You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll explained

You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll
Type:	studio
Artist:	Twisted Sister
Cover:	You Can't Stop Rock 'N' Roll.jpg
Released:	April 1983
Recorded:	Early 1983
Studio:	Sol (Cookham)
Genre:	Heavy metal
Length:	37:53
Label:	Atlantic
Producer:	Stuart Epps
Prev Title:	Under the Blade
Prev Year:	1982
Next Title:	Stay Hungry
Next Year:	1984

You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll is the second studio album by American heavy metal band Twisted Sister, released in April 1983 in the UK and on June 17, 1983 in the US.^[1]

The songs "I Am (I'm Me)", "The Kids Are Back" and the album's title track were released as singles. The album was certified as a Gold Album by RIAA in November 1995, for selling over 500,000 copies in the USA. Metal-rules.com put the album in their list of "The Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums" and on their list of "The Top 50 Glam Metal Albums".^{[2] [3]}

The title track is a new recording of the track "Can't Stop Rock and Roll" which appeared on the compilation "Son of Homegrown" in 1982.

Track listing

You Can't Stop Rock 'N' Roll, Пластинки, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Single

Personnel

Twisted Sister

• Dee Snider – lead vocals
• Jay Jay French – lead & rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Eddie "Fingers" Ojeda – lead & rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Mark "The Animal" Mendoza – bass, backing vocals, studio assistant
• A. J. Pero – drums, percussion

Production

• Stuart Epps – producer, engineer, mixing

In popular culture

• In series two of , the song "You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll" was used in a recurring experiment to show what things could be used to "stop rock 'n' roll". The experiment would consist of a stereo playing the song being destroyed in an overly extreme fashion using various chemicals, objects and explosives to which the presenter would then humorously declare that you can in fact "stop rock 'n' roll" with said method.^[4]
• In the 2010 film Jackass 3D, "The Kids Are Back" is played during the opening credits.

Notes and References

1. Web site: RIAA certifications. .
2. Web site: The Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums . . October 29, 2016 .
3. Web site: Top 50 Glam Metal Albums . . 24 February 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171126083532/http://www.metal-rules.com/polls/index.php?id=8 . 26 November 2017 . dead.
4. Official checkmarked video of an episode which features the skit for reference. The segment can be found at 34:26. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCshhb1pVK4