Origin: Long Island, NY
Decades: 1970's, 1980's, and 2000's
A product of New Yorker City's early-'70s glam rock scene, Twisted Sister were eager students of the New York Dolls, with the theatrics of Kiss and the shock rock of Alice Cooper thrown in for good measure. While providing an excellent role model from an artistic standpoint, the Dolls' disappointing record sales and subsequent implosion would make it difficult for such faithful disciples as Twisted Sister to land a record deal, and the band wound up struggling for nearly a decade before finally getting thei... Read More
AC/DC, Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, David Bowie, Kiss, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, Van Halen, T. Rex, The Dictators, New York Dolls, Black Sabbath, and Judas Priest
Marilyn Manson, White Zombie, Rob Zombie, and Lit