Dee Snider

About

Daniel “Dee” Snider (born March 15, 1955) is a retired American musician, radio, and television personality best known as the former lead singer and songwriter of the heavy metal band Twisted Sister. The band’s 1984 song “We’re Not Gonna Take It” reached No. 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and was ranked No. 47 on 100 Greatest 80’s Songs. Snider later formed and was the lead singer in the heavy metal bands Desperado, Widowmaker, and SMFs (Sick Mutha Fuckers). He also released several solo albums. Snider was ranked #83 in the Hit Parader’s Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time.

Daniel Snider was born in the Astoria neighborhood of New York City’s Queens borough on March 15, 1955, the son of art teacher Marguerite (November 17, 1932 — January 2, 2018) and New York State Trooper (and later Nassau County court clerk) Bob Snider. He has Swiss and Ukrainian ancestry. Although his mother was Catholic and his father was Jewish, he and his siblings were raised as Episcopalians after his mother converted. He grew up in the Long Island towns of Baldwin and Freeport. He sang in a church choir, school choruses, and concert choirs in high school. He was selected for the All…