Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Ritchie Teeter Dies: Circumstances Unknown

Ritchie Teeter, former drummer for The Dictators and Twisted Sister has passed away. He joined the Dictators in 1976 and played on two albums, 'Manifest Destiny' and 'Blood Brothers' before departing from the group in 1979. He continued to play with the Dictators off and on for several years.

He joined 'Tators band mate Mark Mendoza in Twisted Sister briefly during the early '80s, but never appeared on any recordings. Details of his death have not yet been released.

Teeter was 61 years old
For updates check The Dictators Official Web Site.

1 comment:

T.Church said...

Andy Shernoff, in a tribute on his website implied that Teeter might have died from esophagal cancer.