Twisted Sister — You Can’t Stop Rock ‘N’ Roll

𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐑𝐘𝐏𝐓𝐒 - 𝐂𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐀𝐋𝐁𝐔𝐌 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐃 𝐑𝐎𝐂𝐊 & 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐕𝐘 𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐀𝐋…

40 years ago today, Twisted Sister proved that “You Can’t Stop Rock ‘N’ Roll”!

On this day (June 27) in 1983, Twisted Sister released their second full-length studio album, “You Can't Stop Rock 'N' Roll” in Europe via Atlantic Records.

Background:

After an appearance on the music TV program The Tube, Atlantic Records approached the band and signed them. Atlantic was one of the labels that had turned Twisted Sister down in the “Club Days” period. The band's first LP under Atlantic, “You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll”, produced by Stuart Epps, included the UK No. 19 hit "I Am (I'm Me)".

From a production standpoint, the album sounded better than its predecessor, and it was every bit as heavy. Upon the success of the album the company decided to promote the band more heavily.

The songs "The Kids Are Back", and the album's title track were also released as singles.

The album was certified as a Gold Album by The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in November 1995, for selling over 500,000 copies in the USA. Metal-rules.com put the album in their list of "The Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums" and on their list of "The Top 50 Glam Metal Albums". The title track is a new recording of the track "Can't Stop Rock and Roll" which appeared on the compilation "Son of Homegrown" in 1982.

A music video was made for the title track of “You Can't Stop Rock 'N' Roll”, which was to become the first of a series of comedic videos that popularized the band.

Noteworthy:

• In series two of Brainiac: Science Abuse, the song "You Can't Stop Rock 'N' Roll" was used in a recurring experiment to show what things could be used to "stop rock 'n' roll". The experiment would consist of a stereo playing the song being destroyed in an overly extreme fashion using various chemicals, objects and explosives to which the presenter would then humoursly declare that you can in fact "stop rock 'n' roll" with said method.

• In the 2010 film Jackass 3D, "The Kids Are Back" is played during the opening credits.

Critical Reception:

Writing for AllMusic, Greg Prato writes;

“From the solid sales of their independently released debut album, 1982's “Under the Blade”, New York's Twisted Sister were finally rewarded with a major record label contract, courtesy of Atlantic, who issued their first domestic release, “You Can't Stop Rock ‘N’ Roll”, a year later. The album followed the same raw Heavy Metal direction of their debut, and was even more consistent from a songwriting and performance standpoint. Several of Twisted Sister's best anthems reside here… the title track (which was one of the band's first videos to be aired on MTV), as well as "The Kids Are Back," "We're Gonna Make It," and "I Am (I'm Me)." But besides a ballad that vocalist Dee Snider wrote especially for his wife, "You're Not Alone (Suzette's Song)," the album is comprised of 100 percent Heavy Metal… "Like a Knife in the Back," "Ride to Live, Live to Ride," "I've Had Enough," and "I'll Take You Alive."

Links to Artists, Albums, and Music Videos:

Click this link to listen to “You Can't Stop Rock 'N' Roll” via Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/you-cant-stop-rock-n-roll-remastered/1434761275

Click this link to listen to “You Can't Stop Rock 'N' Roll” via Spotify: You Can't Stop Rock 'N' Roll https://open.spotify.com/album/3KW5iWFnvhHtFoMHwWnUr5

Click this link to watch the official music video for “You Can't Stop Rock 'N' Roll”: https://youtu.be/wpehjqqjNXw

Click this link to follow Twisted Sister on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100044230189475

Click this link to follow Dee Snider on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/facedeesnider

Click this link to follow Jay Jay French on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/facedeesnider

Click this link to follow Eddie Ojeda of Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eddieojedaofficial

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