You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll is Twisted Sister

Twisted Sister

Twisted Sister is an American heavy metal band from Long Island. Musically, the band implements elements of traditional heavy metal bands such as Iron Maiden and Judas Priest, along with a style that is similar to early glam metal bands...

's second full-length album, released on June 27, 1983.

The songs: "The Kids Are Back", "I Am (I'm Me)" and the homonymous "You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll" were released as singles. The album was certified as a Gold Album

RIAA certification

In the United States, the Recording Industry Association of America awards certification based on the number of albums and singles sold through retail and other ancillary markets. Other countries have similar awards...

 for USA for selling over 500,000 items. “Metal-rules.com” put the album in their list of “The Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums”.

Track listing

All songs written by Dee Snider

Dee Snider

Daniel "Dee" Snider is an American singer-songwriter, screenwriter, radio personality, and actor. Snider is most famous for his role as the frontman of the heavy metal band Twisted Sister...

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1. "The Kids Are Back" – 3:16
2. "Like a Knife in the Back" – 3:03
3. "Ride to Live, Live to Ride" – 4:04
4. "I Am (I'm Me)" – 3:34
5. "The Power and the Glory" – 4:20
6. "We're Gonna Make It" – 3:44
7. "I've Had Enough" – 4:02
8. "I'll Take You Alive" – 3:08
9. "You're Not Alone (Suzette's Song)" – 4:02
10. "You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll" – 4:40

Re-release bonus tracks

11. "One Man Woman" [*] - 3:09
12. "Four Barrel Heart of Love" [*] - 3:04
13. "Feel the Power" [*] - 3:12

Twisted Sister

• Dee Snider
  Dee Snider
  Daniel "Dee" Snider is an American singer-songwriter, screenwriter, radio personality, and actor. Snider is most famous for his role as the frontman of the heavy metal band Twisted Sister...
  
   – lead vocals
• Eddie "Fingers" Ojeda
  Eddie Ojeda
  Eddie "Fingers" Ojeda is one of the two guitarists of the American heavy metal band Twisted Sister....
  
   – lead guitar
• Jay Jay French
  Jay Jay French
  John French Segall , better known by his stage name Jay Jay French or J.J. French, is a founding member and one of the two guitarists of the American heavy metal band, Twisted Sister....
  
   – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Mark "The Animal" Mendoza
  Mark Mendoza
  Mark "The Animal" Mendoza is the bassist of the American heavy metal band, Twisted Sister. He joined the band on October 31, 1978, after he left The Dictators. He also briefly played in Blackfoot in early 1990s.Mendoza played the bass guitar on all of Twisted Sister's major label releases...
  
   – bass, backing vocals
• A. J. Pero
  A. J. Pero
  Anthony Jude Pero is the drummer of the American heavy metal band Twisted Sister.He went to St. Peter's Boys High School in Staten Island, but left because the faculty made him cut his hair. He then went to New Dorp High School.Pero joined the band in 1982, after he left Cities, a local New York...
  
   – drums, percussion

Singles

• "I Am (I'm Me)" / "Sin After Sin" (live)
• "The Kids Are Back" / "Shoot 'Em Down" (live)
• "You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll" / "Feels So Fine" (live)

Cultural references

• In one series of Brainiac: Science Abuse
  Brainiac: Science Abuse
  Brainiac: Science Abuse is a British entertainment TV show with a science motif. Numerous experiments are carried out in each show, often to verify whether common conceptions are true or simply to create impressive explosions...
  
  , the song "You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll" was used as an experiment to show what things could be used to stop rock and roll, using various chemicals and a stereo.
• In the 2010 film Jackass 3-D, "The Kids Are Back" is played during the opening credits.