TWISTED SISTER have announced that they have hired original SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach as their vocalist for shows this year to celebrate their 50th anniversary after frontman Dee Snider resigned from the group last month for health reasons.
The band announced, “Twisted Sister members Jay Jay French and Eddie Ojeda are thrilled to announce that Iconic Vocalist and Front Man, Sebastian Bach, will be fronting the band for a handful of select dates this fall. These appearances do not affect or conflict with Sebastian’s current and future solo touring schedule, which remains fully intact.”
Last month the band announced that they had canceled their planned tour dates after frontman Dee Snider quit the group because he is facing “a series of health challenges“.
A few days later, Dee assured fans that he is not dying. He shared a video from his House Of Hair radio show to Facebook where he said, “Hey, everybody. It’s me, Dee Snider, and I’m not dying. No, not never – I mean, we’re all dying, but not immediately.
“My announcement about canceling the tour for health reasons, problems with my heart, arthritis, things like that, the rumors have run wild that I am on my deathbed,” he continued. “I am not. I just can’t do those things that I did in my twenties, thirties, forties, fifties and even sixties. All right? Otherwise, I’m alive and well. I’m enjoying life. I’m here for the ‘House Of Hair’. I’m directing a movie. I’ll be writing things. You won’t see me on the stage kicking ass like I used to because that will mess me up.”
He later added, “I’m okay. I just can’t do that anymore. And you know what? Truth of the matter is, I don’t want you to see me up there being less than you expect me to be. If you got memories of a great show that I did, that’s what I wanna leave you with, not me standing up there like Willie Nelson. Nothing wrong with Willie, 95 years old in a wheelchair, but you know what I’m saying. I went out rocking. I’m still rocking here. I ain’t stopping. I got a lot of life to live. My dad’s 95 and still kicking, so I’m expecting to be around for a long time, which means the ‘House Of Hair’ will go on forever.”