Jack White Invites Satanic Doo-Wop Duo Twin Temple To Open After Charley Crockett Drops Them For Being Satantic

Twin Temple, the musical duo comprising married couple Alexandra and Zachary James, make Satanic doo-wop. That's their brand. There's no missing it. They have songs like "Let's Have A Satanic Orgy" and "Lucifer, My Love" and "Burn Your Bible" and "Sex Magick," all of which sound like authentic '60s doo-wop songs, except they're about worshipping Satan. I don't know how you book them without understanding their whole deal, but apparently someone got confused.

Twin Temple were set to open two shows for the prolific outlaw country traditionalist Charley Crockett next week, but according to a statement from the duo Wednesday, Crockett dropped them from those gigs due to their 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!"

Jack White noticed. White, whose rad new album Frozen Charlotte is out today, took to Instagram a few minutes ago with a show offer. "Twin Temple, Would you like to open my show in L.A. on September 29th at the Hollywood Palladium?" he wrote. "Let me know. Get in front of me Satan!" We love a good callback , don't we, folks?

In a statement to Rolling Stone , Crockett offered his rationale for dispensing with Twin Temple: "I thought they were like Black Sabbath, but they ain’t. Not today, Satan." On Instagram, he adds:

Someone in White's comments asked him, "I’m genuinely curious: as a practicing Catholic, how do you see promoting a band associated with satanic imagery fitting with your faith? It seems at odds with the values Catholicism teaches." This was White's response:

I never claimed to be a practicing catholic or christian, you assumed that. 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.

Unholy hell…. Sir Jack, you have no idea what this means to us. 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 devils music with you

UPDATE : Charley Crockett has shared a statement following all the attention…

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