After Twisted Sister made the divisive announcement that Sebastian Bach was set to take over Dee Snider’s vocal duties, Jay Jay French has mentioned it’s as much as followers to resolve in the event that they need to embrace him or not.
Again in February, Twisted Sister had been pressured to cancel their deliberate tour with Snider on the helm, as they revealed the frontman had been affected by degenerative arthritis for a number of years.
They later salvaged their 2026 reunion tour and confirmed that former Skid Row frontman Bach would fill in on the upcoming tour, which marks their fiftieth anniversary and first reunion in ten years, following their retirement from touring in 2016.
In a current look on Rock ‘N’ Blues Expertise, guitarist French spoke in regards to the band’s choice to recruit Bach, saying he was “the one particular person that might do it”.
“He’s the one larger-than-life man with the chops and the stage presence to do it,” he mentioned, including that after eight hours of rehearsal with him, he had “no doubts how nice it’s gonna be.”
Nevertheless, some followers felt the band shouldn’t proceed to tour with out a vocalist many take into account irreplaceable. When this was put to French, he mentioned it was as much as followers to embrace him or not.
“It’s both gonna work, or it’s not gonna work,” he mentioned. “The general public buys it or they don’t purchase it.” He additionally pointed to different legacy acts who had been out on the street with out all authentic members, highlighting the likes of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Foreigner, and Queen.
On the latter, he mentioned: “Freddie Mercury, best vocalist within the historical past of the world, can by no means get replaced. Guess what? They received a man [Adam Lambert] from The Voice [to replace him]. Steve Perry, best singer within the historical past of the world. Guess what? They received a man [Arnel Pineda] from YouTube [to replace him].
“I’m simply saying, we received a man whose pedigree is metallic, who’s a respectable artist with platinum data. A phenomenally proficient human being. And, after all, now the general public is gonna in the end resolve. They resolve. If the general public likes it, they prefer it.”
After an outpouring of concern for Snider’s well being, he got here out and insisted that he was not on his “deathbed, and the glam-rock icons additionally took to their official web site to share extra perception into the struggles dealing with Snider, which incorporates degenerative arthritis, that has up to now led to him present process a number of procedures.
Earlier this yr, he gave an extra replace on his Home of Hair radio present, saying: “I’m not dying! No, not by no means; I imply, we’re all dying, however not instantly.
“My announcement about cancelling the tour for well being causes, issues with my coronary heart, arthritis, issues like that… the rumours have run wild that I’m on my dying mattress, I’m not. I simply can’t do these issues that I did in my 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s and even 60s. Alright? In any other case I’m alive and nicely. I’m having fun with life.”
Snider added that he’ll proceed to host his radio present, write, and direct however he gained’t be hitting the street anytime quickly.
