Type O Negative Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
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Type O Negative is a doom/goth metal band from Brooklyn, New York. The band is well known for their dry, morbid and self-ironic sense of humour and their (usually) slow and brooding music. The band rose from the ashes of the band Carnivore and gained popularity - especially with a female audience - with their songs "Black No. 1" and "Christian Woman" from the Bloody Kisses album.
Members
- Peter Steele lead vocals, writing, bass
- Josh Silver keyboards
- Kenny Hickey guitars
- John Kelly drums (from 1994)
- Sal Abruscato drums (to 1993)
Discography
- 1991 Slow Deep And Hard album
- 1992 Origin Of The Feces album
- 1993 Bloody Kisses album
- 1996 October Rust album
- 1998 After Dark documentary
- 1999 World Coming Down album
- 2000 Least Worst Of album
- 2003 Life Is Killing Me album
Trivia
- The alternative "Blood and Fire" present on the Mortal Kombat movie soundtrack (1995) can now also be found on the bonus CD of Life Is Killing Me.
- The album Life Is Killing Me was originally to be titled The Dream Is Dead leading some fans to believe that the band is over.
- The Blood computer game by Monolith Productions featured the track "Love You To Death."
- At least two videos were banned by MTV ("My Girlfriend's Girlfriend" and "Love You To Death" according to the After Dark documentary) - they are however tame by todays standards.
- The band like to refer to themselves as "The Drab Four," as homage The Beatles "The Fab Four" moniker. They also cover The Beatles Day Tripper on World Coming Down
- Covers include Light My Fire, Hedwig and The Angry Inch, Pictures of Matchstick Men with Ozzy Osbourne, Hey Joe and ''Summer Breeze'
- Incorrectly attributed covers include Possession, Angel, Smells Like Teen Spirit and Hit Me Baby One More Time.
- Frontman Peter Steele has appeared naked in Playgirl.
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