TWISTED SISTER – BIG HITS AND NASTY CUTS LP – Nr MINT 1992 ROCK METAL

Twisted Sister – Big Hits And Nasty Cuts
(Atlantic Records  1992   7567823801)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are a few light surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)

Sleeve in Nr MINT/Excellent+ condition
– import cut in bottom left corner and some sticker marks in top right corner
Inner Sleeve in Nr MINT condition

Twisted Sister is an American heavy metal band from Long Island, New York. Musically, the band implements elements of traditional heavy metal bands such as Iron Maiden and Judas Priest along with a driving hard rock style that is similar to AC/DC. While the band members’ famously cross-dressed appearance might seem to link them with the 1980s glam metal movement, Twisted Sister’s aggressive musical style was coupled with a more grotesque use of makeup and women’s clothing resulting in a product quite distinct from the more hedonistic androgyny of glam metal groups like Mötley Crüe and Poison. The band considers the “glam metal” tag to be inappropriate.

Twisted Sister are also ranked No.73 in VH1’s 100 greatest artists of hard rock.

Although the band was formed by guitarist Jay Jay French in December 1972, all of their songs were written by Dee Snider from 1976 onward. Snider remarked to David Letterman that the proposed name for the band was “This” but was rejected for fear of fans saying “This sucks”. He describes Twisted Sister as “Slade meets Sex Pistols”. Twisted Sister’s most well-known hits include “We’re Not Gonna Take It” and “I Wanna Rock”, both popularized in the USA by regular airplay on MTV in the 1980s. Many of the band’s songs explore themes of parent vs. child conflicts and criticisms of the educational system.

Big Hits and Nasty Cuts: The Best of Twisted Sister is a greatest hits compilation by American heavy metal band, Twisted Sister. It was released in 1992 by Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United Statesand by WEA International Inc. for the rest of the world. The track list consists solely of songs from their first three albums, omitting any material from Come Out and Play and Love Is for Suckers, except outside of the United States where “Bad Boys of Rock ‘n’ Roll” was replaced with “Be Chrool to Your Scuel” from Come Out and Play.

Track listing

Twisted Sister

• Dee Snider – lead vocals
• Eddie “Fingers” Ojeda – lead & rhythm guitars
• Jay Jay French – rhythm & lead guitars
• Mark “The Animal” Mendoza – bass
• A. J. Pero – drums