Peter Steele

Peter Steele is one of those figures I find genuinely fascinating, a 203-centimeter giant with a baritone that could pour both menace and tenderness into the same song. With Type O Negative he gave gothic metal something rare: real wit, real romance, a willingness to be absurd and heartbroken at once. That he started hauling garbage in Brooklyn before fronting bands only deepens my respect; there was no manufactured mystique, just a complicated man who scared people and was beloved by them in equal measure. Losing him in 2010 at 48 felt premature. His contradictions are exactly what made his art unforgettable to me.

Name (English)

Peter Steele

Name (Japanese)

ピーター・スティール

Reading

ぴーたー・すてぃーる

Born

January 4, 1962 – April 14, 2010

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Tiger

Origin

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Height

203 cm

Occupation

musician / singer / bass guitarist / composer

High school

Edward R. Murrow High School

• Official sitehttps://typeonegative.net/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Steele
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%94%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q379250

Tags

• New York
• musician
• singer
• bass guitarist

Last updated

2026-06-11

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.