DEE SNIDER - And The Rocket's Red Glare...
July 4, 2011, 13 years ago
In honor of the 4th of July, TWISTED SISTER frontman DEE SNIDER shares the following:
"This is a holiday gift from me to you, my friends and followers. I hope you like it. I loved writing it. Have a happy, healthy and safe 4th of July and let's all remember what this holiday is all about: our forefathers' struggle for our independence... and our right to blow excrement up! Enjoy!The summer I graduated from elementary school was memorable even without 'The Great Battle of Ardmore Road' to highlight it. I was 12 years old and still walking tall from being one of 'the big kids' in school (and not yet aware of just how little I would become again when I started junior high). Being 'almost a teenager,' my parents had finally started to let me run my own life. As long as I did my chores and was home exactly at 5 o'clock for dinner each night, the world - make that neighborhood - was pretty much mine. I had a paper route, which meant I always had a couple of bucks in my pocket, so between that, my newfound freedom and my trusty bicycle, I had finally arrived. At what I wasn't exactly sure... but I felt like I was there. Not only were my parents treating me different, other adults were treating me different, and the morning after it happened, even the authorities treated me different. It didn't matter that I wasn't even shaving yet... I was the man."
To read the rest of Dee's blog, click here.
