Product Description
Fronted by Dee Snider, Twisted Sister rocked the clubs of New York and Long Island for over a decade before the group had its major breakthrough with the 1984 Billboard Top 20, triple-platinum release STAY HUNGRY. Their signature mix of hard rock, heavy metal, pop, and outrageous theatrics fully connected with audiences on the album's pair of fist-pumping Top 40 anthems-and MTV staples-'I Wanna Rock' and 'We're Not Gonna Take It.' Rhino's 25th Anniversary Edition features the newly remastered, nine-track album on Disc One. Disc Two will further satisfy Sister's fans with 15 previously unreleased outtakes and demos from the original sessions plus a new track recorded just for this collection by the classic 1984 lineup: Dee Snider, Jay Jay French, Eddie Ojeda, Mark Mendoza, and A.J. Pero.

Disc: 1
1. Stay Hungry
2. We're Not Gonna Take It
3. Burn In Hell
4. Horror-Teria (The Beginning)
5. Captain Howdy
6. Street Justice
7. I Wanna Rock
8. The Price
9. Don't Let Me Down
10. The Beast
11. S.M.F.

Disc: 2
1. Death From Above
2. Prime Motivator
3. We're Not Gonna Take It (Early Demo)
4. Death Run
5. This One's For You
6. S.M.F. (Early Demo)
7. We're Coming On
8. Call My Name
9. Burn In Hell (Early Demo)
10. Pay The Price
11. What's Love Without You
12. Our Voice Will Be Heard
13. You Got To Fight
14. The Price (Early Demo)
15. Stay Hungry (Early Demo)
16. KMET Radio Spot
17. 30 (New Recording)
18. Lollipop Guild (Hidden Track)

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Now we're talking...it's about time.

TWISTED SISTER HUNGRY AGAIN

Rhino Remasters 1984 Top 20 Smash Album With A Bonus Disc Of Unreleased Studio Recordings, Plus A New Track By The Original Lineup For 25TH Anniversary Edition

Limited Edition Pink Vinyl Package Accompanies CD and Digital Release

Available From Rhino June 30

LOS ANGELES – After rocking clubs from Los Angeles to New York City for more than a decade, Twisted Sister made its bones in 1984 with the quintet’s second Atlantic Records release, a Top 20 album that stormed the charts with a string of hit singles and genre-bending videos. Rhino proudly wears a Twisted Sister pin on its uniform, celebrating the album’s multi-platinum success with a 25th Anniversary Edition that includes a bonus disc of unreleased outtakes and early demos from the original sessions, as well as a new track recorded especially for this collection by the 1984 lineup: Dee Snider, Jay Jay French, Eddie Ojeda, Mark Mendoza, and A.J. Pero. STAY HUNGRY 25th Anniversary Edition will be available June 30 from Rhino Records at all retail outlets, including http://www.rhino.com, for a suggested list price of $19.98 (CD), $12.99 (digital).

A limited edition pink vinyl package with the original “Stay Hungry” album art and bonus poster will also be released this summer at the suggested retail price of $24.98.

The first disc contains remastered versions of the nine tracks from the May 1984 original. The album was a smash thanks to a pair of fist-pumping anthems of youthful rebellion—“I Wanna Rock” and “We’re Not Gonna Take It”—that went Top 40. The band balanced those catchy songs with the harder edge of metal classics like “Burn In Hell” and “Horror-Teria,” a macabre song that would later serve as the inspiration for Strangeland, a 1998 horror film written by Snider, who also starred as the sadistic Captain Howdy.

The bonus disc uncovers 15 unreleased recordings that range from alternate versions of album tracks—including “We’re Not Gonna Take It”—to several non-album tracks such as “Death From Above,” “Prime Motivator,” and “Pay The Price,” a song from the band’s earlier club days. Along with the vintage tracks, the collection includes “30,” Twisted’s first new song in 11 years recorded by the band for the 25th Anniversary Edition.

“30” was originally written by Dee Snider with Marc Beeman and Shannon Lawson for the reality series Gone Country. Dee says, “While ‘30’ was my attempt at a country song for the show, the realization was that rock ’n’ roll is a direct outgrowth of country music. Since ‘30’ was written about my Twisted Sister experience, it seemed only natural for us to record it and rock it out.”

More than a decade after Twisted Sister’s last show, the band reformed in 2001 for a benefit and continued playing together, including an astonishing run of over 50 headline festival dates performing in front of two million people in over 23 countries. In 2006, the band returned to the charts with Twisted Christmas, a holiday album that buzzsaws through yuletide classics such as, “Oh Come All Ye Faithful” and “Silver Bells.” That same year, the Long Island Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted Twisted Sister. The band is currently at work on a new album and a Broadway musical based on Twisted Christmas. Twisted Sister will headline the annual Rocklahoma music festival July 9-12 in Pryor, Oklahoma. Rock of Ages, Broadway’s latest musical hit with five Tony® nominations, features Twisted Sister prominently in its story line and with the band’s aforementioned iconic anthems, “I Wanna Rock and “We’re Not Gonna Take It.”

For additional information regarding STAY HUNGRY 25th Anniversary Edition, please contact Christoph Buerger in the Rhino Entertainment Media Relations Department at (818) 238-6248 or christoph.buerger@wmg.com.

Were you there? Be sure to check out Twisted Sister’s 1978 debut tour and more at http://www.twistedsister.com and myspace.com/twistedsister.

