{"id":1811356,"date":"2026-03-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1811356"},"modified":"2026-03-04T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T21:00:00","slug":"twisted-sister-recruits-ace-frehleys-drummer-for-upcoming-reunion-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1811356","title":{"rendered":"TWISTED SISTER Recruits ACE FREHLEY&#8217;s Drummer For Upcoming Reunion Shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/cdn-p.smehost.net\/sites\/7f9737f2506941499994d771a29ad47a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cassata.png&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"zox-post-body left zoxrel zox100\">\n<div id=\"3135\"><\/div>\n<p>Drummer <strong>Joey Cassata<\/strong> has confirmed he will be sitting behind the kit for <strong>Twisted Sister<\/strong> during the band&#8217;s upcoming fall 2026 dates featuring <strong>Sebastian Bach<\/strong> on lead vocals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cassata<\/strong>, who previously played on <strong>Ace Frehley<\/strong>&#8216;s final original solo album <em>10,000 Volts<\/em>, shared the news on social media with an enthusiastic message: &#8220;SUPER excited (and beyond honored) to be drumming for this LEGENDARY band!!<br \/>I&#8217;ve been an SMF since I was 8 years old\u2026 and now this?! Absolutely surreal.<br \/>YOU CAN&#8217;T STOP ROCK AND ROLL!! Let&#8217;s gooooo!!!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The announcement follows confirmation from guitarists <strong>Jay Jay French<\/strong> and <strong>Eddie Ojeda<\/strong> that <strong>Bach<\/strong> will front Twisted Sister for a handful of select dates this fall. The performances will not interfere with Bach&#8217;s existing solo touring commitments.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Twisted Sister<\/strong>&#8216;s 2026 reunion shows were originally set to feature singer <strong>Dee Snider<\/strong> alongside <strong>French<\/strong> and <strong>Ojeda.<\/strong> However, on February 5, the band scrapped the reunion dates after <strong>Snider<\/strong> resigned due to health issues, citing a &#8220;sudden and unexpected&#8221; departure that led to the cancellation of shows scheduled from April through early summer.<\/p>\n<p>In the initial 2026 plan:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Mark Mendoza<\/strong> was not slated to participate.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Russell Pz\u00fctto<\/strong> was set to handle bass duties.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Joe Franco<\/strong> was to play drums, stepping in for the late<strong> A.J. Pero<\/strong>, who passed away in 2015.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With <strong>Cassata<\/strong> now confirmed on drums and <strong>Bach<\/strong> stepping in on vocals, <strong>Twisted Sister<\/strong>&#8216;s fall 2026 shows are on \u2013 and not quite the reunion everyone expected?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"zox-post-body left zoxrel zox100\"><strong>Want More Metal? Subscribe To Our Daily Newsletter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Enter your information below to get a daily update with all of our headlines and receive The Orchard Metal newsletter.<\/p>\n<div id=\"main-newsletter-form\">\n<fieldset>\n<p><button id=\"mc-embedded-subscribe\" class=\"submit\" name=\"subscribe\" type=\"submit\">Subscribe<\/button><\/p>\n<\/fieldset>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/metalinjection.net\/news\/reunited\/twisted-sister-recruits-ace-frehleys-drummer-for-upcoming-reunion-shows&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/cdn-p.smehost.net\/sites\/7f9737f2506941499994d771a29ad47a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cassata.png&#8221;] Drummer Joey Cassata has confirmed he will be sitting behind the kit for Twisted Sister during the band&#8217;s upcoming fall 2026 dates featuring Sebastian Bach on lead vocals. Cassata, who previously played on Ace Frehley&#8216;s final original solo album 10,000 Volts, shared the news on social media with an enthusiastic message: &#8220;SUPER [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,55],"class_list":["post-1811356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-metalinjection-net"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1811356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1811356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1811356\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1811356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1811356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1811356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}