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Shut Up and Give Me the Mic
Dee Snider
Gallery Books
June 2013
On Sale: May 28, 2013
432 pages ISBN: 1451637403 EAN: 9781451637403 Kindle: B0061Q68VM Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
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Non-Fiction Memoir
DEE’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 “We’re Not Gonna Take It” and “I Wanna
Rock.” A classically trained countertenor who sang
with his high school choir, Dee remembers the day he decided
he was “not gonna take it” 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
wasn’t until he met his costume-designing soul-mate Suzette
that they developed his unique style. Dee’s hard work
finally paid off with an impressive resume that includes: a
monster hit record; smash MTV videos; a long-running radio
show, “The House of Hair”; appearances in film (Pee Wee’s
Big Adventure, Howard Stern’s Private Parts,
StrangeLand) and television (Growing Up Twisted,
Celebrity Apprentice); and a starring role in Broadway’s
Rock of Ages. He even authored a teenage survival
guide that was required reading in Russia! In his
journey from every parent’s worst teenage nightmare to
Renaissance man, Dee avoided the usual pitfalls associated
with rock stars. But that didn’t stop Tipper Gore and the
Parents Music Resource Center from targeting him—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
“SMF” (Sick Mother F******) fans This story is
mine. I’m the guy that gave it all to beat the
odds, left everything he had on the stage each night, didn’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
“beloved public figure.” How did the unpopular kid, who grew
up to be the angry young man, who became the ’80s poster boy
for the evils of rock ’n’ roll, arrested for profanity and
assault, and boycotted by parents and religious groups,
become the likeable mensch he is today?
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