STAY HUNGRY 25th Anniversary Edition
Track Listing

Disc 1
1. “Stay Hungry”
2. “We’re Not Gonna Take It”
3. “Burn In Hell”
4. “Horror-Teria (The Beginning)”
a. “Captain Howdy”
b. “Street Justice”
5. “I Wanna Rock”
6. “The Price”
7. “Don’t Let Me Down”
8. “The Beast”
9. “S.M.F.”

Disc 2
1. “Death From Above”
2. “Prime Motivator”
3. “We’re Not Gonna Take It” – Early Demo
4. “Death Run”
5. “This One’s For You”
6. “S.M.F.” – Early Demo
7. “We’re Coming On”
8. “Call My Name”
9. “Burn In Hell” – Early Demo
10. “Pay The Price”
11. “What’s Love Without You”
12. “Our Voice Will Be Heard”
13. “You Got To Fight”
14. “The Price” – Early Demo
15. “Stay Hungry” – Early Demo
16. Radio Spot
17. “30” – New Track

I'm in!

I hope that Twisted Sister will license the remainder of their catalogue back to Atlantic, so there can be proper expanded reissues taken from proper tape sources. Some years back, Atlantic considered Twisted Sister to be such washed up commercial has-beens, that, with the exception of "Stay Hungry", Atlantic gave the rights to all of the other albums back to the group....no strings attached. Since then, we've gotten some terrible CD's from Spitfire, including a CD of "You Can't Stop Rock N' Roll" dubbed from a scratchy vinyl record(the dummies at Spitfire never considered dubbing it from the out of print Atlantic CD)

Were the Spitfire reissues that bad? I bought them all, and while I'm no audiophile, they didn't sound that bad.

Some additonal info for those who may be thinking about picking this up. Excerpted from a story on Blabbermouth:

Full story is here:
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbe ... mID=122178

A new TWISTED SISTER song, "30", which the band recorded for the 25th-anniversary reissue of "Stay Hungry", is available for streaming at Noisecreep.com.

Any music fan that buys the CD or vinyl of "Stay Hungry 25th Anniversary Edition" in any participating independent record store will receive a free gift from the band: a DVD of the TWISTED SISTER 1984 "Uncut Live At San Bernadino" concert. Originally broadcast on MTV back in the day as the "Stay Hungry Live" concert, it's been commercially unavailable for years and never available as DVD. June 30, 2009 is the only day and the only way this DVD is going to be made available and only through participating, independent record stores and will be limited to the stock on hand in each location.

Commented guitarist Jay Jay French, "While other bands have made exclusive deals with big box chains and discounters, TWISTED SISTER remembers all the independent record shops who have supported us through the years."

A list of the participating independent retailers running this promotion will be posted on TwistedSister.com on Wednesday, June 24.

A listening party for the 25th-anniversary reissue of TWISTED SISTER's "Stay Hungry" album is available on Rhino.com.

Wait a minute: The "Stay Hungry" concert was included in the Rhino DVD "Twisted Sister-The Video Years".

I haven't seen the listing of the stores that will sell the DVD.

Has anybody heard this yet? It's getting trashed at Amazon.

FYI, here's the link for independent stores that carried (or still may be carrying) the bonus DVD.

http://twistedsister.com/declaration.html

I picked this up today at J&R, they had plenty of the DVDs left (not bundled w/ the CD, but packaged in a paper sleeve, handed out at checkout). The group did an in-store yesterday at J&R, but I missed it.

I got mine a couple days ago via Tower.com (great prices), finally opened it today and
played in my car---and yes---the sound absolutely sucks. Rhino had better have a return
policy if this first run was a bad batch. Until someone reports otherwise, STAY AWAY
FROM THIS RELEASE!!!!----IT"S THAT BAD!!!! As someone else mentioned, look this
title up on Amazon and read the 100% disapproval rating.

On a different note: Any talk of more ELP deluxe editions? The Brain Salad Surgery
CD/SACD and Pictures At An Exhibition CD (no SACD) reissues were quite good and
would love to see the rest of the catalog get the same treatment...

sk

From Rhino.com:

IMPORTANT NOTE: Some customers may have purchased a copy of the Twisted Sister - Stay Hungry 25th Anniversary Edition with lower than normal audio levels on Disc 1. The error was corrected as soon as it was discovered, however some defective copies were shipped to online shoppers and retail stores. If the edition you purchased has a defective Disc 1 and you would like a replacement, please email Dr. Rhino (Dr.Rhino@rhino.com) with TWISTED SISTER as the subject line for further instructions.

Crap...I tossed my receipt out. I did E-mail them and told them that. I hope I can get a replacement.

I got a bad copy from Amazwan so I emailed the Doctor right away and received this reply today:

Dear Twisted Sister Fan,

Thank you for your email and we apologize for the poor sound on disc one of the Stay Hungry reissue. We currently have corrected replacement discs available. Please reply to this message with your name, shipping address and a digital photo of your disc and/or packaging. If available, please include your receipt in the photo.
Upon receipt of your email, we will send you a replacement disc as soon as possible.
Thank you for your patience and understanding. If you have any questions, please let me know.

Dr. Rhino

I emailed him or her all the info and picture requested and asked if he/she needed a blood or stool sample as well! I can't wait to see what I get in the mail.

Now now Mr Fuse...at least they admitted there was an error and they are doing what they can to rectify this.

Replacement discs going out early next week.

They started sending them out already...they said they will send personal E-mail confirmations when they send them.

I got mine in the mail today along with a Twisted Sister button and a letter of apology from JJ French.For real.

Does it sound better?

Just got mine today also...with the button and the letter from JJ...the letter looks real. More importantly, the CD sounds much better. Kudos to Rhino for correcting everything quickly.

Mark