Stay hungry 25th anniversary edition

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Track List Disc One: Stay Hungry Burn In Hell Horror-Teria The Beginning Captain Howdy Street Justice I Wanna Rock The Price Does the band's '80s breakthrough still rock? By Jim Kaz Updated: 10 May pm. Forget about the fact that metal typically doesn't go over too well with mainstream critics. The notion that we're even acknowledging the 25th anniversary of Twisted Sister's breakthrough album, Stay Hungry should easily be enough to push some of the more "enlightened" music scribes completely over the edge.

After all, it's a record chock full of hearty shout-a-longs, big, dumb riffs and oodles of pimply-faced testosterone ready to pop—not exactly the kind of stuff that goes over well at cocktail hour.

But there are obviously enough fans of the band's brand of animated pop metal to sustain successful reunion tours and a live album in recent years. While it's easy to make light of this lot because of their clownish looks and goofy videos, the album still holds up amazingly well.

The band balanced those catchy songs with the harder edge of metal classics like "Burn in Hell" and "Horror-Teria," a macabre song that would later serve as the inspiration for Strangeland , a horror film written by Snider, who also starred as the sadistic Captain Howdy. The bonus disc uncovers 15 unreleased recordings that range from alternate versions of album tracks -- including "We're Not Gonna Take It" -- to several non-album tracks such as "Death from Above," "Prime Motivator" and "Pay the Price," a song from the band's earlier club days.

Along with the vintage tracks, the collection includes "30," Twisted's first new song in 11 years recorded by the band for the 25th Anniversary Edition. Dee says, "While '30' was my attempt at a country song for the show, the realization was that rock 'n' roll is a direct outgrowth of country music. Since '30' was written about my Twisted Sister experience, it seemed only natural for us to record it and rock it out.