JAY Jay French says he and Eddie Ojeda are investigating the possibility of Twisted Sister continuing without singer Dee Snider.
Snider announced this week he was standing down due to health issues, prompting the band to cancel all scheduled dates for 2026.
Now guitarist French, who is also Twisted Sister’s manager, has issued a statement in which he says: “As far as the future of Twisted Sister is concerned, Eddie Ojeda and I will have conversations in the next couple of weeks to discuss what, if any, options exist for us to continue.”
French started his video message to fans with the reminder of an anniversary but insisting TS “had no other choice” but to cancel the shows.
“Today is the actual 50th anniversary of the day that Dee auditioned in the band. 1976. Here’s the diary entry. ‘Danny Snider’ — he wasn’t Dee yet — ‘auditions for Twisted Sister’, February 7th, 1976.
“For the last 50 years, me and Eddie have stood side by side with Dee, not with hundreds of shows, but with thousands of shows.
“You know the cliché in sports, when a great sportsman retires, they say he left it on the field. Well, I can tell you when it comes to Dee, he left it on the stage. He gave everything his all, and his body is now telling him, ‘I can’t give you anymore.’ And when someone tells you that, you have to accept it and you have to move on. So please understand this was a tough decision, but we had no other choice but to cancel these dates.”
Bassist Mark “The Animal” Mendoza was excluded from the tour announcement due to “irreconcilable differences”.
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