2024 is election year in the United States, with both presidential and gubernatorial races, as well as elections for Congress. And Twisted Sister, who have had their music used in political rallies throughout the years, has decided to join in on the political arena themselves this time, performing at various political rallies.
Frontman Dee Snider spoke about the use of the song “We’re not gonna take it” by the far right in recent years:
We were all in favor of gonna go down to support Beto [O’Rourke], but we couldn’t schedule it. You know, the band has a concern that the song is being co-opted by the extreme right… and we want to make sure that people still know it’s a song for everybody and it does not represent that selfish micro group. It is really for the mass people, the moderate people, the people that just want to live their lives, be themselves, and not have people tell ’em they can’t be themselves. So, I think you’ll see us at political rallies and stuff like that. We’ll be out there next year.