PETER STEELE of TYPE O NEGATIVE – Halloween Special – TBT

31 days of Halloween – Day 1

We kick off MPJ’s Halloween Special with a Throwback Thursday to man who oozes Halloween, Mr. Peter Steele!

In 1997, Type O Negative was playing an off date from the Ozzest tour with Fear Factory, Powerman 5000 and Drain STH in Utica NY. We had the opportunity to sit down with Peter Steele to do an interview before the show, that included our Halloween Special that year.

Although we couldn’t retrieve the exact translation, his story went something like this….

Peter shared a scary story from his childhood. He was the youngest of six children– five older sisters. He recalled watching a scary movie with one of his sisters, where there was a demon grabbing women. Later that night, his sister went out on a date and Pete decided that he was going to scary her. He hid under her bed with a bucket of ice water, where he soaked his hands in the ice water to make them cold and clammy. He said he was under her bed for what seemed to be forever before she returned from her date. When she got home, she was in her room, starting to wind down, when he reached out from under the bed and grabbed her leg, pulling her toward the bed. Peter scared the crap out of her and all his sisters ganged up on him. He said that he had never seen so many high heel shoes coming at him at once. What a joy it must have been to have him for a little brother.

His family and the music community mourned the lost of Peter Steele when he passed away on April 14, 2010. He will live on through his music and through the love of his friends, family and fans.

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