Twisted Sister’s Dee Snider Honors Victims of 2003 Station Nightclub Fire With New Song, ‘Stand’
variety.comMichele Amabile Angermiller Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider, who is featured in a REELZ documentary about the Warwick, Rhode Island Station nightclub fire, which killed some 100 attendees of a Great White concert in 2003, has released a new song to honor the victims called “Stand.”The song, one of 12 from Snider’s new album, “Leave a Scar,” is featured in “America’s Deadliest Rock Concert: The Guest List,” which chronicles the events leading up to and after the tragedy through deeply personal stories of fans who were there.The Feb.
20, 2003 fire was caused by illegal soundproofing materials and pyrotechnics — 100 people died and more than 200 were injured.
Some of those fans had met Great White lead singer Jack Russell earlier that day at a local establishment, and he generously offered to put them on his personal guest list to see the show.
The film features interviews with a tearful Russell, family members, survivors, attorney John Barylick, who represented the victims and authored the book “KILLER SHOW, The Station Nightclub Fire, America’s Deadliest Rock Concert,” musicians Don Dokken, Lita Ford and others who take the viewer through the events of that fateful night.
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