Personal Life
Snider has been married to his wife Suzette, a costume designer, since October 21, 1981. They have four children, Jesse Blaze Snider (September 19, 1982), Shane Royal Snider (February 29, 1988), Cody Blue Snider (December 7, 1989), and Cheyenne Jean Snider (October 31, 1996) who is currently in the band They All Float. His eldest son Jesse hosted MTV2 Rock, a music video countdown program in 2003, and was the runner-up in MTV's 2008 show Rock the Cradle. Dee appeared on the show as Jesse's mentor. Jesse is also the lead singer of the punk metal band Baptized By Fire. Cody directed a music video for the band, Motionless in White (for the song "Immaculate Misconception) to where Dee guest-starred in its filming.
In 2003, Snider's brother-in-law, Vincent Gargiulo, was murdered. The murderer was apprehended in 2009.
Snider currently lives part-time in East Setauket, New York. He appeared on MTV Cribs in 2005 to show his Long Island home, along with two of his four children, Shane and Cheyenne.
Snider is a personal friend of professional wrestlers Mick Foley and Chris Jericho.
In 2008, he stated in a TMZ interview that he would be voting for Barack Obama because John McCain (whom he liked and supported for many years) would not acknowledge George W. Bush's mistakes that he made while in office.
At the PMRC hearings, Dee Snider stated: "I was born and raised a Christian and I still adhere to those principles."
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