''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 music, heavy metal band formed in 1972 in Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey, and later based on Long Island, New York (state), New York. Their best-known songs include "We're Not Gonna Take It (Twisted Sister song ...
, released in April 1983 in the UK and on June 17, 1983 in the US.
The songs "
I Am (I'm Me)
"I Am (I'm Me)" is a song by American heavy metal band Twisted Sister, released in 1983 as the lead single from their second studio album, '' You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll''. The song was written by Dee Snider and produced by Stuart Epps. "I Am ( ...
", "
The Kids Are Back
"The Kids Are Back" is a song by American heavy metal band Twisted Sister, released in 1983 as the second single from their second studio album, '' You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll''. The song was written by Dee Snider and produced by Stuart Epps. " ...
" and the album's
title track
A title track is a song that has the same name as the album
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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
You Can't Stop Rock 'N' Roll, Пластинки, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Single
Personnel
Twisted Sister
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Dee Snider
Daniel "Dee" SniderTayler, LettaTwisted Sister's Dee Snider remembers his challenging Long Island upbringing "Newsday", March 15, 2016Archived here/ref> (born March 15, 1955) is an American musician, best known as the lead singer and songwriter o ...
– 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
Stuart Epps is a British record producer and audio engineer.
Since 1967, he has worked with Elton John, Led Zeppelin, Oasis, Twisted Sister, Nine Lies, Bill Wyman, Kiki Dee, George Harrison, Robbie Williams, Mark Owen, Paul Weller, Cliff Richar ...
– producer, engineer, mixing
Charts
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 humorously 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 3-D film, 3D reality film, reality comedy film directed by Jeff Tremaine. It is the third installment in the Jackass (franchise)#Films, ''Jackass'' film series, and the sequ ...
'', "The Kids Are Back" is played during the opening credits.
References
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1983 albums
Twisted Sister albums
Atlantic Records albums