Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider has revealed that the band did not start receiving any royalty checks for their projects until 1998.

Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider has revealed that the band did not start receiving any royalty checks for their projects until 1998.

In a recent interview with The Metal Voice, the singer-songwriter shared that not until the band recorded the song "Heroes are Hard to Find" for the 1998 Strangeland soundtrack did they start receiving any album sales royalties.

"In order to get the band to reunite the record label wiped our debt out; that was 1997," Snider explained. "The band had been broken up for 10 years, we had sold tens of millions of records and we had not gotten one royalty check."

Snider added that by the time they had begun to cash in their checks, Napster had come out, "so a few years later people stopped buying records - so our royalty checks are a joke."

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Green Day performed an amped-up cover of the KISS classic "Rock and Roll All Nite" on the opening night of their Hella Mega Tour.

Green Day performed an amped-up cover of the KISS classic "Rock and Roll All Nite" on the opening night of their Hella Mega Tour.

The band first rocked out to the anthem at a warmup show in Tulsa, Oklahoma, before later bringing it to the Globe Life Field concert in Arlington, Texas, on Saturday (July 24).

KISS bandmembers Paul Stanely and Gene Simmons both took to Twitter to share a snippet of the cover, with the latter getting the venue wrong in his tweet.

"In Houston yesterday! Thank you, Gentlemen," shared Simmons, while Stanley called the cover as "Another reason to love @GreenDay" in his tweet.

Having kicked off on Saturday, July 24, the Hella Mega Tour is slated to wind its way around the world through July 2, 2022, and also features Fall Out Boy and Weezer.

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YES recently shared "The Ice Bridge," the first track from their upcoming album, and an accompanying video.

YES recently shared "The Ice Bridge," the first track from their upcoming album, and an accompanying video.

"The Ice Bridge" is the first new song by the rock band in seven years. The Quest, the new studio album from YES, is scheduled to release on InsideOutMusic/Sony Music on October 1.

The album's producer, guitarist Steve Howe said that much of the music was written in late 2019 with the rest in 2020.

"We commissioned several orchestrations to augment and enhance the overall sound of these fresh new recordings, hoping that our emphasis on melody, coupled with some expansive instrumental solo breaks, keeps up the momentum for our listeners," he added.

The Quest was recorded across the globe. The sessions took place in the U.K. with Howe, keyboardist Geoff Downes and singer Jon Davison, while drummer Alan White and bassist Billy Sherwood got together in the studio in the US.

The Quest is available for pre-order in various formats, including a Limited Deluxe Box-Set that features a Gatefold 180g 2LP on exclusive coloured vinyl, 2CD+Blu-ray Digipak at https://yes-band.lnk.to/TheQuest

The 11-song album will also be available as Limited 2CD+Blu-ray Artbook, 2CD Digipak, Gatefold 2LP+2CD and as a Digital Album.

The Quest Tracklist:

CD1:

The Ice Bridge 7.01 Dare To Know 6.00 Minus The Man 5.35 Leave Well Alone 8.06 The Western Edge 4.26 Future Memories 5.08 Music To My Ears 4.41 A Living Island 6.52

CD2:

Sister Sleeping Soul 4.51 Mystery Tour 3.33 Damaged World 5.20

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