# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dee-snider
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:46:08.199Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dee-snider"
name: "Dee Snider"
slug: "dee-snider"
description: "Daniel \"Dee\" Snider is an American retired singer, songwriter, actor, and media personality. He is best known as the former lead singer and songwriter of the heavy metal band Twisted Sister. The band's 1984 song \"We're Not Gonna Take It\" reached No. 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and was ranked No. 47 on 100 Greatest 80's Songs. Snider later formed and was the lead singer in the heavy metal bands Desperado, Widowmaker, and SMFs. He also released several solo albums. Snider was ranked #83 in the Hit Parader's Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time."
tagline: "American singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/20140802-339-See-Rock_Festival_2014-Twisted_Sister-Daniel_%E2%80%9EDee%E2%80%9C_Snider.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1955-03-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           57.38
  momentum:             0.1782324404134149
  historical:           24.589744
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/deesnider"
    handle:    "deesnider"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/facedeesnider"
    handle:    "facedeesnider"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0811124/"
    handle:    "nm0811124"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
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    handle:    "2pD123sZTm8brthWviUKlQ"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.deesnider.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "دي سنايدر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "دى سنيدير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Дзі Снайдэр"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dee Snider"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dee Snider"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ντι Σνάιντερ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dee Snider"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dee Snider"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dee Snider"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dee Snider"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dee_Snider"
    title: "Dee Snider"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dee_Snider"
    title: "Dee Snider"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dee_Snider"
    title: "Dee Snider"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%8A%E3%82%A4%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ディー・スナイダー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dee_Snider"
    title: "Dee Snider"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dee_Snider"
    title: "Dee Snider"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dee_Snider"
    title: "Dee Snider"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dee_Snider"
    title: "Dee Snider"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Dee_Snider"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q366044"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump