A Twisted Christmas

A Twisted Christmas
Studio album by Twisted Sister
Released	October 17, 2006
Recorded	2006
Genre	Christmas music, heavy metal
Length	41:50
Label	Razor & Tie
Producer	Mark Mendoza
Twisted Sister chronology
Still Hungry (2004) A Twisted Christmas (2006)

A Twisted Christmas is the seventh and final studio album by the American heavy metal band Twisted Sister, released on October 17, 2006. The album features classic Christmas songs performed in heavy metal versions. "O Come All Ye Faithful" fits perfectly to the band's own hit "We're Not Gonna Take It" and is recorded as such.

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Track listing

1. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" – 4:48
2. "Oh Come All Ye Faithful" – 4:40
3. "White Christmas" – 3:56
4. "I'll Be Home for Christmas" – 4:08
5. "Silver Bells" – 5:05
6. "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" – 3:39
7. "Let It Snow" – 3:09
8. "Deck the Halls" – 2:52
9. "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" – 3:40
10. "Heavy Metal Christmas (The Twelve Days of Christmas)" – 5:14
11. "We Wish You a Twisted Christmas" – 0:36 (Bonus)

Personnel

Twisted Sister

• Dee Snider – lead vocals
• Eddie "Fingers" Ojeda – lead & rhythm guitar, vocals
• Jay Jay French – rhythm & lead guitar, vocals
• Mark "The Animal" Mendoza – bass, vocals
• A. J. Pero – drums, percussion, vocals

Additional musicians

• Lita Ford – co-lead vocals on "I'll Be Home for Christmas"

Music videos

Two music videos were made for "Oh Come All Ye Faithful". The first one follows the same style of the band's landmark videos "We're Not Gonna Take It" and "I Wanna Rock", as a married couple celebrate Christmas when the wife discovers that her husband's gift to her is a CD copy of A Twisted Christmas. She then starts to rant about the present until Dee and the band appear behind her.^[1]

The second video version (using the radio edit) is a short animated feature with the band taking over Santa's workshop and using his sleigh to drop off Twisted Sister merchandise and cans of hairspray to children.^[2]

The music video for "Silver Bells" is the sequel to the first "Oh Come All Ye Faithful" video, as the couple are paid a visit by numerous guests while the band performs live on TV^[3] and the couple's new baby's head is replaced by the face of various band members singing.

Twisted Sister also filmed a studio performance of "Heavy Metal Christmas" for GameTap. This video featured Dee without his makeup.^[4]

Premise

"Oh Come All Ye Faithful" uses the tune of "We're Not Gonna Take It" (the melody of which was inspired by the carol^[5]) and ends with a rendition of "Hava Nagila". The song was performed on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on December 13, 2006. Parts of the guitar riff to "White Christmas" seem to be based on "I Wanna Rock", another Twisted Sister Song. Parts of the guitar riff on "Silver Bells" is based on "Problem Child" by AC/DC. Some of the guitar riffs on "Let it Snow" are based on "Children of the Grave" by Black Sabbath. Some of the guitar riffs from "Deck The Halls" are based on "The Boys Are Back in Town" by Thin Lizzy. Also, the guitar riffs on the song "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" are based on "You've Got Another Thing Comin'" by Judas Priest.

References

1. YouTube – Twisted Sister – Oh Come All Ye Faithful
2. YouTube – Twisted Sister Animated Video
3. YouTube – Twisted Sister – Silver Bells – Episode 2
4. YouTube – Twisted Sister – Heavy Metal Christmas
5. Kris Vire (2 November 2014). "Dee Snider on his Rock & Roll Christmas Tale". Timeout. Retrieved 26 December 2015.