My Guitar Lessons friend and guitarist Doug Aldrich has called Dee Snider a “total jackass” after the Twisted Sister questioned the relevance of any of the Whitesnake releases Aldrich appeared on. On February 9, Snider posed the following question for his 124,000 Twitter followers: “What Whitesnake album of importance did Douglas Aldrich play on? I’m just sayin’.” He added in a separate tweet: “I’m tired of musicians who joined famous bands after their heyday claiming they are from those bands. They had NOTHING to do with success!”
A short time later, Aldrich responded with the following tweet: “Dee Snider, dude, I just did my best to keep the band moving forward. Was blessed to compose 30 tunes. You are a total jackass though. Haha!”
Aldrich left Whitesnake in May 2014, explaining in a statement that he “had several recording and live commitments, so [he] needed a more flexible schedule to conclude these before going full force as normal.” He added: “Unfortunately, my schedule was not workable.”
Aldrich played on the last two Whitesnake studio albums, 2008’s “Good To Be Bad” and 2011’s “Forevermore”, and appeared on several live releases, including 2013’s “Made In Japan” and “Made In Britain/The World Records”.
Here is a video we shot at Marshall of guitarist Doug Aldrich:
http://youtu.be/3bkno40YELc