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A&e Biography has your backstage pass to stories behind the biggest icons who have transcended the genre. Next up in the “Rock Legends” series is Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider, who started as a high school choir boy before truly finding his voice and becoming one of the larger-than-life figures of the 1980s. The show-stopping performer’s success was born out of rejection from record companies and naysayers including his own dad. Snider turned frustration into inspiration. It fueled the band’s anthem “We’re Not Gonna Take It.” The hit song turned glam metal on its ear during the early days of MTV. Twisted Sister was launched into superstardom thanks to its best-selling record Stay Hungry, which also included “I Wanna Rock.” With big hair, spandex, colorful makeup, and platform shoes, Snider, founder Jay Jay French, and the rest of the group blazed a trail all their own. The...

Horn has died aged 66.

Tributes have been paid to award-winning New York-born, Berlin-based filmmaker and journalist Andrew Horn, who died from complications relating to chemotherapy treatment for cancer last month aged 66.

Horn won the 2004 Teddy Award at the Berlinale for The Nomi Song, his feature documentary about avant garde New Wave singer and performance artist, Klaus Nomi. He was also the writer and producer of Dana Ranga’s East Side Story, a 1997 documentary about musicals made in the Soviet bloc.

More recently, Horn premiered his Twisted Sister documentary, We Are Twisted Fucking Sister (2014) at International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (Idfa). The...

Twisted Sister not gonna take it anymore -- after one last tour the hair metal heroes will unplug their amps in 2016 ... TMZ has learned. A rep for the band tells us Dee Snider and the boys made the decision last month to call it quits -- just one week before drummer A.J. Pero died from a heart attack. The band's 2016 tour will be called "Forty and F**k It" -- but before that we're told they'll be honoring A.

The drummer for Twisted Sister, A.J. Pero, has died. He was 55. Pero passed away Friday of an apparent heart attack, the Associated Press reports. The band confirmed the death on their Facebook page: "The members of Twisted Sister are profoundly saddened to announce the untimely passing of our brother, A.J. Pero," they wrote. "The band, crew and most importantly the family of A.J. Pero thank you for your thoughts and prayers at this time." Pero was on tour with Adrenaline Mob when his body was discovered on the tour bus Friday morning by the other band members, who were unable to resuscitate him,...

A.J. Pero -- drummer for the legendary rock band Twisted Sister -- died Friday morning after he was found unresponsive on a tour bus in Poughkeepsie, New York. He was 55. Jay Jay French, a fellow member of Twisted Sister, tells TMZ ... Pero was touring with the band Adrenaline Mob when he was found on the bus, but would not wake up. The band called 911 and paramedics rushed him to a nearby hospital ... but he didn't make it.

Documentary festival to include a Q&A with CitizenFour director Laura Poitras and a strand dedicated to women in docs.

The 27th edition of International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (Idfa) (Nov 19-30) opened last night with the world premiere of Heddy Honigmann’s Around the World in 50 Concerts - made to celebrate the 125th anniversary of Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.

With guests ranging from Naomi Klein and British director Nick Broomfield to Star Trek’s George Takei, Jay Jay French from Twisted Sister and documentary legend D.A. Pennebaker, this year’s edition is shaping up to be a typically lively affair.

Idfa is also a key industry event. Over 300 distributors, sales agents and festival programmers are registered for the annual “Docs For Sales” bazaar.

Meanwhile, the Forum, Idfa’s co-financing and coproduction market, will kickstart a number of new projects, among them Heddy Honigmann’s latest doc 100Up, a film about people from around the world who are...

Five years ago, iconic hard-rockers Twisted Sister shocked the world with the release of their critically-hailed holiday album A Twisted Christmas, and since then it's become a seasonal favorite among Ts fans and metalheads around the world, with annual live performances by the band and high-profile guests. This year, frontman Dee Snider and the gang will be holding two special live performances of their own head-banging carols in New York, and we've got the details of those shows on the flipside... Snider and his partners in rock Jay Jay French, Mark Mendoza, Eddie Ojeda and A.J. Pero have come up with some new twists for this year's show, which will feature the band rocking out their own renditions of holiday...

Some are calling it the end of an era. Others are flicking their Bics toward the heavens, as they remember a heavy metal legend. Ronnie James Dio, best known for replacing Ozzy Osbourne as lead singer of Black Sabbath back in 1980, has died. Dio's wife and manager Wendy broke the news of her husband's death on Sunday, and reported that Dio had been suffering from stomach cancer since last November. Dio just recently completed his seventh round of chemotherapy and in spite of the medical setback, was hopeful that he could resume working even though he was forced to cancel his summer tour. "Wendy, my doctors, and I have worked so hard to make it happen for all of you, the ones we care so much about, that this setback could be devastating, but we will not let it be," he said. "With your continued love and support, we ... will carry on and thrive.

Some are calling it the end of an era. Others are flicking their Bics toward the heavens, as they remember a heavy metal legend. Ronnie James Dio, best known for replacing Ozzy Osbourne as lead singer of Black Sabbath back in 1980, has died. Dio's wife and manager Wendy broke the news of her husband's death on Sunday, and reported that Dio had been suffering from stomach cancer since last November. Dio just recently completed his seventh round of chemotherapy and in spite of the medical setback, was hopeful that he could resume working even though he was forced to cancel his summer tour. "Wendy, my doctors, and I have worked so hard to make it happen for all of you, the ones we care so much about, that this setback could be devastating, but we will not let it be," he said. "With your continued love and support, we ... will carry on and thrive.

Twisted Sister rocker Eddie Ojeda has been discharged from hospital after undergoing emergency back surgery. Bandmate Jay Jay French told The AP that Ojeda went to hospital to repair a ruptured disk that prevented him from sitting or standing. Guitarist Dan McCafferty was called in as a last minute replacement for the group's Philadelphia tour date. French said that Ojeda is feeling (more)...

Tomorrow marks the release of the 25th Anniversary edition of Twisted Sister's Stay Hungry, and on Wednesday, Ts frontman (and Fangoria Radio host) Dee Snider will be on Xbox Live facing off with players around the globe on Call Of Duty: World At War, while bandmate Jay French will take some heat on Gears Of War 2.

Want to join the battle? Details and gamertags below!

From Xbox.com

They're still hungry. Twenty-five years after the band rocked the world with songs such as "I Wanna Rock" and "We're Not Going To Take It," Twisted Sister is back with a 25th Anniversary Edition with the remastered original Stay Hungry album, a bonus disc of unreleased demos and outtakes, and a brand new song recorded especially for the collection. To celebrate the impending release of this collection, vocalist Dee Snider will play Call of Duty®: World at War™ and guitarist...

Constantine Maroulis from the five-time Tony® nominated musical Rock Of Ages will be on hand at J&R Music World to present Twisted Sister with RIAA certified Gold plaques for the single "We're Not Gonna Take It." Band members Dee Snider, Jay Jay French, Eddie Ojeda, Mark Mendoza, and Aj Pero will all be on hand to celebrate the release of the 25th Anniversary Edition of Stay Hungry, out June 30th on Rhino.

Fangoria Radio and Fangoria Musick have teamed up with Rhino Records and Twisted Sister to make sure that You, the Fangoria readers can Stay Hungry this Summer! To celebrate the 25th Anniversary release of Twisted Sister's Stay Hungry on June 30th, we're hooking up a select few readers with prize packs that include: The New 2Cd Deluxe Edition of Stay Hungry A Limited edition 2Lp Vinyl Edition (Bubblegum pink!) A copy of The Video Years on DVD 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...