Twin Temple were kicked off the Charley Crockett tour earlier this week because of their “Satanic imagery”, prompting Jack White to offer them an opening slot.
With tracks like ‘Let’s Have A Satanic Orgy’, ‘Lucifer, My Love’ and ‘Burn Your Bible’, the Los Angeles duo’s blend of ’60s doo-wop and Satanic imagery is hardly subtle, but appeared to come as a surprise to country singer Charley Crockett.
According to a statement shared by Twin Temple on Wednesday (July 8), Crockett dropped them from two upcoming gigs due to their use of Satanic imagery. “We are sorry to everyone who was planning to see us,” they wrote. “We’re grateful for your support, not only of Twin Temple, but more importantly of artistic freedom. HAIL SATAN!”
It caught the attention of White, who dropped his new album, ‘Frozen Charlotte’, on Friday (July 10). The same day, he took to social media to write: “Twin Temple, would you like to open my show in L.A. on September 29th at the Hollywood Palladium?”
Nodding to The White Stripes‘ 2005 record ‘Get Behind Me Satan’, he concluded: “Let me know. Get in front of me Satan!”
Graciously accepting White’s invitation, vocalist Alexandra James wrote: “Unholy hell…. Sir Jack, you have no idea what this means to us,” and went on to say The White Stripes track, ‘Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground’ was one of the first she learned how to play on guitar.
“Lifelong fans- dead leaves on the dirty ground was one of the first songs I (Alex) ever learned on guitar. We were actually planning on coming to this show. It would be a most infernal pleasure to play the devil’s music with you.”
Responding to the coverage, Charley Crockett took to Facebook, where he posted an image of Johnny Cash in front of in front of Melody Ranch, captioning the photo, “If they did it to Jesus, imagine what they’ll do to you.”
In a follow-up post, he targeted Jack White’s political beliefs and wrote, “FUCK TRUMP, FUCK EPSTEIN, BUT HAIL SATAN? NOT ME JACK.” He has since wiped his Instagram profile, save for a single post featuring a Marlon Brando quote.
“I’ve encountered many people over the years who believe that self interest is the thing always at work underneath everything,” his only post is captioned. “These people dismiss the idea of true belief. I feel sorry for them.”
On Friday, a spokesperson for Crockett forwarded a statement from the singer to Billboard, in which the country star said, “I thought they were like Black Sabbath, but they ain’t. Not today, Satan.”
The fallout has also seen White weigh in on their Satanic imagery, after he responding to a fan asking how he, “as a practicing Catholic” felt about promoting the band.
“I never claimed to be a practicing catholic or christian, you assumed that,” he replied. “And i’m not scared of satan or any bullshit imagery man made up to live in fear of. commune with god on your own terms and communicate with god and find your own path, not some path somebody made up to make you afraid and make money off of you.”
Jack White is brushing off criticism over his decision to have Satanic doo-wop duo Twin Temple open for him: “I’m not scared of Satan or any bullshit imagery man made up to live in fear of.” pic.twitter.com/nlRvDQbbAp
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In NME’s three-and-a-half star review of his recently dropped album, Andrew Trendell wrote that “it may not rank among his classic work but it’s good fun,” adding: “It’s gonna really be something live, and it works to show that White doesn’t need to reinvent the wheel when he can give you one hell of a ride on his own.”
