{"id":311983,"date":"2026-03-04T04:06:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T04:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/311983\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T04:06:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T04:06:07","slug":"sebastian-bach-joins-twisted-sister-as-dee-sniders-replacement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/311983\/","title":{"rendered":"Sebastian Bach joins Twisted Sister as Dee Snider’s replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Twisted Sister, who shelved a series of reunion shows last month following Dee Snider’s decision to quit the band<\/a> on doctor’s orders, have lined up a replacement.<\/p>\n

“Twisted Sister members Jay Jay French and Eddie Ojeda are thrilled to announce that iconic vocalist and frontman Sebastian Bach will be fronting the band for a handful of select dates this fall,” say the band. “These appearances do not affect or conflict with Sebastian\u2019s current or future solo touring schedule, which remains fully intact.”<\/p>\n

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As of now, no dates have been announced to replace the cancelled shows, but details are expected to emerge in the coming weeks. In the meantime, former Skid Row<\/a> man Bach has taken to social media to express his excitement.<\/p>\n

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“I am the lead singer of Twisted Sister,” he writes. “I keep saying that over and over to myself and anybody else who will listen. Today I am absolutely honoured and overjoyed to pay tribute to the legacy of some of my favourite music and musicians of my whole life!<\/p>\n

“I am a true fan of this music. I have even been nicknamed SMF#2 for decades now by SMF#1, the one and only Dee Snider. I called Dee today and we talked for around 45 minutes before this news hit the planet. We were both kind of emotional on the phone. I know I was a little bit teary-eyed because I have nothing but respect for Dee, and I have always been a fan and a friend of Dee, Suzette [Snider’s wife] and his wonderful family.<\/p>\n

“We have agreed to do six shows this year together, and I am really looking forward to this. None of the shows of my solo band are being cancelled or moved. I am going to be one busy mother trucker, that is for sure, but I am used to it!<\/p>\n

“I would like to personally thank Jay Jay French, Eddie Ojeda and the whole team of Twisted Fucking Sister. It\u2019s a long way from me painting the TS logo on the back of my jean jacket in high school in liquid paper to fronting the band. I am completely excited as a fan to sing these songs.<\/p>\n

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“Thank you, Twisted Sister, for this awesome opportunity, and I look forward to rocking with all you sick motherfckers later on this year!”<\/p>\n

On February 14, Snider issued a video update on the Facebook page for his House of Hair<\/a> radio show, thanking fans for their concern and support, and promising that he is going nowhere.<\/p>\n

“My announcement about cancelling the tour for health reasons, problems with my heart, arthritis, things like that, the rumours have run wild that I am on my deathbed,” he wrote. “I am not. I just can’t do those things that I did in my twenties, thirties, forties, fifties and even sixties. Alright? Otherwise, I’m alive and well. I’m enjoying life.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Twisted Sister, who shelved a series of reunion shows last month following Dee Snider’s decision to quit the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":311984,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,157,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-311983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311983\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/311984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}