Dee Snider just unleashed a bitter rant about Twisted Sister drummer A.J. Pero's death -- saying his heart attack was totally avoidable, but Pero did nothing to save himself or protect his family. Dee came on TMZ Live to talk about the band's upcoming farewell tour, but ended up venting about Pero. Dee told us he's in the anger stage of grieving because ... he says Pero knew he had a history of heart disease in his family,...
- 4/8/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Twisted Sister not gonna take it anymore -- after one last tour the hair metal heroes will unplug their amps in 2016 ... TMZ has learned. A rep for the band tells us Dee Snider and the boys made the decision last month to call it quits -- just one week before drummer A.J. Pero died from a heart attack. The band's 2016 tour will be called "Forty and F**k It" -- but before that we're told they'll be honoring A.
- 4/7/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
The drummer for Twisted Sister, A.J. Pero, has died. He was 55. Pero passed away Friday of an apparent heart attack, the Associated Press reports. The band confirmed the death on their Facebook page: "The members of Twisted Sister are profoundly saddened to announce the untimely passing of our brother, A.J. Pero," they wrote. "The band, crew and most importantly the family of A.J. Pero thank you for your thoughts and prayers at this time." Pero was on tour with Adrenaline Mob when his body was discovered on the tour bus Friday morning by the other band members, who were unable to resuscitate him,...
- 3/20/2015
- by Sheila Cosgrove Baylis, @sheilabot
- PEOPLE.com
A.J. Pero, the drummer for legendary heavy metal band Twisted Sister, died on Friday. He was 55. A.J. Pero Dies Pero was traveling with Adrenaline Mob when he was found unresponsive on their tour bus Friday morning in Poughkeepsie, New York, reported TMZ. The band dialed 911 and the musician was rushed to a nearby […]
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- 3/20/2015
- by Chelsea Regan
- Uinterview
Twisted Sister has lost a dear brother. A.J. Pero died today after apparently suffering a heart attack, according to the band. He was 55. The drummer had been on tour with heavy metal group Adrenaline Mob, which he would play with in between Twisted Sister gigs. He was found unresponsive by fellow Adrenaline Mob members this morning on their tour bus. "The members of Twisted Sister are profoundly saddened to announce the untimely passing of our brother, Aj Pero," the band said in a statement on its Facebook page. "The band, crew and most importantly the family of Aj Pero thank you for your thoughts and prayers at this time." "My friend, my brother, my band mate passed...
- 3/20/2015
- E! Online
A.J. Pero -- drummer for the legendary rock band Twisted Sister -- died Friday morning after he was found unresponsive on a tour bus in Poughkeepsie, New York. He was 55. Jay Jay French, a fellow member of Twisted Sister, tells TMZ ... Pero was touring with the band Adrenaline Mob when he was found on the bus, but would not wake up. The band called 911 and paramedics rushed him to a nearby hospital ... but he didn't make it.
- 3/20/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Too soon. Twisted Sister drummer A.J. Pero has died at the age of 55. "The members of Twisted Sister are profoundly saddened to announce the untimely passing of our brother, Aj Pero," the band members said in a statement via Facebook on Friday, March 20. "The band, crew and most importantly the family of Aj Pero thank you for your thoughts and prayers at this time." According to the Associated Press, Pero was found unresponsive while touring with the band Adrenaline Mob. He was reportedly taken to a [...]...
- 3/20/2015
- Us Weekly
Five years ago, iconic hard-rockers Twisted Sister shocked the world with the release of their critically-hailed holiday album A Twisted Christmas, and since then it's become a seasonal favorite among Ts fans and metalheads around the world, with annual live performances by the band and high-profile guests. This year, frontman Dee Snider and the gang will be holding two special live performances of their own head-banging carols in New York, and we've got the details of those shows on the flipside... Snider and his partners in rock Jay Jay French, Mark Mendoza, Eddie Ojeda and A.J. Pero have come up with some new twists for this year's show, which will feature the band rocking out their own renditions of holiday...
- 11/30/2011
- FEARnet
Fangoria Radio and Fangoria Musick have teamed up with Rhino Records and Twisted Sister to make sure that You, the Fangoria readers can Stay Hungry this Summer! To celebrate the 25th Anniversary release of Twisted Sister's Stay Hungry on June 30th, we're hooking up a select few readers with prize packs that include: The New 2Cd Deluxe Edition of Stay Hungry A Limited edition 2Lp Vinyl Edition (Bubblegum pink!) A copy of The Video Years on DVD After rocking clubs from Los Angeles to New York City for more than a decade, Twisted Sister made its bones in 1984 with the quintet's second Atlantic Records release, a Top 20 album that stormed the charts with a string of hit singles and genre-bending videos. Rhino proudly wears a Twisted Sister pin on its uniform, celebrating the album's multi-platinum success with a 25th Anniversary Edition that includes a bonus disc of unreleased outtakes...
- 6/15/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (James Zahn)
- Fangoria
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