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Paul Stanley on Dee Snider and Twisted Sister: ‘Clueless…bunch of buffoons’
Blabbermouth — KISS leader Paul Stanley has called Dee Snider a “wannabe” after the TWISTED SISTER frontman referred to the current KISS lineup as an “insult.”
During a recent appearance on Eddie Trunk‘s show, Snider criticized Stanley and KISS bassist Gene Simmons for having current KISS members Tommy Thayer and Eric Singer dress up as 
Peter Criss‘s and Ace Frehley‘s respective “Spaceman” and “Catman” personas. Dee told Trunk: “I don’t see how people could accept this. Tommy Thayer? I’m sorry. It’s insulting. Not only did he play in a tribute band of KISS, he’s imitating Ace in his entire act!” Snider went on to bash Thayer for allegedly copying Ace‘s stage moves. He said: “Oh my God — that’s disgraceful. When KISS replaced Ace and Peter, and they brought in guys [Eric Carr and Vinnie Vincent] who had their own makeup and their own thing, that was acceptable. That was awesome. They were their own characters.”
Stanley got an opportunity to respond to Snider during an interview for Chris Jericho‘s “Talk Is Jericho Podcast “ podcast. He said: “Well, lt me put it in the simplest terms. In this case, this guy is a wannabe, has always been a wannabe and desperately wants attention and to be taken seriously, and that will never happen because he’s obviously clueless that he and his whole band are a bunch of buffoons.”
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