Charley Crockett Weighs In On Twin Temple Satanic Panic By Dinging Jack White and Claiming Satan-Loving Band’s ‘Vibe Just Wasn’t Right’

Charley Crockett is finally speaking up about the tempest in a Satanic temple stirred up last month when he dropped the Beelzebub-loving band Twin Temple from his tour over what he said was their evil vibe. (The actual quote a spokesperson shared with Billboard at the time was: “I thought they were like Black Sabbath, but they ain’t.

Not today, Satan.”) And while the story both sides told was that Twin Temple were bounced for their overt “satanic imagery,” which they do, in fact, embrace with glee, in a since-deleted Instagram post on Tuesday (Aug.

18) “The Hallelujah Trail” singer Crockett appeared to have exorcised his demons over the incident by sharing his real feelings about the band and their last-minute champion, Jack White .

According to Rolling Stone , weeks after White invited the band to open some shows for him in the wake of the controversy, Crockett issued a statement to “clear things up right quick,” in which he poured cold water on the notion that the self-proclaimed L.A.

Satanic doo-wop duo were bounced because of their love for the dark lord.

He suggested that the band “made it up and dragged me by a rope real good,” then added that some unnamed artists who had spent years praising him used the opportunity to “kick me in the d–k.” He had specifically spicy words for White, claiming that the former White Stripes leader “used it to sell ticket too and I lost a lot of respect for him.” Crocket then mused about why White “wasn’t so outspoken” during his White Stripes era 20 years ago, saying the band “purposely avoided political issues,” while suggesting that White was “worried about losing audience back when it was all on the line and he needed all the help he could get.” As RS pointed out, the Stripes released the Grammy-winning song “Icky Thump” in 2007, a track that specifically laid out a criticism against anti-immigration blowhards (“White Americans, what? Nothing better to do?/ Why don’t you kick yourself out? You’re an immigrant too.”) In addition, White has been a frequent and vociferous critic of Donald Trump during both presidential terms, calling him a “wannabe dictator” and slamming the former reality star for using White Stripes music at his rallies.

Well, you know White had something to say about all that.