Mark "The Animal" Mendoza (born Mark Glickman, July 13, 1956) is an American rock bassist and a member of the heavy metal band

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. He joined the band in 1978 after leaving

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. He briefly played in Blackfoot in the early 1990s. Mendoza is also currently a member of Joe Rock and the All Stars, a Long Island band featuring frontman Joe Rock of

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radio, contributing bass and vocals. He is also a co-founder of Area 22 Productions. Mendoza played the bass guitar on all of Twisted Sister's major label releases. He remixed ''

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'' when it was reissued by Atlantic Records, and produced and mixed '' Still Hungry'' and ''

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''. Growing up in West Hempstead, New York, Mark 'Mendoza' Glickman attended George Washington Middle School and West Hempstead High School and graduated in 1974.

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