RATT and Twisted Sister One Hit Wonders?

Scott — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:03:07 +0000

I saw the advertisement for this the other day and it pissed me off. You know the “One Hit Wonder” shows that air on VH1 every now and then? Well there is another one coming soon to VH1 Classic and two of the bands they are going to cover are Twisted Sister and RATT. Last time I checked neither of these bands were one hit wonders. Not to me anyway. Maybe they were one hit wonders in the corporate world of Mtv, but both of these bands had plenty of good songs.

Twisted Sister’s entire Stay Hungry album is proof that they are not one-hit-wonders. Where do they get off on say that they are OHW’s? T.S. didn’t have a really long run as a band, but they are well known, especially by their fans for having way more than one hit. Let’s just take a quick look at probably their biggest hit from radio and t.v.. We’re Not Gonna Take It and I Wanna Rock. That’s two by my count. Add another arm load of hits and you have enough of a legacy to be more than one hit wonders.

I can’t say that I was a diehard RATT fan, but they had plenty enough to not be known as one-hit-wonders. This show is being produced by No Good TV…I think they are just trying to live up their name.

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Against My Better Judgement…

Scott — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 04:20:38 +0000

I once again turned on VH1 Classics last night and for the 6 millionth time, Heavy: the story of metal was on. I only watched a bit of it but it was enough to get me riled. Warrant, a band that I never liked was featured on there. Jani Lane, the only washed out glam rocker that is trying to look normal these days (or at least at the time) was bitchin about how when he wrote Cherry Pie, he didn’t expect it to be a hit. Now he hates it cause everything is cherry pie this and cherry pie that and how he’s the cherry pie guy. He’s not bitchin about how its paying his mortgage and putting his kids through college. Unless he was one of those dumb-asses that sold the writes to the song. He actually said “I could shoot myself in the head for writing that song“. All I have to say is that it’s never too late to make a difference, Jani.

The next part I got aggravated with was how Dee Snider was talking about how back in the 80’s every band was putting a power ballad on a record like it was a standard. Dee, I love ya man but there was nothing wrong with that. Even the hardest of the metal-heads has to show their softer side every now and then. “The Price” may not have been about love per-say but it was a power ballad. Even though it was not what sold Stay Hungry, it was a cool song.

It’s amazing how cool yet stupid the world of music is. I wanted to say the world of metal but it’s not just metal. You have stupid people, hypocrites, and talentless tail riders in every type of music. It also amazes me on what some channels consider metal. Metal Mania on VH1 Classics has some garbage on there. I turned it on and there was Alice Cooper, who is a great showman, but not Metal I don’t care how much make-up and snakes you have. Anyway, it was the song “Man Behind The Mask” from the Friday The 13th Part 6 sound track. It was all corny and full of synthesizers. I was kinda embarrassed for him. Nothing like seeing a decrepit old man in make-up trying to rock out to such a terrible anthem like song to an even worse movie. I need to remove that package from my Directv Subscription.

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RATT and Twisted Sister One Hit Wonders?

Against My Better Judgement…