Type O Negative Singer Peter Steele Dies

Type O Negative Singer Peter Steele Dies

April 15, 2010

Paul Cashmere of Undercover.com.au reports that Peter Steele, lead singer of metal band Type O Negative, has died at the age of 48.

Steele’s friend Juliya Chernetsky from Fuse TV broke the news via her Twitter page.

“Peter Steele passed today. I loved my friend…our idol…my heart is with his band and family…” she said.

A second posting said that Steele had died of heart failure.

The death of Peter Steele needed conformation as the band faked Steele’s death in 2005.

6 foot 7 inch Steele was also the bass player for Type O Negative.

Steele formed his first the band Fallout in 1980had had his official first release with the EP ‘Batteries Not Included’ in 1981.

Next came Carnivore but after a few years and two albums they were over as well.

Type O Negative formed in 1990. Their most recent album was ‘Dead Again’ in 2007.

Steele had been diagnosed with clinical depression and was occasionally receiving psychiatric treatment.

While Chernetsky is a respected source, there has not been an official statement about the death of Steele at the time of publication.

Courtesy of www.sleazeroxx.com and undercover.com.au