New Twisted Sister album

UGh!!!! I WANT NEW MUSIC!!!!

A re-release of Stay Hungry is cool, but I WANT NEW MUSIC!

alright, can't wait for some sister

where should i start with TS

TheGooch wrote:

where should i start with TS

Under the Blade would be my recommendation.

what was their debut called. its on the tip of my tongue

Under the Blade was their major label debut. If they have one before that I've never heard of it.

maybe thats the one i am thinking off then

They had an Ep called Ruff Cutts never released on CD

Bout time. I mean, Twisted Christmas was cool, but it's been way too long since we got any real stuff.

All in favor of more TS!!!



Arttie

manny wrote:

News I found, ULT will be happy to hear this news:

Twisted Sister is planning a 25th-anniversary re-release of its classic 1984 album "Stay Hungry" featuring bonus material, including one brand new song that the band is set to record later this month. "There's gonna be two discs — it's gonna be the original album remastered, and it's gonna have all the outtakes, including about 15 songs that we never finished; all two verses and a chorus," guitarist Jay Jay French revealed during an October 10th, 2008 appearance on our very own Eddie Trunk's "Friday Night Rocks" radio show on New York's Q104.3 FM. "In much the same way that everybody's throwing the kitchen sink in these historical records — we're gonna have that — plus we're gonna have a brand new song that we're recording in two weeks."

Back in 2004, Twisted Sister released "Still Hungry" — a re-recorded and expanded version of "Stay Hungry." "Still Hungry" — which was produced by Mark Mendoza, a longtime producer/engineer in addition to his bass guitar duties with Twisted Sister— gave the New York-based band a chance to make "Stay Hungry" the way it was first envisioned. "Stay Hungry" sold more than 6 million copies worldwide, but it didn't sound the way Twisted Sister wanted it to sound.

"'Still Hungry' is 'Stay Hungry - The Way It Ought to Be'," Jay Jay French stated at the time. "It has an ultra-heavy sound, which is the way we wanted 'Stay Hungry' in the first place. But at that time rock records had a thin, very midrange kind of sound and so 'Stay Hungry' was recorded very lightly. We battled Atlantic Records and producer Tom Werman about it, but we lost.

"These re-recordings are faithful to the original arrangements but they sound much heavier," he continued. "There are an additional seven tracks included — obscure songs from our club days but never officially recorded then. On two of these songs, 'Never Say Never' and 'Blastin' Fast & Loud', we used the original drum tracks that A.J. [Pero] recorded. These songs were meant to be included on 'Stay Hungry' but were never finished. 'Heroes Are Hard to Find' was on the soundtrack of Dee's [Snider's] movie 'Strangeland'."

Six of the seven bonus tracks on "Still Hungry" previously appeared, mostly in raw form, on archival Twisted Sister albums. Demos of "Come Back" and "Rock N Roll Saviors" were included on the 1999 Spitfire Records collection "Club Daze Volume I: The Studio Sessions". The completed 2001 studio recordings of "Never Say Never" and "Blastin' Fast & Loud" (with Pero's original 1984 drum tracks) kicked off 2001's Spitfire release "Club Daze Volume II: Live in the Bars", which also featured vintage live versions of "You Know I Cry", "Plastic Money" and "Come Back" (one of just a few songs to appear on both "Club Daze" volumes).

source: blabbermouth.net

Good Lord... STAY HUNGRY really is going to be 25 years old next year isn't it? Now I feel old.

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They had an Ep called Ruff Cutts never released on CD

I believe the RUFF CUTS stuff was added to one of the T.S. reissues of the catalog on Spitfire Records a few years back.

The Ruff Cuts EP only had 3 or 4 songs I don't remember and my album is at home, but it just sounded like demo cuts of songs that made it onto " Under the Blade" and their cover of "Leader of the Pack' not an essential release but it would be cool if they added on the reissues, of course I bought most of those prior to the reissues.

I'm happy they are remastering Stay Hungry. Can't wait!

spectrefate wrote:

I'm happy they are remastering Stay Hungry. Can't wait!

If there was ever an album that was in dire need of remastering, it's that one. Great album but the production sucks eggs.

There is no high or low end on that thing. It was recorded in a cave I think.

Tom Werman production just blows, the one Krokus album he produced "Change of Address" was horrid, and the Cheap Trick albums he produced like "In Color" the songs sound lifeless compared to live versions on "Live at Budokan".

The only artist he seemed to able to get a great sound from was Ted Nugent. Maybe Ted Nugent co-produced those albums but I am not sure since I am at work can't confirm this. Even Motley Crue complained about his production, which is saying something, personally I thought he also got a good sound from these clowns on 'Shout at the Devil"

manny wrote:

the Cheap Trick albums he produced like "In Color" the songs sound lifeless compared to live versions on "Live at Budokan"

Cheap Trick re-recorded all the songs from "In Color" with Steve Albini in the producer's chair in '98 or '99 but it's never been (officially) released. There are bootlegs out there if you know where to look, tho.

Tom Werman most of have been one of those in house producers for Columbia that record labels would force onto the bands.

Now I have to search for those re-recordings of 'In Color" especially using noted Nirvana producer Steve Albini, it sounds interesting.

Awesome, can't wait for it!

manny wrote:

Tom Werman production just blows, the one Krokus album he produced "Change of Address" was horrid, and the Cheap Trick albums he produced like "In Color" the songs sound lifeless compared to live versions on "Live at Budokan".

The only artist he seemed to able to get a great sound from was Ted Nugent. Maybe Ted Nugent co-produced those albums but I am not sure since I am at work can't confirm this. Even Motley Crue complained about his production, which is saying something, personally I thought he also got a good sound from these clowns on 'Shout at the Devil"

I think Nugent would disagree with you on this. He never quite captured that raw energy that Nugent had, even on those early Nugent slabs. It was the songwriting that overcame the production.

He also produced Molly Hatchet's Take No Prisoners. Most people complained that that album was too slick as well and didn't have they heavy sound of Flirtin with Disaster. However, he produced Flirtin with Disaster and Beatin' the Odds. Those were great.

I think he produced Stryper's Against the Law and I really like that album. Others he produced that I like are Crue's Shout At the Devil and Twisted Sister's You Can't Stop rock and Roll. Some credit him on Under the Blade as well, but Pete Way actually recorded and mixed the original release, not Tom.

Sweet. That albums needs reworking.