Dee Snider says that Paul Stanley was being “a dick” when the KISS leader slammed the TWISTED SISTER frontman as “a wannabe” who “desperately wants attention and to be taken seriously.”
At the 2015 Long Island benefit to fight hunger on September 20, Snider spoke to “The Real Radio Show” about his war of words with Stanley. He said (see video below): “Look, it’s crazy how international this feud between me and Paul Stanley has become. Not bad for a ‘wannabe’ or a buffoon. ”
He continued: “Let me lay out my KISS credentials. [I] own the first seven albums. I bought the first album before it had ‘Kissin’ Time’ on it. I bought it in February, ’cause I lived in Nassau County, they lived in Queens, and there was a rumor about this cool band that had an album coming out, and I got it the minute it came out. I have stood in front of a mirror and lipsynched Paul Stanley vocals, made Paul faces in the mirror, okay? So I don’t think I’m out of line to say that I have an opinion and that I feel that the Ace Frehley impersonator playing guitar now is an insult to fans. People disagree — that’s fine. People agree — that’s fine. But Paul reacted to me making a statement — anything negative about KISS; I mean, you’re not allowed to do that, apparently — and decided to call me a wannabe and a buffoon, and I had to address that in an open letter to Paul, where I pretty much took him out at the knees.”
Snider then addressed Stanley directly, saying: “Paul, I love your band, I love your music. Why do you have to be such a dick? Alice Cooper is not a dick. Alice Cooper has inspired a million people and he’s the coolest guy in the world, yet Gene [Simmons, KISS bassist/vocalist] and Paul, they’ve got this arrogance about them, like the world owes them something. We do owe you something, but let us offer it; don’t insist we buy it from you.”
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