Stay Hungry is the third studio album by American heavy metal band Twisted Sister, released on May 10, 1984, by Atlantic Records. The album contains the band’s two signature songs: “We’re Not Gonna Take It” and “I Wanna Rock”, both of which remain a staple of ’80s glam metal and rock. According to RIAA certification, Stay Hungry is the band’s most successful release by far and their only platinum album. Eventually, the album achieved multi-platinum status in U.S. with sales of more than 3,000,000 certified copies by 1995.
During recording, producer Tom Werman brought some songs by NWOBHM band Saxon for the band to listen to, this led to a conflict with Dee Snider who understood it as Werman wanting the band to replace some of his songs with Saxon covers. Guitarist Jay Jay French also claims the band lost two songs that they wanted on the album due to Werman’s influence.
- “Stay Hungry” 3:03
- “We’re Not Gonna Take It” 3:38
- “Burn in Hell” 4:43
- “Horror-Teria (The Beginning):
a) Captain Howdy
b) Street Justice” 7:45 - “I Wanna Rock” 3:06
- “The Price” 3:48
- “Don’t Let Me Down” 4:26
- “The Beast” 3:30
- “S.M.F.” 3:00
Dee Snider – lead vocals
Eddie “Fingers” Ojeda – lead guitar, backing vocals
Jay Jay French – rhythm guitar, lead guitar on “Stay Hungry”, “S.M.F.” co lead guitar on “Burn In Hell”, “Don’t Let Me Down”, backing vocals
Mark “The Animal” Mendoza – bass, backing vocals
A. J. Pero – drums, percussion
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