“It’s like the lasting impression, and still being in a band, still playing and constantly running into people that are [Type O] fans.” I rarely do. “I called him on the house phone, and his girlfriend answered, and I said, ‘Can I talk to Peter?,’ and she said he was in bed sick.” (Steele was sick with the flu several days prior to his death.) I know your smiling at that because you likely found the same case scenario being something experienced by you and your own friends if you saw them way back in the day. Peter would have wanted it that way!! Petrus Thomas Ratajczyk (January 4, 1962 – April 14, 2010), known professionally as Peter Steele, was an American musician and songwriter.He was best known as the lead singer, bassist and composer of the gothic metal band Type O Negative. Steele had found a place situated right between Hickey’s and Kelly’s, and was planning to move back by May 1 so they could begin writing and recording their eighth album. Peter Steele, the deep-voiced singer, songwriter and bassist for Brooklyn's goth-metal outfit Type O Negative, has passed away at the age of 48. Either he would be some kind of visionary, or there would be people outside with fire and sticks ready to kill him.”Before the interview ends, Kelly reiterates two things: One, what he feels is most important was that Steele was sober when he died. Pete Steele has been a driving force and inspiration for a legion of musicians worldwide. Thanks for the inspiration all these years. Peter Steele, vocalist and bassist for the platinum selling band Type O Negative, has died at 48. To the world he was an acclaimed songwriter, lyricist, musician, artist, and singer; to us he was the heart of the family and love of our life. When the shot above was taken it was another Irving Plaza gig and only a handful of months prior to the one with Lordi. I simply, couldn’t believe it! “He got through all of that. “The way everybody is so PC and everything like that and how people get so triggered, he couldn’t function like that,” he says, laughing. Last Friday, read the news about his death. Hickey and Kelly were living in Staten Island; Steele was in Scranton, Pa., with his girlfriend. “When I was on the phone, I said, ‘Is there anything going on out there that I should know about?
It was just his number.”The band really had thought it would be smooth sailing once Steele had gotten sober. I never fault the newbies because we all cannot follow a group “from the beginning”, but I do chide them about their needing some research to catch up to the rest of us who have been with the program but either way welcome to the fold.Very touching tribute Ken.
And two: People still talking about Type O Negative 10 years later is “the greatest testament” to everything the foursome achieved.After that, the band believed Type O Negative could survive anything: “We were going to be another Motörhead, and we were going to go out there and do this until we couldn’t do it anymore.”“I miss him,” says Johnny Kelly. Last time I saw them was at Terminal Five a few years ago. I can’t wipe my ass with the record.’ ”“Kenny and I went to check out a place the night before he died and tried calling him while we were at the studio to tell him that we found a place, and he didn’t answer,” he remembers. right now in honor of The Green Man ’cause I know in whatever afterworld Pete ended up in…he’s raising some heaven and hell with Dimebag Darrell and everyone else. But before his passing, Steele made an impression on audiences’ memories with his … “It ended the band,” he says. “There isn’t anything that we can take and present to people and say, ‘This is what he was working on before he died,’ ” explains Kelly. In total I think I caught something like twenty of the bands appearances around town and while I would have loved to catch more of them, the finances didn’t always allow for that and I know each of you has experienced this from time to time. He was frank, yet not everyone took his words seriously. Of course many people I consider allies in my Metal adventuring did know him well and proudly called him friend. Peter Steele, Type O Negative Singer, Has Died. In 2006 Steele fronted a rebuilt Carnivore and did a bunch of US and European shows which were met with positive result.A reminder that life’s too fucking too short. We thought, ‘This guy’s going to be around forever.’ ”Kelly now serves as Glenn Danzig’s drummer and is still connected to his Type O brothers, playing with Hickey in Silvertomb (and previously in Seventh Void) and with Abruscato in A Pale Horse Named Death. What color are Peter Steele's eyes? When Type O took to the stage they dominated the night and this was well to be expected. I can’t go to the record store to buy it. And two: People still talking about Type O Negative 10 years later is “the greatest testament” to everything the foursome achieved.After that, the band believed Type O Negative could survive anything: “We were going to be another Motörhead, and we were going to go out there and do this until we couldn’t do it anymore.”“I miss him,” says Johnny Kelly. He took it with him.”Throughout the years, Steele’s addictive personality left the band wondering what would come next. To the world he was an acclaimed songwriter, lyricist, musician, artist, and singer; to us he was the heart of the family and love of our life.