![]() The band has unfairly made it known in recent years that they are not happy with Tom Werman's production on Stay Hungry but Dieter Dierks, who had done great work with Scorpions ( Blackout sounds amazing), really shit the bed on Come Out and Play. Great album title, great cover, but Come Out and Play was a disastrous follow-up to the amazing string of records that had resulted in Stay Hungry 's triumph. The title track is okay and "Kill or Be Killed" is a great tune but that's it. Come Out and Play didn't flop because "Leader of the Pack" sucked, it flopped because pretty much the whole album sucked. But did you know that Twisted Sister had included "Leader of the Pack" in their live set for years and the band had already recorded and released the song three years earlier on their 1982 EP Ruff Cuts? Covering the song wasn't a new idea, it was a recycled idea. ![]() ![]() Most of you probably know the story: Twisted Sister had a big hit with Stay Hungry and Dee Snider, ego inflated, insisted they record "Leader of the Pack" and release it as the first single from their next album, Come Out and Play, only to have it flop magnificently. ![]()
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