Steele worked for the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation until he began touring with Type O Negative in the summer of 1994. Murrow High School in the Midwood neighborhood of Brooklyn. As a left-handed bass guitar proved to be too expensive at the time, Steele purchased a right-handed bass and taught himself how to play it. This came about when one of his earliest bands, Aggression (also featuring Josh Silver), for which Steele played left-handed rhythm guitar, threatened to kick him out unless he switched to bass guitar. Though Steele was naturally left-handed, he played right-handed bass guitars throughout his career. Steele started taking guitar lessons at age 12, before moving on to bass six months later. His father fought in World War II and later worked at a shipyard. Steele was the youngest of six children, with five older sisters.
He was raised in the Bensonhurst and Brighton Beach neighborhoods of Brooklyn. Steele was born on January 4, 1962, in Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York City, to a Catholic family, His father (1921–1995) was of Polish and Ukrainian descent and his mother (1922–2005) of Scottish-Irish, Norwegian, and Icelandic ancestry. He has been listed among the "66 Best Hard Rock and Metal Frontmen of All Time" by Loudwire.
His lyrics have been described as "often intensely personal, dealing with subjects including love, loss and addiction." Steele credited Black Sabbath and the Beatles as his key musical influences.
Īs the frontman for Type O Negative, Steele was known for his vampiric appearance, 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) stature, rich bass vocals, and a dark, often self-deprecating sense of humor. Before forming Type O Negative, Steele had created the heavy metal group Fallout and the thrash metal band Carnivore. He was best known as the lead vocalist, bassist and composer of the gothic metal band Type O Negative. Peter Thomas Ratajczyk (Janu– April 14, 2010), known professionally as Peter Steele, was an American musician.
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