Faced with the conflict raging in Ukraine, artists are adjusting their register.
Sting replays
Russians
, a title written in the middle of the Cold War, while
We're Not Gonna Take It
, the Twisted Sister's flagship song, has become the anthem of the resistance of Ukrainian fighters.
A use encouraged by Dee Snider, the singer of the heavy metal band, also author of the title.
The track is featured on their third studio album
Stay Hungry
, released in 1984.
“I absolutely endorse the use of
We're Not Gonna Take It
as a battle cry by Ukrainians
,” Dee Snider tweeted, while mentioning his Eastern European origins.
“My grandfather was Ukrainian, before the country was absorbed into the USSR after World War II.
This can't happen to these people anymore!"
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's
As It Happens
podcast
, the 66-year-old singer clarified that
"it was designed to be a song in which people can read about their personal struggles, whether it's their teachers, their parents, their government or an invasion, whatever happens
.
Except for anti-mask activists, who wanted to air
We're Not Gonna Take It
during protests.
What Dee Snider spontaneously answers:
“On the one hand, we use it for a just fight against oppression.
On the other, in an infantile outburst against an inconvenience.