Ratajczyk in New York in 1962, Steele found himself in metal and thrash bands in New York's seminal 1980s metal scene. Steele died this week of apparent heart failure at age 48. If only for style's sake, without Steele, there is no Hatebreed, AFI, or probably My Chemical Romance. Steele was Twilight Metal before Twilight Metal even existed. The band sold scores of records, including 1993's platinum-selling Bloody Kisses, all while speaking solely to the makeup-streaked, black-hair-dye-and-angst set. He may not have appealed to you, but he-and his band Type O Negative-serviced his mostly teenage male audience as few others have. His band was named after a blood type and he wrote mostly about death and destruction. He had tattoos coloring his shoulders and covered most of his 6'7" frame in black denim or cloth.
He was a mess of long hair, muscle, and baritone. If you are like so many music fans, you probably haven't heard of Peter Steele.
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