article_snippet: (CNN)A.J. Pero, a longtime drummer for the metal band Twisted Sister, has died, the band posted on the band Facebook page.
article_snippet: Members of the band are profoundly saddened to announce the untimely passing of CNN brother, AJ Pero," said the post.
article_snippet: The band, crew and most importantly the family of Pero thank you for your thoughts and prayers at this time.
article_snippet: Pero died of what appears to be a massive heart attack, Pero longtime agent Dan Stanton told CNN.
article_snippet: Pero had been complaining of a sore arm all week and took a few days off from Pero tour with the band Adrenaline Mob," says Dan Stanton.
article_snippet: Pero had been on a tour with the band in Poughkeepsie, New York, and was scheduled to play tonight, according to Dan Stanton.
article_snippet: Twisted Sister guitarist Jay Jay French told CNN that Pero was found this morning in Twisted Sister guitarist Jay Jay French tour bus.
article_snippet: Anthony Jude Pero passed away," Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider said in a statement.
article_snippet: Anthony Jude Pero joined Twisted Sister, best known for Anthony Jude Pero 1984 song
article_snippet: " video, which also starred "Animal House's" Mark Metcalf, Anthony Jude Pero can be seen in concert, hitting a drum that brings up a cloud of glitter.
article_snippet: In recent years, Anthony Jude Pero was also the drummer for the band Adrenaline Mob.
highlights_snippet: A.J. Pero, the longtime Twisted Sister drummer, dies at 55 .
  
highlights_snippet: Pero played on "Pero're Not Gonna Take It"
  Members of the band are "profoundly saddened" 