''You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll'' is the second studio album by American
heavy metal band
Twisted Sister
Twisted Sister was an American heavy metal band originally from Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey, and later based on Long Island, New York. Their best-known songs include " We're Not Gonna Take It" and "I Wanna Rock", both of which were associated with m ...
, released on June 27, 1983.
The songs "The Kids Are Back", "I Am (I'm Me)," and the album's title track were released as singles. The album was certified as a
Gold Album
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by RIAA in November 1995, for selling over 500,000 copies in the USA.
put the album in their list of "The Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums" and on their list of "The Top 50 Glam Metal Albums".
The title track is a new recording of the track "Can't Stop Rock and Roll" which appeared on the compilation "
Son of Homegrown" in 1982.
Track listing
Personnel
Twisted Sister
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Dee Snider
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– lead vocals
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Jay Jay French
Jay Jay French (born John French Segall, July 20, 1952) is an American guitarist, manager, record producer and founding member of the heavy metal band Twisted Sister. He is a columnist, author and motivational speaker who oversees licensing and i ...
– lead & rhythm guitar, backing vocals
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Eddie "Fingers" Ojeda – lead & rhythm guitar, backing vocals
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Mark "The Animal" Mendoza – bass, backing vocals, studio assistant
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A. J. Pero – drums, percussion
Production
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Stuart Epps - producer, engineer, mixing
Charts
Album
Singles
Certifications
In popular culture
*In series two of ''
Brainiac: Science Abuse'', the song "You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll" was used in a recurring experiment to show what things could be used to "stop rock 'n' roll". The experiment would consist of a stereo playing the song being destroyed in an overly extreme fashion using various chemicals, objects and explosives to which the presenter would then humoursly declare that you can in fact "stop rock 'n' roll" with said method.
[Official checkmarked video of an episode which features the skit for reference. The segment can be found at 34:26. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCshhb1pVK4]
*In the 2010 film ''
Jackass 3D
''Jackass 3D'' (known as ''Jackass 3'' on home media) is a 2010 American 3D reality comedy film directed by Jeff Tremaine. It is the third installment in the ''Jackass'' film series, and the sequel to ''Jackass Number Two'' (2006). The film sta ...
'', "The Kids Are Back" is played during the opening credits.
References
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1983 albums
Twisted Sister albums
Atlantic Records albums