- Under the Blade (song)
Single infobox
Name = Under the Blade
Artist =Twisted Sister
from Album =Under the Blade
A-side =
B-side =
Released = 1979
Format =
Recorded =
Genre = Heavy metal
Length = 4:40
Label = Secret
Producer =Tom Werman
Writer =Dee Snider
Chart position =
Reviews =
Last single =
This single = "Under the Blade"
(1979)
Next single = "I Am (I'm Me)"
(1983)"Under the Blade" was a single released by American heavy metal bandTwisted Sister in1979 . In1982 , the song was used as the title track for their debut album, "Under the Blade ".In 1985, the
Parents Music Resource Center specified "Under the Blade" as one of Twisted Sister's objectionable songs, claiming it was aboutsadomasochism , bondage, andrape . However the group's frontmanDee Snider vehemently denied the claims and repeatedly stating—including in memorable testimony before aUnited States Senate committee in response to questioning by SenatorAlbert Gore, Jr. — that the song was actually aboutsurgery (specificallyEddie Ojeda 's throat operation at the time) and the fear it can instill in people.
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