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About This Track
“I Wanna Rock” is a song from the album Stay Hungry (1984) by American heavy metal band Twisted Sister. In 2009 it was named the 17th VH1 Greatest Hard Rock Songs by VH1.
The song was also covered by the pop punk band Lit on 2001 Twisted Sister tribute album, Twisted Forever.
Like the earlier “We’re Not Gonna Take It,” the video features actor Mark Metcalf, best known as the sadistic Neidermeyer from the movie Animal House. Here, he plays a ferocious teacher who harasses a student for drawing the Twisted Sister logo on a book, shrieking: “What kind of a man desecrates a defenseless textbook?! I’ve got a good mind to slap your fat face!!” (echoing his line from Animal House: “What kind of man hits a defenseless animal ? I’ve got a good mind to smash your fat face in.”).
After his attempts to stop his rock-loving students fail, he crawls into the principal’s office - only to be confronted by the principal, played by Stephen Furst (Flounder from Animal House). Furst even gets to reprise one of his big lines from the movie: “Oh boy, is this great!” as he squirts water at the mean teacher.
The song has been featured in an advertisements for Avis Rent A Car System and Washington Mutual.
This version was also featured on the Triple Play 2002 videogame soundtrack.
The song was also covered by the pop punk band Lit on 2001 Twisted Sister tribute album, Twisted Forever.
Like the earlier “We’re Not Gonna Take It,” the video features actor Mark Metcalf, best known as the sadistic Neidermeyer from the movie Animal House. Here, he plays a ferocious teacher who harasses a student for drawing the Twisted Sister logo on a book, shrieking: “What kind of a man desecrates a defenseless textbook?! I’ve got a good mind to slap your fat face!!” (echoing his line from Animal House: “What kind of man hits a defenseless animal ? I’ve got a good mind to smash your fat face in.”).
After his attempts to stop his rock-loving students fail, he crawls into the principal’s office - only to be confronted by the principal, played by Stephen Furst (Flounder from Animal House). Furst even gets to reprise one of his big lines from the movie: “Oh boy, is this great!” as he squirts water at the mean teacher.
The song has been featured in an advertisements for Avis Rent A Car System and Washington Mutual.
This version was also featured on the Triple Play 2002 videogame soundtrack.
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oldiesfanjohn wrote:
Dee Snider is still a bad ass!
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hadomaru wrote:
I WANNA ROCK!
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Skully69er wrote:
Let's Rock!
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KISSastrophe wrote:
I WANNA ROCK!
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biolasunflowers wrote:
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below50 wrote:
I wanna rock .....hahaha.Love a old MTV video
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whitelion_80 wrote:
i wanna ROCKKK!
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Moon-twisted wrote:
\m/ Rooooock
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odd2see1994 wrote:
ROCK!
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keate14 wrote:
HYMN OF ROCK
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racj69 wrote:
fn will always rock !!!!!!!!!
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xxxvanessaxx wrote:
reminds me of aerosmith
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BIG-D313 wrote:
Twisted Sister - I Wanna Rock __________________________________-__ \m/.(><).\m/ __-
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mooseknukle666 wrote:
s.m.f.t.w.
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i_can_has_derp1 wrote:
im a goofy boober
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LeMagnifique88 wrote:
This song brings out the air guitar pro in me every single time i hear it.
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Jaws_X wrote:
a classic !
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sebastianfan wrote:
I WANNA ROCK
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HappyJappyFappy wrote:
I'm a goofy goober.
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below50 wrote:
and flu out of the window ...hahaha
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