You Can't Stop Twisted Sister: Live Set Coming From Rhino Handmade

Do you wanna rock? Then the latest release from Rhino Handmade might just be for you! Following stellar sets from the 1960s (The Beau Brummels' Bradley's Barn) and the 1970s (Bobby Charles' self-titled album), the label jumps into the glam world of the 1980s with a vengeance! Twisted Sister's Live at the Marquee Club captures the Long Island band taking London by storm in March 1983.

At the time of the Marquee Club gigs, Twisted Sister had only released one studio album, 1982's Under the Blade, and the breakthrough success of Stay Hungry (which introduced "We're Not Gonna Take It" and "I Wanna Rock") was still more than a year in the future. But Live at the Marquee Club preserves the Dee Snider-fronted quintet at their most raw and powerful. According to the label, "recordings from those legendary nights reveal the Long Island quintet raw, hungry and catching fire just a few months before it achieved breakout success on radio and MTV." The concert album features thirteen rare and unreleased performances from two March evenings on a single disc. It features the quintessential line-up of Snider, guitarists Jay Jay French and Eddie "Fingers" Ojeda, bassist Mark "The Animal" Mendoza and drummer A.J. Pero.

Rhino continues: "Until now, the only way to hear bits and bobs of this historic two-night stand was through a series of 7" and 12" records released in 1983 exclusively in the U.K. Live at the Marquee Club combines these hard-to-find cuts with five previously unreleased songs, including the title track from the band's hard-rocking debut, Under the Blade, and covers of the Shangri-Las' 'Leader Of The Pack' and the Slade version of the R&B staple 'Let The Good Times Roll.' The live album also includes the first ever public performance of 'You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll,' which would surface just three months later on the band's second album. Snider's legendary stage banter - also unreleased - can be heard interspersed between a few songs." And suffice to say you've never heard Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich's classic death disc "Leader" quite like this before!

You can look forward to a creatively-designed package that reflects the band's iconic logo in a striking way. The disc is housed in a gatefold made from heavy-duty cardstock and die-cut into the shape of the Twisted Sister logo. Metal journalist Malcolm Dome contributes the new liner notes. Live at the Marquee Club ships mid-September. In addition, all pre-orders placed before 11:59 p.m. PST on September 18 will be automatically entered to win one of 50 copies signed by the entire band.

Hit the jump for the complete track listing plus pre-order link directly at Rhino Handmade. Live at the Marquee Club arrives September 20 and retails for $19.98. Are you gonna take it?

Twisted Sister, Live at the Marquee Club (Rhino Handmade, 2011)

What You Don't Know
Sin After Sin
Bad Boys (of Rock 'n' Roll)
Destroyer
Leader of the Pack
Tear It Loose
Band Rap
You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll
Run For Your Life
Shoot 'Em Down
Dee's Rap
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
Band Introductions
I Am (I'm Me)
Under the Blade
Let the Good Times Roll

Joe Marchese

JOE MARCHESE (Editor) joined The Second Disc shortly after its launch in early 2010, and has since penned daily news and reviews about classic music of all genres. In 2015, Joe formed the Second Disc Records label. Celebrating the great songwriters, producers and artists who created the sound of American popular song, Second Disc Records, in conjunction with Real Gone Music, has released newly-curated collections produced by Joe from iconic artists such as Johnny Mathis, Bobby Darin, Laura Nyro, Melissa Manchester, Chet Atkins, and many others. He has contributed liner notes to reissues from a diverse array of artists, among them Nat "King" Cole, Paul Williams, Lesley Gore, Dusty Springfield, B.J. Thomas, The 5th Dimension, Burt Bacharach, The Mamas and the Papas, Carpenters, Perry Como, Rod McKuen, Doris Day, Jackie DeShannon, and Andy Williams, and has compiled releases for talents including Robert Goulet and Keith Allison of Paul Revere and the Raiders. Over the past two decades, Joe has also worked in a variety of capacities on and off Broadway as well as at some of the premier theatres in the U.S., including Lincoln Center Theater, George Street Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, and the York Theatre Company. He has felt privileged to work on productions alongside artists such as the late Jack Klugman, Eli Wallach, Arthur Laurents, Betty Comden and Adolph Green. In 2009, Joe began contributing theatre and music reviews to the print publication The Sondheim Review, and in 2012, he joined the staff of The Digital Bits as a regular contributor writing about film and television on DVD and Blu-ray. Joe currently resides in the suburbs of New York City.