{"id":458191,"date":"2026-02-06T19:25:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T19:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/458191\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T19:25:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T19:25:07","slug":"dee-snider-quits-twisted-sister-bands-future-is-unknown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/458191\/","title":{"rendered":"Dee Snider Quits Twisted Sister, Band\u2019s Future Is Unknown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/6128eb15913450483f2add3ac9e00ce3d0-GettyImages-2168143854.rsquare.w330.jpg\" class=\"lede-image\" data-content-img=\"\" alt=\"Chris Janson In Concert\" width=\"330\" height=\"330\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>\n                  Photo: Scott Legato\/Getty Images\n              <\/p>\n<p class=\"clay-paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.vulture.com\/_components\/clay-paragraph\/instances\/cmlb01pid002q0igq88trdmi7@published\" data-word-count=\"238\">Actually, this is a levelheaded brother. Dee Snider has quit Twisted Sister ahead of the band\u2019s 50th-anniversary tour, a decision he says was fueled by health issues and not wanting to perform at a level he isn\u2019t proud of for fans. \u201cI don\u2019t know of any other way to rock,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/twistedsisterofficial\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=96618586-bd1c-4dd1-817b-a3b135898e23\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> in a statement. \u201cThe idea of slowing down is unacceptable to me. I\u2019d rather walk away than be a shadow of my former self.\u201d Pulling a quote from Magnum Force, the front man added, \u201cA man\u2019s got to know his limitations.\u201d Snider, who is 70 years old, suffers from degenerative arthritis and underwent several surgeries in recent years \u2014 as a result he\u2019s only been able to perform \u201ca few songs at a time in pain\u201d at concerts. \u201cAdding insult to injury, he has recently found out the level of intensity he has dedicated to his life\u2019s work has taken its toll on his heart as well,\u201d Twisted Sister\u2019s statement read. \u201cHe can no longer push the boundaries of rock-and-roll fury like he has done for decades.\u201d The band\u2019s future will be determined in the upcoming weeks, and the anniversary tour has been canceled. In a similar rocker vein, Keith Richards, now an octogenarian, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulture.com\/article\/rolling-stones-cancel-2026-tour-keith-richards-health.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">recently vetoed a Rolling Stones stadium tour<\/a> due to the rigors of being on the road for an extended period of time. Taking it? No, they\u2019re not going to do that anymore.<\/p>\n<p>  Related<\/p>\n<p>    <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo: Scott Legato\/Getty Images Actually, this is a levelheaded brother. Dee Snider has quit Twisted Sister ahead of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":458192,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[49,48,73390,75,341,187594,32249,73391],"class_list":{"0":"post-458191","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-dee-snider","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-music","13":"tag-no-longer-taking-it","14":"tag-retirements","15":"tag-twisted-sister"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/458192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}