BringBackGlam.com spoke to Twsited Sisters Eddie Ojeda at the recent Rocklahoma Festival in Pryor, OK. A couple of exerts from that interview are reprinted below:

BBG: Tell me about the new Twisted Sister DVD.

Eddie: Yes, the Video Years. It just came out. It’s basically a commentary of all our old videos, plus interviews and commentaries. It’s very cool. I watch the footage and I think “Man, I was cute!” It’s great to finally have that on an official DVD release. We plan to put out another DVD, a Christmas DVD, probably called A Twisted Christmas: Live. It’s all the best shows from last year.

BBG: Does the success of the Christmas album surprise you?

Eddie: Yes, I was pleasantly surprised. When we did it, it was for fun. We hoped people would “get it.” Some people would ask “Why are you doing a Christmas album?” It was fun. The attitude was that no one has ever really done a hard rock/heavy metal Christmas album. We did it with a lot of different songs in mind, and we rearranged everything. It was cool and very fun. We recorded it in August –

BBG: Which is very holiday like –

Eddie: Oh yes! A nice holiday feeling, August in New York.

BBG: Dee Snider really pushed Rocklahoma hard on his House of Hair radio show. Do you think Dee is instrumental in bringing back glam?

Eddie: I think so. I think there are a lot of people responsible, and not just Dee. There’s bands like Poison and Queensryche, guys that have faith, kept playing and kept us all alive. I think it’s cool, with a lot of the 80s music, a lot of kids that were too young…You know, they saw the videos or whatever, this festival is giving people a chance, that could never see the bands at one time. Or bands like us (Twisted Sister), the 80s were very entertaining. The whole thing about 80s bands – hair bands – they were all very entertaining. You’ve got to say that.

BBG: Do you like the term hair band?

Eddie: Uh, it’s kind of like…I don’t hate it. Well, I don’t really think about it that much. The term makes it seem like that’s all you have, you know? Some of the guys don’t have that much hair anymore! (Laughs)

Read the entire interview here .

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