He HATED Us We HATED Him Jay Jay French

Twisted Sister guitarist Jay Jay French shares the story of his bands struggle with Atlantic Records President Doug Morris Doug famously declared that if an employee of his mentioned Twisted Sister s name he would fire them and made it his mission to make things as difficult as possible for Jay Jay, Dee Snider and the rest of Twisted Sister Jay Jay describes the issues the band faced, despite increasing sales figures and incredible live performances but that eventually, Doug Morris was forced to back down and apologize Morris then helped set Twisted Sister on to glory by utilising the new power of MTV that helped make the band a household name. Hits like We re Not Gonna Take It and I Wanna Rock broke big time and still live on in the consciousness of society today. If you are a podcast listener, please subscribe to the VRP Rocks podcast Search for VRP Rocks on your podcast app of choice