Dee Snider has never been one to hold back, especially regarding the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, which he went after again in a new interview.
The Twisted Sister singer said of the Rock Hall, “The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame could have saved themselves a lot of problems by simply calling themselves the ‘Music Hall Of Fame’. I lived on Long Island, and there’s a Long Island Music Hall Of Fame, and in there is Arlo Guthrie and Neil Diamond and Twisted Sister and Zebra is in there and Public Enemy’s in there and Kiss is in there, because it’s music. The minute you put that word on it, everybody’s, like, ‘Okay, I get it. It’s the Music Hall Of Fame. And these are great musicians.’”
Snider noted that the Rock Hall often doesn’t factor album sales into their nomination process.
“For me, sales do matter,” said Snider. “Being beloved does matter. The amount of fans you have does matter. And they threw us a bone when they had the fans’ choice. This way they can say, ‘We didn’t pick Kiss. We didn’t pick Judas Priest.’ They’re elitist mothereffers.”
