TWISTED SISTER - Dee Snider Guests On New Episode Of Wikimetal
April 8, 2013, 11 years ago
On this week's episode of Wikimetal, TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider talks about several different moments from his career including: how 9.11 was the reason for the reunion of the band, the possibility of a new album, and DESPERADO, the band he formed with the late Clive Burr.
About the passing of Burr, Snider shares an emotional story, talking about his last conversation with him. "Clive Burr was an amazing drummer. His drumming defined IRON MAIDEN. He was the only drummer I've ever worked with that couldn't finish his drum part untill he knew all the words in the song."
"I hadn't spoken to him for many years. And it was his birthday, I saw on my calendar, and I had also discovered some film footage of Desperado rehearsing, which you can find on YouTube (or watch below). And I wanted to tell him about it, so I called him up. And MS destroyed all his motor functioning, so he couldn't even speak. He was just making noises on the phone, it was really sad. So when he gave the phone back to his wife, she said 'I don't know what you said to him, but he was smiling from ear to ear.' And I'll tell you what I said to him. I had just read a column by Bruce Dickinson that said, 'The best drummer that Iron Maiden ever had was Clive Burr'."Listen to the entire interview with Dee Snider:
