In a recent interview with VRP Rocks, Twisted Sister guitarist Eddie Ojeda shared his thoughts on Dee Snider’s speech and involvement in the fight against censorship, specifically referencing Snider’s appearance almost 40 years ago during the PMRC hearing.
During the hearing, Snider spoke out against censorship, and when asked about that day, Ojeda expressed the opinion that Snider should have kept his views to himself:
“That I wish we had stayed out of. If you’re a musician or an actor or well-known musician, I think you should keep your opinion about censorship to yourself. Maybe make comments of it. But I think we went a bit far with it. I think it was kinda cool to stand up for your rights but in the long run it wasn’t a good thing to go to Congress and try to take them on because they don’t like to lose.”
Despite suggesting that Snider should have kept his thoughts to himself, Ojeda acknowledged that Dee did a great job representing himself during the hearing:
“Dee did a great job representing himself and they weren’t happy about it. They thought they were gonna get some drunked-out fool [to] show up and embarrass himself and put more nails in the coffin, so to speak. But it didn’t go that way. Even though it was a positive thing, it also took a toll on the band.”