A Twisted Christmas
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- For the similarly named Bob Rivers album, see Twisted Christmas
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| Studio album by Twisted Sister | |||||
| Released | October 17, 2006 | ||||
| Recorded | 2006 | ||||
| Genre | Heavy metal | ||||
| Length | 41:50 | ||||
| Label | Razor & Tie | ||||
| Producer | Mark Mendoza | ||||
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A Twisted Christmas is a Christmas album from US heavy metal group Twisted Sister, released on October 17, 2006.
The album features classic Christmas songs performed in Heavy metal versions.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
- "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" - 4:48
- Oh Come All Ye Faithful - 4:40
- White Christmas - 3:56
- I'll Be Home for Christmas - 4:08
- Silver Bells - 5:05
- I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - 3:39
- Let It Snow - 3:09
- Deck the Halls - 2:52
- The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) - 3:40
- Heavy Metal Christmas (The Twelve Days of Christmas) - 5:14
- Bonus Track: We Wish You a Twisted Christmas (parody/remake of We Wish You a Merry Christmas) - 0:36
[edit] Credits
[edit] 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
[edit] Additional musicians
- Lita Ford - backing vocals on "I'll Be Home for Christmas"
[edit] Music Videos
Two music videos were made for "Oh Come All Ye Faithful." The first one follows the same style of the band's landmark videos "We're Not Gonna Take It" and "I Wanna Rock," as a married couple celebrate Christmas when the wife discovers that her husband's gift to her is a CD copy of A Twisted Christmas. She then starts to rant about the present until Dee and the band appear behind her. [1]
The second video version (using the radio edit) is a short animated feature with the band taking over Santa's workshop and using his sleigh to drop off Twisted Sister merchandise and cans of hairspray to children. [2]
The music video for "Silver Bells" is the sequel to the first "Oh Come All Ye Faithful" video, as the couple are paid a visit by numerous guests while the band performs live on TV. [3]
Twisted Sister also filmed a studio performance of "Heavy Metal Christmas" for GameTap. This video featured Dee without his trademark wig and makeup. [4]
[edit] Trivia
- Oh Come All Ye Faithful uses the tunes of We're Not Gonna Take It (the melody of which was inspired by the carol) and Hava Nagila. The song was performed on the Tonight Show on December 13th, 2006
Parts of the guitar riff to White Christmas seem to be based on "I Wanna Rock", another Twisted Sister Song
[edit] References
- ^ YouTube - Twisted Sister - Oh Come All Ye Faithful
- ^ YouTube - Twisted Sister Animated Video
- ^ YouTube - Twisted Sister - Silver Bells - Episode 2
- ^ YouTube - Twisted Sister - Heavy Metal Christmas
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