Someone who’s big is expected to act a certain way. Sometimes people are taken aback by the contrast-which I find pleasing. That’s always contrasted greatly with my physical appearance. He will be missed by a legion of Goth fans still unearthing Type O Negative’s worthy catalogue.Īh, genetic engineering. This interview took place at a Brooklyn eatery when Steele was 34 years of age. Taking guitar lessons at age 12, he moved to bass six months hence. The sixth child of a Russian-Icelandic family whose grandfather’s cousin was Josef Stalin, he was the youngest and only male offspring.
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Born in the Red Hook section of Kings County, the heavily-pierced body builder seemed to be straightening his life out before dying of heart failure, April 14, 2010.Įxpressing his insecurities through song, the ex-drug abuser was a composing vocalist-bassist who spent free time routing, welding, and doing home improvements. But Steele never got to end his own life by way of his own hand, as jokingly promised.Ī well-schooled, well-mannered giant of a man, Steele’s imposing frame hid the fact he was a sensitive individual with a waveringly thick Brooklyn accent. Coming on the heels of ‘93’s fascinating Goth-metal breakout, Bloody Kisses, this gloomy rhapsodic follow-up gave the band an East Coast stronghold fortified by Steele’s naked Playgirl photos.
I will take a swan dive off the World Trade Center hopefully on top of someone I hate,” Type O Negative’s Peter Steele quipped while promoting his greatest commercial accomplishment, ‘96’s October Rust.
“When I find myself useless by my own standards, I’ll take my life.
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