What Dee Snider Once Thought About Metallica
July 16, 2020 9:48AM CDT
NEW YORK, NY – NOVEMBER 06: Dee Snider performs at the “I Want My 80’s” Concert at The Theater at Madison Square Garden on November 6, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)
- Well, he was certainly wrong about this.
- In an interview with Ultimate Guitar, Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider recalled his initial reaction to Metallica back in 1984.
- Metallica was opening for Twisted Sister that year.
- Snider admitted saying to his bass player Mark Mendoza, “You know, this band has a lot of heart, but they’re not going anywhere”.
- Snider thought they were “too heavy to be hugely successful”.
- Metallica, of course, has gone on to sell more than 125 million albums worldwide.
- Have you seen Metallica live in concert? Best Metallica song of all-time?
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