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Twisted Sister: Live at Wacken - The Reunion

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Twisted Sister invade Germany!
After several half-attempts to reunite Twisted Sister, the full 'Stay Hungry'-era lineup finally reunited in 2001 for the New York Steel benefit show for 9/11. Two years later saw a full-blown make up and costume reunion come to pass, with several festival dates throughout Europe and the US, culminating in this show.
Great DVD.

It's incredible how those 40 plus year old men were jumping, running, screaming and fighting made a great show¡¡¡¡¡ they looked very powerfull....
By the way, the DVD has good image, good sound (as possible, because at the live show the sound could be better). As a Twisted Sister Fan (#1 in my country, Venezuela)... I didn't have any information about the band (since 1987, only all cds collection (TS, Widowmaker, Dee Solo career and internet), i have to say the interviews were very interesting, no matter they were between the live show. However, something failed.....I think there is only one song from the Come Out and Play Album¡¡¡¡ What about "Come Out And Play", "Leader Of The Pack" and "I Believe in You" and the others?......
Well.... if you are a SMF member and know others SMF around the world.... BUY IT¡¡¡¡ and PLAY IT LOUD.... M****A¡¡¡¡¡¡

Well, is very interesting to see a 80's band with the original members with a classical performance (make-up included). I think this concert was recorded in one of those Europeans festivals a couple years ago and the audience did a great job.

The boys did a terrific job too, all the classics included, interviews every couple songs about reunion and different stuff, good. Video quality excellent. Audio could be better from the source, I mean the dvd quality is great, but during the performance sometimes is not easy to understand what Dee is singing.

anything else is ok.

"It's the price we gotta play and all the games we gotta play, makes me wonder if it's worth it to carry on."

No words were ever so truthful than those coming from big mouth par ex Dee Snider.

Not since the Floyd reunion at Live 8 have there been so many uncomfortable people amassed on one stage that barely halfway wanted to be there.

The CD side is disposable, "Whoopee, more live Sister tracks of old stuff."

In the DVD documentary, there's this recurring theme of this being like a job, putting on the costume, going onstage and pretending like it's 20 years ago, and if you want to put on a uniform and clock in, go work at Wendy's, which some of the band may have been doing since the Sisters called it a day in 1987.

Although he could probably eat me for lunch, The Animal just seems like some angry fat guy with a ponytail, not convincing in the slightest that he's put the animosity with Snider behind him. Jay Jay is in it for the money, that's basically it. Eddie just seems like "Well, whatever." A.J. is just kind of "Hey, didn't I leave the group earlier than anyone?" Dee seems to be the only one really happy to be back playing with these guys.

I loved Twisted Sister's music and still do, and while the rhetoric of "doing it for the fans" is appreciative and the world was a way lesser place without them, they have to do it for themselves first and foremost and based on this documentary, I don't think they're doing that. Twisted Forever? Yes. Forever Twisted? Not so much so.

Signed,
epsteinsmutha (SMF since 1984)

Twisted Sister-Live at Wacken Open Air-The Reunion
Eagle Rock Entertainment
www.eaglerockent.com/

Review by: Clifford Newsted

Twisted Sister has returned with their first DVD in their twenty plus year career. It's not just a DVD, in addition to the fourteen classic Twisted Sister tracks, there are several interviews with the band between songs and there's also the photo gallery, and the making of Still Hungry. The gem on this release is that this DVD is a dual disc and also has an audio side. There are four tracks from May 1980, one from London, December 1982 and rounding things out, six from their Wacken Open Air performance from August 2nd, 2003. The only downside is that this is all packaged in a CD jewel case. While there is plenty of Twisted Sister pictures, the liners are seriously lacking, there's no input from the band. I for one would have loved each member to write a sentence or two about their career or the reunion. This is a package that even a casual fan Twisted Sister will adore, it's all the hits, it's all the original members, it's Twisted Sister Live At Wacken-The Reunion. So, pick this up and prepare yourself for 105 minutes of classic Twisted Sister. Play It Loud Mutha!

THE KIDS ARE BACK!!! GREAT, SIMPLY GREAT!!!! NEW YORK MOST EXCITING METAL BAND IS BACK!!! LIVE AT WACKEN IS AN AMAZING DVD. GOOD CAMERA WORK, GOOD IMAGE, GOOD SOUND AND THE MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL: AN INCREDIBLE SHOW FULL OF NOSTALGIA AND GREATEST SONGS. LOOK LIKE A WOMEN, PLAY LIKE A MAN, YOU SMF!!! INTERVIEWS, A FEW OF EXTRAS AND CD SIDE IS GREAT AND PLAY WELL. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU THINK BUT FOR ME "TWISTED SISTER" IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BANDS IN METAL HISTORY AND YOU CAN'T DENY HIS LEGACY. YOU CAN'T STOP ROCK N' ROLL!!!! HAILS TO TWISTED SISTER!!! GIVE ME ANOTHER BEER...

BY THE WAY, "THE PRICE" IS MY FAVE SONG. IF YOU LIKE HEAVY METAL THIS DVD IS A MUST FOR YOU!!!

This is an amazing twisted DVD twisted sister rule and should make a new album!!

hello just got the dvd today and it rules anybody whos a twisted sister fan should grab a copy.its worth every penny.

I bought this dual disc and had a similer problem as a few others on this list mentioned? I returned mine 2 times and all 3 copies I had the CD side would not play in my home, car, computer, dvd, boom box, or clock radio cd player? Plus parts of the dvd side would mess up too? I contacted the company who put it out and had to e-mail them 3 times to get them to respond? Then they told me if I could show them proof of purchase they would send me a new one? I wrote them back and said that won't do anything because I had 3 in a row that were bad so whats a 4th one gonna do? I think the whole batch was defective to be honest with you so they should recall them all till they fix this problem? I notice some of the reviews they did not mention this problem? Maybe their's plays ok I wish someone would say so if it does? Take care and God bless :) And remember Twisted Forever :)

Derek

The DVD is awesome. Played through the whole thing on my Mac without a hitch. This DVD is an EXCELLENT live set. All the eras are covered, and no one who is a fan should be disappointed in their show.

HOWEVER... the CD portion of the DVD which claims to "play anywhere" will not play on either Macintosh computer (my primary CD player is my Mac.) It churns, grinds, spurts, and tries, but in the end, it just spits it out.

3 Stars. It would be 4 if they didn't CRIPPLE THE CD. It's not "protected"... it's CRIPPLED!

Stop treating PAYING CUSTOMERS LIKE THIEVES and we will buy your stuff.

I am VERY VERY disappointed. I expect better from Twisted Sister. Heck, "Still Hungry" played in my Mac fine... so why can't this?

At least the DVD played.