Dee Snider Rips Paul Ryan for Using 'We're Not Gonna Take It'

Rocker Dee Snider is unhappy with Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan for using Twisted Sister's 1984 hit "We're Not Gonna Take It" as intro music at a rally yesterday in Pennsylvania, reports Talking Points Memo. 

"I emphatically denounce Paul Ryan's use of my band Twisted Sister's song, 'We're Not Gonna Take It,' in any capacity," Snider said. "There is almost nothing he stands for that I agree with except the use of the P90X."

Snider's not the first musician this year irate over Republicans' use of their songs: Just last week, Silversun Pickups told Mitt Romney to stop using their song "Panic Switch" at campaign events. Ryan recently expressed fondness for the music of Rage Against the Machine, prompting a pointed response from guitarist Tom Morello in a Rolling Stone op-ed.

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Dee Snider Rips Paul Ryan for Using 'We're Not Gonna Take It'

Rocker Dee Snider is unhappy with Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan for using Twisted Sister's 1984 hit "We're Not Gonna Take It" as intro music at a rally yesterday in Pennsylvania, reports Talking Points Memo. 

"I emphatically denounce Paul Ryan's use of my band Twisted Sister's song, 'We're Not Gonna Take It,' in any capacity," Snider said. "There is almost nothing he stands for that I agree with except the use of the P90X."

Snider's not the first musician this year irate over Republicans' use of their songs: Just last week, Silversun Pickups told Mitt Romney to stop using their song "Panic Switch" at campaign events. Ryan recently expressed fondness for the music of Rage Against the Machine, prompting a pointed response from guitarist Tom Morello in a Rolling Stone op-ed.

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Exclusive Download: Justin Townes Earle, 'Nothing's Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me Now'

Click to listen to Justin Townes Earle's 'Nothing's Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me Now'

Country singer-songwriter Justin Townes Earle will release Nothing's Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me Now, the full-length follow-up to 2010's Harlem River Blues, on March 27th. His lead single, the title track, is gentle and guitar-driven and goes in a different musical direction than his previous work. "I think that it's the job of the artist to be in transition and constantly learn more. The new record is completely different than my last one, Harlem River Blues. This time I've gone in a Memphis-soul direction," Earle says.

Justin Townes Earle's Nothing's Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me Now will be released on March 27th, but you can download the title track for free here.

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