I went for an outrageous form of expressing myself. It seemed to be a way that I could make my name and show that I was somebody.

His father Bob is a retired New York State Trooper and Nassau County court clerk and his mother Marguerite is a retired art teacher. Snider and his family appeared on Celebrity Wife Swap January 10 2012. During winter of 2008 Snider was featured as a contestant on CMT's Gone Country.

Snider is most famous for his role as the frontman of the heavy metal band Twisted Sister. Daniel "Dee" Snider (born March 15 1955) is an American singer-songwriter screenwriter radio personality and actor.