In a recent interview, singer Dee Snider remembers how he realized Metallica being bigger than Twisted Sister.
Here’s what the singer said (via Loudwire.com/)
“A lot of the developments happened simultaneously. Twisted Sister toured with Metallica in ’84 in Holland. After watching Metallica’s set, I told Mark Mendoza, ‘These guys got a lot of heart, but they’re never going to go anywhere.’ I thought they were just too heavy, and the mainstream would never accept them.”
He added:
“Yes, then Metallica was born. We were touring together in Ireland, and we were headlining. It said Twisted Sister in, like, a size 10 font, and the Metallica logo on the posters was gigantic. I said, ‘Holy s*it, these people are here to see Metallica,’ and I sent my road manager to tell the band they could close because I didn’t want to close a show that was clearly their show.
”My manager came back and said, ‘They said no.’ They thought it seemed suspicious — what headliner tells the opener to close? I went into the room myself and said, ‘There’s no trick here. We’re not f*cking with you. You’re clearly bigger than we are here. This is your audience. I don’t want to go on after you there’ll be nobody here.’”