Peter Steele of Type O Negative dies at 48

When I was in my mid to late teens living on the streets of San Diego, Type O Negative helped me get through some really rough, suicidal times. The emotion behind the music and lyrics of these dark, heavy songs really made me feel like there was someone out there that knew what I was going through.

Last night, Peter Steele, lead singer and bassist of Type O Negative, passed away at age 48 of heart failure. Hearing the news threw me back to that time for a bit, so in honor of him, I am playing Type O Negative all day.

With a distinctive deep bass voice, and a wickedly dark yet smart sense of humor, Steele was one of the most charasmatic frontmen to ever grace the Goth/Dark/Metal scene.

RIP Peter, you will be missed.

Wow that sucks, I remember Type O. Great band!! That was back when Roadrunner records actually carried some good bands. Type O (of course), Life of Agony (they hepled me through the same kinda stuff), King Diamond, Machinehead, Sepultura.

Man Bloody Kisses was a great album!! I am in shock over this. Going to have to dig out the tape and sit back and listen tonight.

RIP Peter

Geeve

That's a shame to hear. He did do some great music and listened to them quite a bit. His music will no doubt live on though.

I was certainly surprised and saddened to hear this. I did the same thing.....had to listen to a couple albums' worth last night. RIP Peter!