ITP EDITORIAL: PETER STEELE /TYPE O NEGATIVE MEMORIES: The Misinterpretation Of Silence And It's Disastrous Consequences

"You went to L'amour Saturday night Red nails and lipstick dressed two sizes two tight His tongue down your throat His hand up your skirt Yeah I'm a man But it still hurts"-TYPE O NEGATIVE-Unsuccessfully Coping With The Natural Beauty Of Infidelity

 The surviving members of TYPE O NEGATIVE have issued this official statement.





FROM TYPE O NEGATIVE: Josh Silver (keyboards), Kenny Hickey (guitar) and Johnny Kelly (drums): "It is with great sadness that we inform you that TYPE O NEGATIVE front man, bassist, and our band mate, Peter Steele, passed away last night of what appears to be heart failure. "Ironically Peter had been enjoying a long period of sobriety and improved health and was imminently due to begin writing and recording new music for our follow-up to 'Dead Again', released in 2007. "The official cause of death has yet to be determined pending autopsy results. "The funeral services will be private and memorial services will be announced at a future date. "We'd like to share our thoughts and those of Peter's family below. "We are truly saddened to lose our friend and appreciate the tremendous outpouring today from around the world. Josh Silver: "Peter, my endless source of frustration, (as I'm yours), you have really done it this time. You have changed and touched countless lives through music, comedy and often brutal honesty. You've made life both interesting and irritating and I could not imagine not having known you for 37 years. "It still isn't true in my mind, but in time I will miss you and the creating that we all endured together. We certainly disagreed constantly and I believe (and hope) we all learned from each other. "Should I call you my brother, friend or neighbor? I can only call you Peter (and usually after 2 p.m). "We laughed at ourselves more times then I can count. Knowing humans are preposterous creatures and I know we reveled in that fact. "I will miss you in time, but at this moment your premature departure seems surreal and has pissed me off to no end. "Though I never told you that I harbor a deep respect for you, I do. "Goodbye my friend." Kenny Hickey: "Peter Steele was one of the most brilliant and funny personalities in music and it was all for real. Half the time people thought he was joking, but he was actually telling the truth. Part of me died with him." Johnny Kelly: "It's impossible for me to put into a few sentences what I am feeling at the moment, Peter. "I'm not sure if I should eulogize or roast you. "Both good and bad, we went on one hell of a ride together and sadly, the ride has come to an end. "You truly were a unique person. Your music touched many people. Myself included. Whether it was talking about THE BEATLES, power tools, how Pluto was no longer considered a planet or calling me at 3 a.m. asking me to drive to your house to have a fistfight with you, you always kept it interesting. "It was a privilege to have been your bandmate. It's something that I will always cherish." A statement issued today by Steele's family: "Legendary goth/heavy metal musician Peter Steele died suddenly Wednesday, April 14, 2010, after a short illness at the age of 48. He wrote and orchestrated the music for the Brooklyn-based band TYPE O NEGATIVE, a groundbreaking group known for its dramatic lyrical emphasis on the themes of romance, depression, and death. Steele, renowned as much for his striking physical appearance as his musical talent, was the creative force behind the bands 20-year success writing most of the material for the their albums. "TYPE O NEGATIVE and Steele have been lauded as a major influence by numerous alternative and metal bands. The band gained a worldwide following through touring and recording seven studio albums, two best-of compilations, concert DVDs and music videos. Their 1993 album, 'Bloody Kisses', went platinum, and the 1996 follow-up, 'October Rust', went gold. "The music world has lost a great talent, and music fans worldwide are mourning, but for our family we are mourning a beloved brother, uncle, cousin, friend and funny man. "Peter Steele was a complex man, known for his brooding looks, his self-deprecating sense of humor, unique view of the world, and most of all his loyalty to his fans, friends and family. Survived by five sisters, the eldest living sister notes that he was more than our brother, he was our son. His untimely death is tragic — a great loss to us and to music. "The official cause of death has yet to be determined pending autopsy results, and funeral plans at present remain unknown. "The family thanks fans for their loyalty to Peter and band members, but request that fans and media respect their wishes for privacy. "In addition to his success in music, Peter Steele also tried his hand at acting, appearing in HBO's 'Oz' and the cult classic film 'Bad Acid'. He also composed music for the film soundtracks 'Freddy vs. Jason' and 'Mortal Combat', the television movie 'Nosferatu: The First Vampire', and the soon-to-be released 'Living the American Nightmare'."





