TWISTED SISTER’s DEE SNIDER On METALLICA - “These Guys Have Got A Lot Of Heart But They’re Never Gonna Go Anywhere”

Legendary Twisted Sister frontman spoke with Geoff Barton from Louder Sound about wild antics hanging with Robert Plant, Frank Zappa, Freddy Krueger, KISS and more. When asked about Metallica, Snider recalled:

“One of Metallica’s first major gigs was supporting Twisted Sister in a 3,000-seater hall in New York. This was when they had Dave Mustaine and Cliff Burton in the line-up, and they were living in (Megaforce Records boss) Johnny Z’s basement.

Later, Metallica supported us on our Stay Hungry tour. We got to a small town in Holland and were surprised to see a poster billing Metallica above us. I said to my tour manager: 'Metallica are clearly the headliner. Go and tell them we’ll open for them tonight.' My tour manager came back and told me: 'They said no. They seem somewhat suspicious.' Eventually I convinced Metallica that it wasn’t a trick, and that night I got to watch their show. I remember saying to someone: 'These guys have got a lot of heart but they’re never gonna go anywhere.” So much for what I know! I thought Metallica were too heavy and there was no way society would ever catch up with that.'

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