Texas Music News — August 19, 2026
Charley Crockett says he never dropped Twin Temple over their devil-worshipping stage show. He says a production dispute spiraled into a religious culture war.
Back in July, Los Angeles duo Twin Temple said Crockett dropped them from two shows over their Satanic stage show. Crockett seemed to confirm the reasoning at the time, comparing the band unfavorably to Black Sabbath. But the controversy split fans right down the middle. Then Jack White invited Twin Temple to open for him instead. That turned a two-show booking dispute into a monthlong culture-war story.
On Monday, over a month later, Crockett posted a lengthy statement of his own. He blamed Twin Temple’s production requests, which his crew couldn’t physically accommodate on tour. Still, he paid the band in full before cutting them loose. Then he accused the pair of turning the split into a coordinated publicity push. He tied that timing to their own new album and tour announcement. That reversal flips a tidy morality tale on its head. Picture flipping over a rock in a South Texas pasture and finding a different story underneath.
From Black Sabbath Jokes to a Jack White Grudge
Still, Crockett didn’t stop at clearing his name. He also took aim at Jack White, questioning why the guitarist never spoke up decades earlier. White fronted the White Stripes back then, and mostly avoided political statements. Crockett framed his own outspokenness as a lifelong habit, not a new marketing angle. “Real patriots think for themselves,” he wrote.
The San Benito native has never shied away from picking fights on his own terms. This statement reads like another verse in that same outlaw songbook. Fans may not believe every word, but Crockett clearly isn’t backing down.
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