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
play self conscious
I don't really like to play live. I don't like to be on stage. I feel very self-conscious.
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.
became beer difficult drinking execute
It became more and more difficult after drinking beer, or while drinking beer on stage, to execute vocals in between burps.
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.
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.
black green pants shirts thirteen wearing
I've been wearing black pants and green shirts now for like thirteen years. It works.
culture european happen languages
I like languages and I like different European cultures, because I happen to be Russian, Polish, Icelandic and Scottish.
pain disappointment cry
I don't know what to say to that, but I have to agree with Johnny that, yeah, we do touch upon things that most men would rather not admit: That we feel pain, we cry, get sad and sometimes don't deal well with disappointment.
labels ive-learned contracts
I guess I've learned that there's really no such thing as a bad label, there is only a bad contract.
feet fifteen want
I want to stay away from politics, or else I'll probably end up putting my size fifteen foot into my mouth