Twisted Sister To Be Inducted Into Metal Hall Of Fame

From my inbox! Twisted Sister will be inducted into the Metal Hall of Fame this coming January in Agoura Hills, California. This is kind of cool and congrats to the band.

This is a ticketed event and actually open to the public. Tickets are $35 in advance. Click through the post below for more information.

From the press release:

Philadelphia, PA (November 22, 2022) – ROCAVAKA - The Vaka Thats Rocks! is proud to present: The 6th Annual Metal Hall of Fame Charity Gala, where Rock Legends TWISTED SISTER will be Inducted into the 2023 Metal Hall of Fame. The event will take place January 26, 2023, at the Canyon Club, Agoura Hills, CA.

The classic Twisted Sister lineup of Dee Snider, Jay Jay French, Eddie Ojeda, Mark Mendoza, and late drummer, A.J Pero, will be Inducted into the 2023 Metal Hall of Fame. at the Annual Metal Hall of Fame Charity Gala "The Most Important Night in Hard Rock and Heavy Metal."

Together, these musicians recorded Twisted Sister's first four albums. Their first two albums "Under the Blade," and "You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll," developed huge underground popularity for the band. This led Twisted Sister to achieve mainstream success with their third album "Stay Hungry" and the hit single "We're Not Gonna Take It". Over the last 30 years, both We're Not Gonna take It, along with Twisted Sister's other classic anthem, "I Wanna Rock" are not only consider to be two of the most influential videos in the history of Heavy Metal / MTV, but these two anthems are also the most licensed anthems in the history of heavy metal! After a 12 year hiatus, Twisted Sister returned to support a major fundraiser for 9/11 Police and Fireman which led to an extraordinary resurgence on the European festival circuit. In 2006, Twisted Sister had an unexpected international hit on their release of "A Twisted Christmas", which continues to sell every holiday season.

“The 2023 Metal Hall of Fame Charity Gala is going to be an amazing event as always," says Metal Hall of Fame President/CEO Pat Gesualdo. "There will be numerous Legendary Hard Rock and Heavy Metal artist Inductions, and many exciting surprises and performances!"

Comments

[Him]

Not _exactly_ the cringe-inducing RaRHoF. But also _not_ the RoRHoF. I guess it is cool, right? Huge props? Amazing honor? Agoura Hills?!?!? Choice of chicken or fish?

And let's be completely honest. PRs are a thing of ragged beauty. "The Most Important Night in Hard Rock and Heavy Metal"? Really? I thought you were the Heavy Metal Hall of Fame? Why are you edging in on other (sub-)genres? Oh, I get it. Like the RaRHoF, you need to expand your base.

And check out their website. I will wait. I dig that they are "a part of D.A.D. (Drums and Disabilities) which helps children and adults fight disabilities on a Global basis." Thing is, I figured that would make sense since the founder of both is Pat Gesualdo, who is a known figure in drum therapy circles, esp. in New York and New Jersey. I am trying to paint an implied picture here. A sketch, really.

So, cool for Twisted Sister. I left off the question mark this time, as I think I ran out of them a few paragraphs back.