Question 1

Who writes Twisted Sister's songs?

Accepted Answer

Dee Snider, on his own. He is credited on 64 of the 76 album tracks in this catalogue and no other member of the band has a writing credit on any of them. The twelve tracks he is not on are all songs by other writers.

Question 2

Who wrote "We're Not Gonna Take It"?

Accepted Answer

Dee Snider, alone, like everything else on Stay Hungry. It was the band's only top 40 hit on the Hot 100.

Question 3

Who wrote "I Wanna Rock"?

Accepted Answer

Dee Snider. It reached number 68 on the Hot 100.

Question 4

Did anyone else in the band write?

Accepted Answer

No. Jay Jay French, Eddie Ojeda, Mark Mendoza and A. J. Pero played on the records and produced some of them, but none of them holds a writing credit.

Question 5

How many albums did they release?

Accepted Answer

Seven studio albums, counting the 2004 re-recording of Stay Hungry and the 2006 Christmas record. The live albums and compilations sit outside this catalogue.

Question 6

Which songs are not Snider's?

Accepted Answer

"Leader of the Pack" on Come Out and Play and everything on A Twisted Christmas. He shares two others, "Love Is for Suckers" and "I Want This Night (To Last Forever)".

Question 7

How well did Stay Hungry sell?

Accepted Answer

More than two million copies by the summer of 1985, and more than three million in the years after. It is the band's biggest success.

Question 8

What was the PMRC row?

Accepted Answer

The Parents Music Resource Center singled the band out in 1985 and named "Under the Blade" and "We're Not Gonna Take It" in the Senate hearings. Snider testified alongside John Denver and Frank Zappa.

Question 9

Why did they re-record Stay Hungry?

Accepted Answer

Still Hungry in 2004 is a re-recording of the 1984 album, with seven tracks from the same period added to it.

Question 10

Are they still together?

Accepted Answer

They reunited in 2025 and Sebastian Bach took over lead vocals from Dee Snider in 2026.