683 Twisted Sister: Life and Times

Richard Syrett's Strange Planet

Richard Syrett & Glassbox Media

Society & Culture, News, Politics

4.4 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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EPISODE #683 TWISTED SISTER: LIFE AND TIMES Richard speaks with a guitarist, founder, and manager of a world-famous heavy metal band about growing up in New York City in the sixties, working as a drug dealer and struggling as an addict before quitting cold-turkey, and finally, creating and cultivating Twisted Sister and turning it into one of the most successful brands in the world. Guest: Jay Jay French founded Twisted Sister, the internationally renowned heavy metal band, nearly fifty years ago. Since then, he has catapulted his career to become one of the most successful managers, producers, and entrepreneurs in the music business. French has amassed thirty-nine gold and platinum albums as a musician, manager, producer, and executive producer, and has performed over 9,000 shows in forty countries, selling 20 million records around the world. A charter member of the Long Island Music Hall of Fame, he is considered a leading expert on vintage guitars and high-end music equipment. BOOK: Twisted Business: Lessons From My Life In Rock 'n Roll SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Life Change and Formula 13 Teas All Organic, No Caffeine, Non GMO! More Energy! Order now, use the code 'unlimited' to save 10% on all non-SALE items, PLUS... ALL your purchases ships for free!!! C60EVO -The Secret is out about this powerful anti-oxidant. The Purest C60 available is ESS60. Buy Direct from the Source. Buy Now and Save 10% – Use Coupon Code: EVRS at Checkout! Strange Planet Shop - If you're a fan of the radio show and the podcast, why not show it off? Greats T-shirts, sweatshirts, mugs, and more. It's a Strange Planet - Dress For It! Unlock Strange Planet Premium at https://strangeplanet.supportingcast.fm/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://strangeplanet.supportingcast.fm/

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0:00.0	This is a Glassbox Media Podcast.
0:07.0	Conspiracy Unlimited with Richard Serrett.
0:14.0	We do the record, we make a video for the company, and then we get a phone call from
0:18.6	Electric Lady Studios where the owner of Electric Lady Studios says to me,
0:22.0	I understand you got a record deal and my deal that I made with Eddie Kramer was that
0:25.6	you're going to have to pay me four times, would it cost you to make your demos and if
0:29.0	you don't pay me, I'm going to break your legs. And I'd never been threatened.
0:33.0	And the band had played in a lot of dubious locations for years and years and years
0:36.0	and years and no one ever threatened me. But this guy did a mob threat.
0:39.0	I'm going to break my legs. And I thought this is the irony of ironies.
0:42.0	You finally get a record deal, but I know I have my legs blocked.
0:44.0	Off I don't pay this guy. I don't want to get too specific in the book, but let's just
0:48.0	say that we knew a lot of very colorful characters in Long Island and we got one of them
0:53.0	to have a co-postetic arrangement made.
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