TWISTED SISTER FRONTMAN DEE SNIDER CALLS KISS’ PAUL STANLEY A “DICK”
Dee Snider has reignited his feud with KISS frontman Paul Stanley by calling Stanley a “dick” and saying the band exude an air of “arrogance.”
The Twister Sister singer fell out publicly with Stanley when the Kiss man branded Snider a “wannabe” in response to comments in which he said it was “insulting” that KISS members Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer were using the Catman and Spaceman personas made famous by Peter Criss and Ace Frehley.
Snider replied by challenging Stanley to a rock face-off, saying he’d “bury” him.
Now Snider has moved to explain the spat in more detail, insisting he is a fan of KISS, but doesn’t think they should be shielded from criticism.
Snider tells The Real Radio Show, “Let me lay out my KISS credentials. I own the first seven albums. I have stood in front of a mirror and lip-synched Paul Stanley vocals. So, I don’t think I’m out of line to say that I have an opinion and that I feel that the Ace Frehley impersonator playing guitar now is an insult to fans.
..People disagree – that’s fine. People agree – that’s fine. But Paul reacted to me making a statement and decided to call me a wannabe and a buffoon, and I had to address that in an open letter to Paul, where I pretty much took him out at the knees.”
Addressing Stanley directly, Snider adds, “Paul, I love your band, I love your music. Why do you have to be such a dick? Alice Cooper is not a dick. Alice Cooper has inspired a million people and he’s the coolest guy in the world, yet Gene and Paul have got this arrogance about them, like the world owes them something. We do owe you something, but let us offer it. Don’t insist we buy it from you.”
Twisted Sister will go on a farewell world tour in 2016 with Mike Portnoy filling in for the late AJ Pero.
additional source: classicrock.teamrock.com
Looks to me like Dee wants to keep this going as long as he can to maximize people paying him attention. Twisted’s audience is limited, and the band is coming to a close. He doesn’t have much prospect for a successful solo musical career, so he has to find a hot button issue and shoot his mouth off to prevent being forgotten altogether.
at least he didn’t call him a pussy. can I say that here?
Basically Dee lost his band because he was/is a dick, so his credentials are null…
This has gotten silly. I have a couple of cousins that bitch and argue with each other all the time, but at least they don’t go too long without it erupting into a fistfight and then the issue is settled. I would say that’s what needs to happen between Dee and Paul but I hope it never does because, let’s face reality, Dee would kill Paul.
Hi, I’m Larry, this is my brother Darryl, and this is my other brother Darryl. Darryl here is a big KISS/Paul Stanley fan, while Darryl swears by Dee Snider and Twisted Sister. If ya’all will make some room here, we’re going to settle this thing right now.
LOL!
Why did Dee have to insert genitals into this conversation?