from every parentâ€™s worst teenage nightmare to Renaissance man, Dee avoided the usual pitfalls associated with rock stars. But that didnâ€™t stop Tipper Gore and the Parents Music Resource Center from targeting himâ€”a fight that led him to testify before Congress with Frank Zappa. He may have been slapped with a Parental Advisory warning label, but, through it all, Dee stayed positive and focused on being the best he could be.

Filled with entertaining anecdotes and candid confessions, Shut Up and Give Me the Mic takes you through the good times and bad with a heavy metal star who worked as hard as he played, and who did it all for his wife, four kids, and millions of â€œSMFâ€ (Sick Mother F******) fans

This story is mine.

Iâ€™m the guy that gave it all to beat the odds, left everything he had on the stage each night, didnâ€™t screw around on his woman, took care of his kids, and was sober enough to remember it all and write about it . . . myself.

The one thing that has surprised and confused me, though, is my unlikely transformation into a â€œbeloved public figure.â€ How did the unpopular kid, who grew up to be the angry young man, who became the â€™80s poster boy for the evils of rock â€™nâ€™ roll, arrested for profanity and assault, and boycotted by parents and religious groups, become the likeable mensch he is today?
Country USA
Manufacturer Gallery Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2012-05-08
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Gallery Books
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2012-05-08
Format	Kindle eBook

Shut Up and Give Me the Mic

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