Peter Steele
Peter Steele
Petrus Thomas Ratajczyk, better known by his stage name Peter Steele, was the lead singer, bassist and composer for the gothic metal band Type O Negative. Before forming Type O Negative, he had created the metal group Fallout and the thrash band Carnivore...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMetal Singer
Date of Birth4 January 1962
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
band considered fortunate songs
We've been fortunate that we could choose, from all the songs I'd written, those that the band considered to be the best.
song believe psychosis
I don't believe in, and I am a devout non-believer, in playing new songs live if the subjected and pathetic crowd has not heard them before because I consider it like mass psychosis and genocidal.
song air topics
Finding fresh song topics can sometimes be quite difficult.
song writing style
Sometimes, I write '60s or '80s style pop songs.
song writing wrists
Instead of slashing my wrists, I just write a bunch of really crummy songs.
song sex writing
I stay way from that area, and there's only so many songs you can write about love, sex and death.
black green pants shirts thirteen wearing
I've been wearing black pants and green shirts now for like thirteen years. It works.
came guys issue signings
We did a lot of in-store signings around that time, and occasionally guys came up with that issue of Playgirl and wanted me to sign the centerfold.
album good matter musical
I think for the most part it really doesn't matter how good an album is; I think it really comes down to musical climate.
tony
If someone told me when I was 16 or 18 years old that I'd be doing a side project with Tony Iommi, I wouldn't have believed it.
execute love wrote
When I wrote songs like 'Everyone I Love is Dead,' I never thought about how I was going to execute them live.
american-musician
If they weren't laughing with me, okay; if they want to laugh at me it's better than nothing.
against american-musician cry okay people
I've been told by people that it's okay to cry but, you know what, it's been used against me.
dumped goth metal mind
If we're going to be dumped into, say, goth metal or something like that, I really don't mind being called that.