Twisted Sisterin edesmenneen rumpalin muistokonsertti julkaistaan ”Metal Meltdown” -livealbumina

Twisted Sisterin pitkäaikainen rumpali A.J. Pero menehtyi reilu vuosi sitten vain 55-vuotiaana. 30.5.2015 Hard Rock Hotel & Casinolla Las Vegasissa Twisted Sister soitti konsertin, joka omistettiin Peron muistolle. Rumpalina toimi Mike Portnoy. Kyseinen keikka kuvattiin ja se tullaan julkaisemaan 22.7.2016 ”Metal Meltdown” -nimisenä CD:nä, DVD:nä ja Blu-Raynä. Twisted Sister kiertää parhaillaan maailmaa”Forty and Fuck It” -jäähyväiskiertueensa merkeissä. Yhtyeen viimeinen Suomen esiintyminen tulee tapahtumaan Porispere-festivaaleilla.

“In the end, I believe we did what A.J. would have wanted us to do and Mike Portnoy was a very big part of that decision in both an emotional and artistic way. This performance captured herein just two months after A.J.’s death really was about our way to help memorialize the great A.J. Pero. The front four (Dee [Snider], Eddie [Ojeda], Mark [Mendoza] and I) have had no one but A.J. behind us since 1982. This concert has A.J.’s influence permeating through our bloodstream in ways that I will never forget and when we cut to A.J.’s drum solo on the rear projection screen, We were all emotionally overwhelmed. Not since our reunion for NY Steel in 2001 (to honor and raise money for the families of the NYC police and fire department who died on 9/11) have I been moved to tears.”

”Metal Meltdownin” kappalelista:
1. What You Don’t Know
2. The Kids Are Back
3. Stay Hungry
4. The Beast
5.“Shoot ‘Em Down
6. You Can’t Stop Rock ‘N’ Roll
7. I Believe In Rock ‘N’ Roll
8. Under the Blade
9. I Am (I’m Me)
10. We’re Not Gonna Take It
11. The Fire Still Burns
12. The Price
13. Burn in Hell
14. A.J. Pero Tribute
15. I Wanna Rock
16. Come Out and Play
17. S.M.F.