Mark Mendoza is open to the possibility of a Twisted Sister reunion

The “Rockstrap” podcast questioned Mark “The Animal” Mendoza on his relationship with his former comrades almost two years after Twisted Sister’s one-time onstage reunion at the Metal Hall of Fame in Agoura Hills, California. 

The guys in the band, we all talk. We’re all good friends. We talk often. Obviously, A.J.’s not around anymore, ’cause if A.J. were there, it’d be five of us. And we love Mike Portnoy, but he doesn’t know that all the inside stuff on the band. But the four of us — that would be Dee, Jay Jay, Eddie and myself — we have a group text message, and once every two months or so, somebody says something idiotic to somebody else, and it’s like a nuclear war. The stuff that goes on, I sit here and I read it and I get in on it and you start crying. It is so funny.

Then he is asked about a future reunion.

We’ve said never say never. That’s the song. Never say never, never say never. There’s no talk of it now, but you never know what’s gonna happen in the future. I think as long as the four of us can get on stage and perform and nobody else dies, which, you know, God forbid, I don’t wanna see that happen, there’s a slight chance. But we’re not talking about playing. None of us are saying, ‘Hey, let’s do it next year.’ Who knows what happens? And just like you say, somebody’s gonna need money [laughs], and we’re gonna have to play. [Laughs] And it ain’t me. [Laughs]