Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger ?

It's interesting to hear people talk of a punk influence in Twisted Sister because originally Twisted Sister came from the same scene as the New York Dolls, Richard Hell, The Dictators in the early 70s. The only difference was those bands got signed & Twisted Sister didn't until 1981 when they did their first tour of the UK.

So it could be argued that Twisted Sister are a proto punk band,