Dee Snider recalls 'violent' fan encounter: He 'puts a straight razor to my throat'
Dee Snider has showed off his vocal range for decades as the lead singer of Twisted Sister. His unabashed love for stage performance helped him create his trademark persona to front the band, complete with long, blond curly hair, shredded clothes and theatrical makeup.
Millions of fans from around the world have rocked out to Snider at a Twisted Sister show. Fresh off "The Masked Singer" competition, where he took the stage as "Doll," Snider reminisced on a particularly "strange encounter" when he was violently confronted by a fan. "They tend to be violent," Snider exclusively told Fox News Digital about fan experiences, recalling when one groupie "put a straight razor to my throat outside a club." "The line between love and hate is very fine," Snider said. "This is back in the bar days, and I was leaving at the end of the show late at night.
You know, you have to take your makeup, everybody's gone. It's four in the morning." He recalled getting to his car when "this guy comes and sticks his hand in, and he goes, ‘Hey, Dee, How’s it going?' and puts a straight razor to my throat.
He was upset I didn't acknowledge him in some fashion." The heavy metal singer said he "threw the car in reverse" and then "pushed the guy's arm to the ceiling" before speeding away. "I got out of there, but that was crazy," he said. "That's the thing with fandom … the fine line between love and hate." He certainly knows a thing or two about walking the fine line.
