--- title: Twisted Sister's Dee Snider Hates Non-Rock Fans Wearing Band Tees description: Twisted Sister's Dee Snider is sounding off on non-metal fans wearing vintage t-shirts featuring metal bands as a fashion trend. canonical: https://time.com/4990071/twisted-sisters-dee-snider-band-tee-trend/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-10-19T19:45:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:48:09.463Z og:title: Twisted Sister's Dee Snider Is Anti the Band T-Shirt Trend og:description: "Metal is not ironic!" og:url: https://time.com/4990071/twisted-sisters-dee-snider-band-tee-trend/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Twisted Sister's Dee Snider Is Anti the Band T-Shirt Trend twitter:description: "Metal is not ironic!" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Twisted Sister's Dee Snider Is Not Here for the Non-Rock Fans in Band T-Shirts  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 19, 2017 7:45 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 19, 2017 7:45 PM UTC For [Twisted Sister rocker Dee Snider](http://entertainment.time.com/2012/02/06/too-old-to-rock-axl-rose-and-9-other-aging-heavy-metal-icons/slide/dee-snider/), the fashion trend of sporting vintage band t-shirts is “sickening.” As of late, vintage t-shirts that feature rock and metal bands have become popular among the youth and [spotted on celebrities like Kanye West and Justin Bieber](https://www.vogue.com/article/metal-logos-in-fashion-vetements-kanye-west-balenciaga). However, for Snider, it’s a sign of disrespect from people he doesn’t consider to be true metal fans. In a series of tweets, he condemns those that he feels are jacking more than just t-shirts but style and culture, noting that “metal is not ironic!” It’s a similar sentiment that was shared by the estate and mother of the late Notorious B.I.G., [who slammed Kendall and Kylie Jenner after the celebutantes debuted modified “vintage” band tees](http://time.com/4837340/kendall-kylie-jenner-shirt-reactions/) that superimposed their visages over rap and rock t-shirts. Snider also expressed contempt for the Kardashians wearing band t-shirts, although he apparently is okay with Lady Gaga wearing them. See Snider’s tweets below. > [](https://twitter.com/deesnider/status/920307543368523776) > [](https://twitter.com/deesnider/status/920674706222649345) > [](https://twitter.com/deesnider/status/920675210692644864) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4990071/twisted-sisters-dee-snider-band-tee-trend/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4990071/twisted-sisters-dee-snider-band-tee-trend/"},"headline":"Twisted Sister's Dee Snider Is Not Here for the Non-Rock Fans in Band T-Shirts","datePublished":"2017-10-19T19:45:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:48:09.463Z","description":"\"Metal is not ironic!\"","url":"https://time.com/4990071/twisted-sisters-dee-snider-band-tee-trend/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","viral","fashion"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4990071/twisted-sisters-dee-snider-band-tee-trend/","name":"Twisted Sister's Dee Snider Is Not Here for the Non-Rock Fans in Band T-Shirts"}}]}] ```