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Dee Snider still has no interest in reuniting Twisted Sister, despite numerous "lucrative offers" to bring back the glam metal heroes.
Six years removed from Twisted Sister's last performance, Snider stands by his previous declaration that a post-farewell tour reunion would be disrespectful to the fans that came to see the band during its last go-around.
Snider, who last put out new solo music a year ago, was asked about his future in music during a recent Twitter Q&A. Since his last album, Leave a Scar, arrived a year ago, Snider has been focused on book and film work.
When a Twitter user doubted Snider's claim that he might never record new music again, the singer explained that he doesn't want to take part in the "fake farewell" tour industry, from which so many aging rockers are profiting.
"Actually, it's these never ending farewell tours, fake farewells and 'we changed our minds' after the farewell that keep me honest," he wrote. "I hate all that fake farewell bulls--t. Bands should stay forever if they want to...just don't sell us on a B.S. farewell tour!"
"Twisted Sister retired in 2016," he continued in his replies, "and while we talk to each other regularly, none of us has even mentioned reuniting. And believe me, we are getting lucrative offers."
In a 2020 interview, Snider explained that once an artist comes out of retirement, it's hard to go back — and performing heavy metal doesn't get easier with age.
"The idea of being 100 [years old] on that stage terrifies me," Snider said at the time. "...I created a persona and a performance level for myself that I painted myself into a corner. There's a standard that people expect and that I expect of myself, and honestly, I'm afraid of hurting myself with my ego..."
Snider hasn't ruled out more solo shows in the future, but he says performing live isn't his focus these days as he sets his sight on other creative outlets, including a graphic novel about his heroic testimony before the U.S. Senate in 1985 in defense of free speech.