antiMUSIC's Morley Seaver recently caught up with TWISTED SISTER guitarist Jay Jay French to discuss, among other things, the band's new Christmas album, A Twisted Christmas. The following is a brief excerpt:

antiMUSIC: So the obvious first question that you've probably answered 5 million times already. No new material since 1987 and you guys have toured very little since getting back together a few years back. How did the idea of a Christmas record come up?

Jay Jay: "Ah, we were trying to figure out a way to destroy what was left of our career completely and we figured, doing a Christmas album would just about sink it, and I wouldn't have to do any business with these guys anymore. I mean, nobody knew the reunion was going to be as successful as it was. I thought people would be sick of us in a year and all of a sudden it's gotten bigger every year. We're so sick of working together and we're trying to figure out a concept that would just destroy it completely and put us out of our freaking misery. And all it's done is backfired and now I'm forced to work with these idiots for like another three or four years. And the whole thing has been a complete and utter failure as far as I'm concerned.

I mean well, what happened really was a year ago, we were playing a show and I was trying to figure out a way to extend the band's life because essentially although the reunion has been spectacular and although we have continually been more popular especially in countries that we never played in, there's no new material. Not that's a big deal. I don't believe in new material, just to be honest with you. I think bands that come out with new records that have been around for as long as we have are wasting their time and energy because I don't think people really care. I don't think the bulk of the people care. I think maybe a couple of the people care but nobody's selling records so who's kidding who? Not a single band from the '80s sells records except for BON JOVI. All the rest of it is an exercise in ego, and frankly when you're selling tickets, you're selling nostalgia. And people just don't like to admit it. But we're free to admit it. We have no problem with that. And normally you go to a show of a band who's been around for 30 years and they say 'Here's a song from our new album' and you go, 'Ah, I'm going to go take a piss right now, sorry', because you don't care. And that's the truth. A couple of people may care but for the most part, nobody cares. And that's the truth of the matter. I don't care how big you are, I don't care if you're Elton John or Paul McCartney. Nobody cares. They want to hear your 25 songs. Go home. That's all they want. And we're really good at that. We give you our 25 songs, and go home. And we give it to you exactly the way you remember it. That's what a band like us should be doing."

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