Remaining friends, Silver went on to form the band Original Sin, while Steele launched the three-piece metal-meets-hardcore-punk act, Carnivore. Four teenagers-Steele, Silver, John Campos and Louie Beato-bashed their way through three years of gigs and one EP before the quartet called it quits in 1982. I know some of the fans are bitching about it, but hey, that’s life.”īut what is so unusual about Peter Steele, Type O Negative’s mouthpiece, becoming Roman Catholic? Don’t people convert to new religions every day? In order to understand why Steele’s resolve has shocked so many, a bit of context is in order.Īs the 1970s came to a close and disco (thankfully) began to die its polyester ensconced, cocaine fueled, sequin encrusted death, a Brooklyn-based metal band by the name Fallout formed to little fanfare. This time around, these are the messages. “Every album has different messages, because different shit happens to you in your life. “Peter is the writer of the lyrics, and he is entitled to have his opinion,” he says. In his typical matter-of-fact tone, Silver defends his friend. Type O Negative fans have their opinions as well and some are expressing their bewilderment-and even disappointment-with Steele’s conversion. Type O has always had opinions sometimes they’re horrific, sometimes they’re depressed, but we’ll always have opinions.” Probably 90 percent of music today is mediocre, view-less shit. Honestly, I’d rather deal with a guy whose views I don’t agree with than a guy who has no views.
The lyrics for “Profits of Doom” -I don’t agree with them but metaphorically, through the use of language, they’re very clever.
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“My concern is not necessarily with the views expressed in the lyrics, but with the quality and professional level of the lyrics. “I’m not going to tell you that I agree with all of the lyrics I like a lot of the lyrics, though I couldn’t quite possibly ever agree with the moral message,” says Silver, noting that despite his Jewish heritage, he remains an atheist. “These Three Things” even goes so far as to blatantly condemn abortion: “The child is torn from the womb unbaptised/There’s no question it’s infanticide… /At the end I’ll escort you to hell, the dark one’s forces lock your flaming cell/To murder the ones unborn, the worst sin you’ve ever performed.” Of Dead Again’s 10 tracks, three-”The Profits of Doom,” “An Ode To Locksmiths” and the album’s centerpiece, “These Three Things” -contain direct references to biblical passages and themes. But it’s hard to imagine that even Silver would have envisioned some of the lyrical content that Steele presented for the band’s long awaited new disc, Dead Again, which was released in mid-March on SPV/Steamhammer Records, their first since departing the Roadrunner label. When you’ve known someone for 26 years and have toured across the world with them for 17-as Silver has with Steele and fellow Type O Negative bandmates Kenny Hickey (guitar) and Johnny Kelly (drums)-you’ve certainly gained a unique perspective. “Probably the only thing he could do that would stun me at this point is to become normal.”
“We’ve been together so long that there’s nothing Peter can do that would shock me,” says the seemingly ever-deadpan Josh Silver, Type O Negative’s keyboardist and album producer, of Steele’s surprising spiritual conversion.
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