If you book a band called Twin Temple, who have songs titled "Let's Have A Satanic Orgy" and "Burn Your Bible," and then drop them for being Satanic — that's on you, mate.
That's exactly what happened when country artist Charley Crockett removed the duo from his tour support slot. Twin Temple are Alexandra and Zachary James, a married couple who make Satanic doo-wop — authentic-sounding '60s girl-group and doo-wop music wrapped entirely in Satanic imagery and themes. Songs like "Lucifer, My Love," "Sex Magick," and the aforementioned titles are not subtle. There is no reading between the lines required. The act is the concept, and the concept has always been right there in plain sight.
So when Crockett's camp decided this was too much for their audience and pulled the plug on the support slot, it raised one obvious question: who booked them without listening?
Jack White Saw The Opportunity Immediately
Jack White stepped in. The Third Man Records founder and White Stripes legend invited Twin Temple to open for him instead, after the Crockett situation made the rounds. It's the kind of move that feels completely in character for White — he's spent decades operating somewhere between rock'n'roll tradition and genuine creative provocation, and he clearly has no interest in sanitising the bill for anyone's comfort.
It's also just good taste. Twin Temple are genuinely accomplished at what they do. The whole premise — taking the warm, honeyed sound of early '60s American doo-wop and filling it with Satanic devotion — works precisely because the music is actually good. It's not a gimmick propped up by shock value. The craft is real, which makes the imagery land harder. White gets that. Crockett's people, apparently, did not.
This kind of situation is a useful reminder that booking an act means doing your research. Not a surface-level Google, not a glance at the name — actually listening, actually understanding what you're co-signing. [Yungblud dropping off the Cowboys Music Festival](/getohedz/music/yungblud-drops-off-cowboys-music-festival-after-emotional-post-addressing) showed a different version of the same problem: artists and festivals ending up in situations that neither side properly anticipated. The mismatch between an act and their context creates exactly this kind of mess.
What This Actually Says About The Industry
The broader issue here isn't Satanism. It's due diligence, and the fact that some corners of the industry still operate on vibes and reputation rather than actually engaging with the work.
Twin Temple have built their entire identity around a very specific, very visible aesthetic. There is no universe in which anyone books them thinking they're getting a wholesome harmony duo who got a bit edgy on the last record. They have been exactly who they are, consistently, for years. The surprise here isn't that they got dropped — it's that they got booked in the first place by someone who clearly wasn't paying attention.
Jack White rescuing the situation is a good ending. Two acts with genuine artistic conviction sharing a stage makes more sense than forcing a pairing that was never going to work.
Our take: Twin Temple got the better deal out of this whole thing. Getting dropped by one tour and picked up by Jack White is not a bad week.