R.I.P. Peter Steele

[uberreiniger]

I was hoping it was a hoax but it looks as if Peter Steele, lead singer of Type O Negative has passed away from the cardiac issues he's dealt with for several years.

Peter Steele 1962-2010

This totally ruins my day. I was just thinking two days ago that it seemed like time for a new album from them. Just yesterday I was having a private laugh at a

Comments

[phillipalden]

That is very sad, and a terrible loss to the music world.

[uberreiniger]

It's a tough pill to swallow. He was an artist with integrity - a rare thing in the music world at the best of times but especially in this day and age.

[shadowfell]

I am so depressed right now I just want to go home and cry.

[uberreiniger]

Like I told Elizabeth, it feels like I've lost a family member who was always there for me and never got to say goodbye. His music has helped me through so much over the years it's not even funny.

[shadowfell]

I feel the same way. Type O Negative was such a huge musical influence through high school and college for me. We will never forget you, Peter.

[armageddonriver]

Incredibly sad news. I saw him live in 2003 when he'd very recently had stomach surgery, and the performance he gave was absolutely heroic. He seemed absolutely indomitable. Such a tremendous loss to the Metal world that he's gone.

As Mikael Akerfeldt said in his blog, the music Peter and Type O created will echo in eternity.

[uberreiniger]

When I saw him two years ago he didn't look well and left a lot of singing to the guitarist. But he still got out there and gave all those ten minute songs as much as he could give. He was a true performer and true champion of metal. Type O was such a mainstay of the metal world that I think we came to think they'd always be there and now they're not and it's just so strange.

[flame_song]

This time, unfortunately, it's true.
That's one bad loss for the Goth music scene...his voice and style were unique.
I never got araiund to see them live on stage

[uberreiniger]

I saw them live about two years ago now. Even then he didn't look well. He looked rather weak and tired, like he'd just gotten over being sick. And he left a lot of the singing to Joey the guitarist. He still put on an amazing show though. It's hard to believe I'll never get another chance to see him.

[uberreiniger]

Honestly I didn't see it coming. He did look bad on that tour, but I knew he'd just come out of being treated for his heart problems so I figured he was still recuperating. As tired as he looked it certainly wasn't enough to make me think that two years later he would be gone.

I've got a shortage of icons too now. It really irritates me.