Timing is a bitch.
I've done so frigging many posts about Type O Negative concerts lately, that to tell you the truth I was dreading the fact that I still had one more ticket stub for them, which would require yet another entry that would at once apologize for loving them so much back in the day, while trying to justify it all.
But then I got home after being out of the country for two weeks and learned that Pete Steele had passed away.
So let's try and do this right....
You can read my former posts about Type O Negative here, here, here and here. If you follow this blog at all ( I know there aren't many of you), you know that at a certain point in the mid-to-late 90's, I really loved that band. In fact, I was probably a little too vocal back then about how fond I was for them, but whatever; it spoke to me at the time, and I still go back to them once in a while.
To be sure, Type O did some goofy shit, and they didn't exactly pull off the second half of their career on a note befitting of their potential (Steele's last several years, in particular, were often hard to watch). But they also did some truly groundbreaking things in metal that deserve to be recognized.
I sure hope that my fan-boy adulation for them back then didn't dissuade too many folks from seeking them out and giving them a listen. At his best, Peter Steele really was one hell of a songwriter, a vocalist and a performer.
Here's a quick clip of one of my favorite performances of Steele's. I hope you enjoy:
1 comment:
Thanks for stopping by my post at Music Savvy Mom earlier. I love "meeting" new folks, especially those who like the same music as me, so I will be following.
I can't wait to come back when I'm not dead tired & read your reviews, and I'll be sure to follow the blog :)
I was due to head to the Atlanta show in October, but had to back out due to being too sick to stand up...let alone drive five hours, watch the show, and drive five back right after. Now? I really wish I had.
I still can't believe he's gone.
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