Mark "The Animal" Mendoza (born Mark Glickman, July 13, 1956) is an American rock bassist and a member of the heavy metal band Twisted Sister. He joined the band in 1978 after leaving the Dictators. He briefly played in Blackfoot in the early 1990s. Mendoza is also currently a member of Joe Rock and the All Stars, a Long Island band featuring frontman Joe Rock of WBAB radio, contributing bass and vocals. He is also a co-founder of Area 22 Productions. Mendoza played the bass guitar on all of Twisted Sister's major label releases. He remixed Under the Blade when it was reissued by Atlantic Records, and produced and mixed Still Hungry and A Twisted Christmas. Growing up in West Hempstead, New York, Mark 'Mendoza' Glickman attended George Washington Middle School and West Hempstead High School and graduated in 1974. References 1956 births Living people American heavy metal bass guitarists American male bass guitarists American male writers Jewish American musicians People from West Hempstead, New York Twisted Sister members Jewish heavy metal musicians Jews in punk rock Blackfoot (band) members 20th-century American bass guitarists The Dictators members 20th-century American male musicians 21st-century American Jews