Twisted Sister - Stay Hungry
#108
May 10 1984
Twisted Sister
Stay Hungry
3.5 out of 5
Highlights:
Burn in Hell
We’re Not Gonna Take It
I Wanna Rock
On their 3rd album…Sister finally got it right. equal parts clowns, glam metal enthusiasts, showmen. This is the metal equivalent of New Jersey. How more appropriate is it that they are from a town called Ho-Ho-Kus?
The massive single (A take on “O Come All Ye Faithful”) this album proves them to be the American Slade.
If they took themselves too seriously they would end being Saxon or Venom. But they’re just playing lip service to Satan when they sing “Burn In Hell”. That track alone dances on the edge between Spinal Tap and one of those metal Devil worship bands. After years on the road and two albums (one excellent and one poor) behind them, this is their attempt to sell a shit ton of records. They succeed.
Is it as good as, say “Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply” by Slade? I would say no. That is a raucous circus of rock and roll hijinks. Sister wants to be taken a bit more demonically. That’s a letdown. Or it makes them the heirs to Alice Cooper’s (the band) legacy.
Ultimately the fun wears thin as the mid tempo “The Beast” and the power ballad “The Price” take up much of the energy of Side Two
