Peter Steele / Type O

[Direct Box Rox]

I know many of us miss the low end that Peter Steele of Type O Negative provided. Can't believe it will be 3 years in April since his passing.

What is your favorite Peter Steele bass line?


RIP P.S.

[Hamlet7768]

I still haven't listened to as much Type O Negative as I should, but I really like the riff to Be My Druidess. I just wish it had more...lows. It feels kinda hollow.

[vegas532]

I appreciate Peter Steele more as an overall songwriter than a bass player. "Love You to Death" is a brilliant written song, IMHO. He always had an uncanny ability to blend darkness with humor.

[bassgiant15]

Pete was an amazing song writer with a voice like no other. I really miss TON. His bass playing was really cool too, but I think his writing was what did it for me. Gonna listen to Type o today for sure!!!

[Direct Box Rox]

Originally Posted by vegas532

I appreciate Peter Steele more as an overall songwriter than a bass player. "Love You to Death" is a brilliant written song, IMHO. He always had an uncanny ability to blend darkness with humor.

Well put & I agree 100%. He was a good friend, little brother & bandmate.

[DiabolusInMusic]

Couldn't pick a definite favourite but I love to the fretless work in wolf moon of Bloody Kisses.

Type O is easily one of my favourite bands, Pete will be sorely missed.

[grendle]

Love "Creepy Green Light", and of course "Christian woman". RIP Pete.

[LOCOPELAND]

Wow, 3 years already? Great bass player that is definitely missed by myself and alot of my buddies.

October Rust was one of the first albums I bought in my teenage years. It's a shame I never got to see them live.

[DeliriumTremens]

Huge TON fan here

Here's a pic of his pedal rig



and there are WAY too many cool TON basslines to choose only one

[ZombieSpacebat]

Are the dials on the distortion glued in place?

[DeliriumTremens]

yep!

[mpdd]

did that doc he was in called living the american nightmare ever come out

[t77mackie]

He's one of my fav's too even though he plays absolutely nothing like I do (or vice versa).

Fav TON bass line probably has to be Summer Girl / Sets Me on Fire. October Rust = masterpiece.

(Green men)

[ZeroSymbolic]

I know it's the song everyone goes to, but Black No. 1 is a great simple line.

[Spectrum]

There is something to be said for the badassness of playing a doublebass like this, even if it is just for show.

[t77mackie]

-Paraphrasing-

Interviewer: You play the bass one-handed quite a bit. Can you explain where you got that technique?

Pete: When you're as ugly as me you learn how to do a lot of things with one hand.

[Raymeous]

Pete Steel = The Kurgan (from the first Highlander movie)

[bassgod0dmw]

Halloween isn't the same without Type O. They used to play Toad's Place every year. I friggin' love them. My friends and I went every year. I remember one year they played Toads on Halloween and The Webster on Thanksgiving. We spent two holiday's with them that year. They opened the Toad's show playing a cover of NIB. It was AWESOME!!!

Another friend was a HUGE fan, and Peter randomly showed up at his work looking for him before a gig. Imagine him walking around a grocery store looking for a 17yo kid. I forget the whole story behind it, but it was pretty cool. I think I have a picture of it somewhere.

Favorite bass line?
Too Late: Frozen

Favorite song?
Unsuccessfully Coping With the Natural Beauty of Infidelity

Other favorite songs?
Black No.1
Bloody Kisses
Blood & Fire
Love You To Death
It's Never Enough
12 Black Rainbows

Album?
Bloody Kisses

[Josh Thatguy]

Best bass line? It's in "The Misinterpretation Of Silence And Its Disastrous Consequences."

Bad Ground and Skip it (including the lesser-known cassette tape version of the song) are tied for second place.

[obsidianbass]

The whole of October Rust is a desert island album for me. Particularly the song "haunted". When he belts out "I hate the morning", it's like musical perfection!

RIP Peter. You are missed.