TWISTED SISTER's Jay Jay French on Why Mark "The Animal" Mendoza Will Not Be at 50 Year Reunion Shows

Jimmy Kay and Alan Dixon spoke to Guitarist and founder of TWISTED SISTER about the band coming out of retirement shows for a 50 year celebration.

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When asked why TWISTED SISTER are reuniting this time around?

"Dee (Snider) called and he said, "Hey, man. Let's do it one more time. I thought to myself, I have a whole other life. I do motivational speaking. I have a book. I write articles, I go to audio shows. I write reviews of audio gear...etc.. I love that. That's truly what I love. But here's the thing. Ask a boxer why they go back in the ring. And they go because I'll never feel that way again. And the truth is it's a lot healthier than boxing. So, if I can go out on stage to 100,000 people and have them sing 'We're Not gonna Take It “ one More Time, I'll take that because there's nothing as intoxicating as having 100,000 people sing your songs to you. There's nothing better. So, it's a chance for my daughter to be embarrassed one more time.(laughs)."

When asked about the statements made by the Twisted Sister camp in regards to Criticising artist who always come out of retirement ?

" Dee (Snider) (made those statements), he also said I think we should run that (those statements) before we go on stage every night. I think we should play all of the 'We're never getting back together again.' 'We refuse to do this or anyone who does this is an idiot.' 'You're a joke if you do that.' Why would you do that? We'll just keep running them all. You know, of course."

When asked why Mark Mendoza was not being part of the 50 year reunion

"It happens with bands. Bands are like marriages and things happen. Me, Dee, and Eddie (Ojeda) have played through 10 different drummers and bass players, right? Most people don't know this. We have never spoken about why someone is in and why someone is out. We never have. And don't forget, I go back three more years. I go back to 13 ex-members of the band. 13. I had never spoken about them. My attitude is that a realignment takes place for lack of a better word, however you have to do it to keep your business moving and you make your business move. And that's really all there is to it. And I don't want to bring in any more than that. People know what they know and I have no reason to throw, you know, dirt on anything whatsoever. You make the move to keep the business moving forward and it's exactly what Twisted Sister has always done. We have four original members. We have 80% original. Joe Franco (drummer) is back with us. He was one of our drummers. He played on our albums and toured with us. So, we have a very high percentage of original band members. And I'm very proud of that because some bands are touring with no original members. And I'm proud of me, Dee, and Eddie. Let me tell you, we've been together shoulder-to-shoulder on stage for thousands of shows, not hundreds. Yeah. Yeah. Thousands of shows. And we're going to celebrate that one more time. "

TWISTED SISTER has announced its first reunion concert as part of the band's 50th-anniversary tour. The band will perform at Barcelona Rock Fest, which will take place from July 3 to July 5 in Barcelona, Spain.

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