Dee’s 5 Favorite Albums of All Time Dee’s 5 Favorite Albums of All Time

Former Twisted Sister singer Dee Snider recently sat down with AXS TV to go over his five favorite albums of all time. You know, the records he’d bring with him were he stranded on a desert island or lost out in space somewhere, as the veteran entertainer and solo musician put it.

And as fans might expect, it’s made up of the ’70s hard rock that inspired Twisted Sister’s ’80s glam metal. It includes albums from Queen — “I remember seeing Queen open for Mott the Hoople,” Snider says  — and Led Zeppelin — “I actually used to do an amazing Robert Plant impersonation,” the singer recalls. “[It] got me into Twisted Sister. Because we were a bar band, and if you could sing Led Zeppelin, you were money.”

Snider is also an author and one of several notable rock stars who go by their middle name. He frequently speaks to the concept of “cancel culture” and other hot topics. Coincidentally, Twisted Sister’s 1984 hit single “We’re Not Gonna Take It” is now a political anthem for candidates on both sides of the aisle.

Snider’s latest solo album, Leave a Scar, emerged last year. And while the rock icon told AXS TV that he wouldn’t necessarily choose it as one of his own favorites, he said it could be one of yours.

What else made the list? Check out Dee’s commentary below.

“What Are Dee Snider’s Five Favorite Albums?” (On AXS TV’s Stranded)

Queen, ‘Queen II’ (1974)

The “least popular record” of Queen’s discography, Snider opines. “The only record they play nothing from live. Yet it is one of my favorite albums, obviously, of all time.”

Led Zeppelin, ‘Led Zeppelin II’ (1969)

Led Zeppelin II “just sealed the deal for me,” Snider says. “With what kinda music I wanted to make — the heaviness of the music I wanted to make.”

Sex Pistols, ‘Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols’ (1977)

“A must bring-along,” Snider states. “I may have been influenced a little bit with part of one of a Sex Pistols song on ‘We’re Not Gonna Take It.’ There is a section that is very reminiscent.”

Thin Lizzy, ‘Live and Dangerous’ (1978)

“A double live album,” Snider explains. “Of course, it includes ‘The Boys Are Back in Town’ and ‘Jailbreak’ and all of those songs. But it is such a moment. It’s so well done, so well performed.”

Slade, ‘Sladest’ (1973)

“They’re the band that wrote ‘Cum On Feel the Noize,'” Snider says. “Without Slade, there would be no Twisted Sister.”

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