PANTERA, by the way, didn't give an inch. MEGADETH didn't give an inch, to their credit. And I've gotta say they and MEGADETH were the two bands that stood up against the grunge era. So I could see where you hardcore METALLICA fans felt they were giving in to what was going on. And as an original QUEEN fan, I was disheartened - they had changed. They were always melodic, but they changed when you got to 'Fat Bottomed Girls' and 'Bicycle ' and bullshit like that. 'Cause I'm an early QUEEN fan, and QUEEN started much heavier. And I understand, when you're that invested, how changes can bother you. Who knew that people's taste would become acclimated to that much heavier of a sound."ĭuring a March 2019 installment of his "I Wanna Talk" podcast, Snider spoke extensively about METALLICA, including why he initially felt the band "wasn't going anywhere." Addressing METALLICA's musical and image changes that came about with the release of "Load", the TWISTED SISTER frontman said: "I'm not a day-one die-hard METALLICA fan, so I wasn't invested in 'Kill 'Em All' or 'Ride The Lightning' or 'Master Of Puppets' the way you hardcore fans are. You get it sometimes, you completely miss it other times. You know the OVERKILLs, the CARNIVOREs, one of those bands. They would just be one of those great heavy bands. It's so heavy, there is no commercial accessibility, there's nothing for them to get through to the mainstream audience. And I still remember standing on the side of the stage, watching their set and I turned to Mark and I said these words, 'These guys got a lot of heart but they're never gonna go anywhere.' So that's what I thought of METALLICA. As a result, it was the one time I got to see them. It's obvious you're the guys that everyone is coming to see.' So they closed the show. I'm not going to sit here and pretend I'm the headliner. Why would you give up the headline slot? What are you up to?' I went into their dressing rooms and said, 'Guys, the people are clearly here to see you. I said, 'No?' He said, 'Well, they said it seems suspicious. Obviously people are coming to see them.' And my tour manager comes back and says they said no. So I said to our tour manager, 'Tell METALLICA they can close. But during that tour, I remember clear as a bell when we arrived in Holland we see these posters that had a huge METALLICA with like a troll head an early symbol they used and on the bottom it said 'and TWISTED SISTER' in little letters. You weren't supposed to see a rock star walking around like a human being. I'd get there before the doors opened and I left when the doors closed. You only saw me on the stage, and then I disappear. You didn't see me walking around the club. In effect, it was like a 'no-name.' And I was never out before the show. When we toured with METALLICA in Europe, they said, 'We played with you guys in Jersey.' And I was, like, 'You did?' I didn't even know. And Jonny Z, who was a big supporter of TWISTED, crammed them on the bill. "I didn't even know they were on the bill," he said. In a 2011 interview with Powerline magazine, TWISTED SISTER singer Dee Snider said that he had no recollection of METALLICA opening for his band in December 1983 in Aberdeen, New Jersey. MOTÖRHEAD kind of started that, and then METALLICA took it to more of a prog level." But I didn't realize that that was a while trend of music that was gonna happen. 'Oh, you're not the same band, man.' I felt bad for them getting that rap."Īsked if he witnessed METALLICA's popularity grow while the two bands were sharing the stage nearly four decades ago, Eddie said: "No, I didn't really get it till we got back to America. "And then when they make it, they get pissed off at 'em. "It's kind of sad when people love a band when they're starting out and going through that rough time," Eddie continued. Some people said they sold out when they got a little more commercial, but I don't think they ever did. We were, like, 'What's going on with you guys?' And who knew? They ended up being bigger than everybody. "And in the beginning, before the newer albums, they were, like, full-on thrash, super fast. "That was wild, because that was the first time I was exposed to that thrash metal," Eddie said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). During an appearance on the latest episode of the "Talk Louder" podcast, hosted by veteran music journalist "Metal Dave" Glessner and lifelong hard rock/metal vocalist Jason McMaster, TWISTED SISTER guitarist Eddie Ojeda reflected on his band's 1984 European tour with METALLICA as the opening act.
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