FROM ITP EDITOR: We at ITP are completely gutted of the devastating news of PETER STEELE's (TYPE O NEGATIVE) death. I'm not going to judge, and I don't know PETER STEELE personally, but it is common knowledge that PETER STEELE has had his up and downs. PETER STEELE was forced into rehab a few years back on an intervention from family, and also spent some time in jail, psychiatric centers and probation for kicking the shit out of some dude hitting on his girlfriend. I had heard rumors about someone dying yesterday ironically enough on my birthday, as I spent the whole day quietly walking on egg shells, hoping for some personal psychic peace, while worried about my own personal life. Knowing now what I didn't know back then, ugh, people yelling out of their car windows that someone died, people shrugging expecting me to "know first" the atmosphere was surreal. First reaction to STEELE's death, why on my birthday, I kind of take it personally, fucking sick joke. Then, the finality of it. Currently, TYPE O NEGATIVE keyboardist JOSH SILVER is in school to be a paramedic, and the band SEVENTH VOID features two members of TYPE O NEGATIVE (Johnny and Kenny), Johnny and Kenny also perform with DANZIG.. . As gutted as we are on the news of PETER STEELE's death, I remember PETER STEELE bringing the LOL's (ROTFLMAO) as he would want to to remembered for the great artist and stand up comedian that he was. * PETER STEELE's chain bass guitar strap, just a chain, yeh a chain strapped to his bass instead of a guitar strap.

** Infamous toilet paper fights between TYPE O NEGATIVE and the fans right after the bands last song of the set. PETER STEELE (with New Yawk accent) YELLING TO THE FANS WITH SELF DEPRECATING HUMOR: "You think we suck, well wipe your asses with this:" As hundreds of rolls of toilet paper are brought via a roadie to the stage as TYPE O NEGATIVE and the fans spent 10 minutes throwing toilet paper at each other. PETER STEELE has a quarterbacks arm, as he threw the toilet paper straight up to the balcony as my friend explained "This toilet paper is so SOFT, let's take this home".

*** The fall 2001 tour after 9/11/2001 when STEELE walked out on stage in military fatigues (Russian music on the PA) stating "Hi we're from Afghanistan". However, before hand, the Chance Theater's curtain got stuck as PETER's hands could be seen from underneath the curtain making magicians gestures.

**** Any TYPE O NEGATIVE gig at the old LAMOUR's in Brooklyn was just pandemonium, specifically on New Years Eve.

***** TYPE O NEGATIVE/PANTERA '95 tour, 'nuff said, RIP to DIME and PETER, they will meet again.

****** TYPE O NEGATIVE/DANZIG TOUR, Oh my gawth, awesome, too muscular men, playing some heavy tunes.



***** PETER STEELE's humorous commentary towards me in the mosh pit and a chick crowd surfing "Don't drop her".

******* PETER STEELE likes red wine, lots of it, the beverage of choice.

 ******** PETER STEELE on the Ricki Lake show, lmao. ********* 2003 TYPE O NEGATIVE JAILBREAK TOUR also with CRADLE OF FILTH (pun of STEELE's legal issues): PETER STEELE's interaction with his roadie and stand up comedy in 2003, as he pretended not to remember the lyrics to his songs and had a roadie set up lyric sheet and then waved him off. STEELE's roadie and good friend passed in 2004.



*********** Goth chicks that identified with the TYPE O NEGATIVE tune BLACK #1 not realizing the joke is on them :wink:





*********** CARNIVORE's (PETER's pre TYPE O NEGATIVE band) UN- PC, nihilistic humor. Good times... Lots of memories....Yes, TYPE O NEGATIVE wrote some beautiful music and this ones for PETER STEELE, HALLOWEEN won't be the same without MR. STEELE \m/ \m/ FAVORITE TYPE O NEGATIVE RELEASES: OCTOBER RUST (1996) BLOODY KISSES (1993) WORLD COMING DOWN (1999) ORIGIN OF THE FECES (1992) Thanks for the memories-it made life more tolerable-Thanks-RIP PETER STEELE- \m/ -l- "Am I good enough for you"

TYPE O NEGATIVE:







RIP. PETER-LOVE YOU TO DEATH \m/ -l-