History Music / TypeONegative

* BlatantLies: Johnny Kelly being credited as drummer on ''October Rust'', ''World Coming Down'', and ''Life is Killing Me'' despite the fact that those albums use drum machines (not to say the drummer couldn't have been the one programming).

Founded in 1989 upon the ashes of LeadBassist Peter Steele's earlier band Carnivore, Type O Negative's SignatureStyle was an unlikely mixture of Music/BlackSabbath, GothRock, and UsefulNotes/{{Punk}}. They often used a distinct pop / [[AlternativeIndie indie]] sensibility most visible on the ''October Rust'' album. Notable for being one of the [[TropeMakers pioneers]] of GothicMetal. They broke up with the passing of Peter Steele in 2010.

* ''Bloody Kisses'' (1993) [[note]]Their last album with their first drummer, Sal Abruscato.[[/note]]

* LeadBassist: Peter Steele was Type B ("Singer") and C ("Face"). He was the founder of Carnivore and Type O Negative, and he served as singer and bassist in both bands. He's also famous for being [[MrFanservice incredibly handsome]] (to the point of [[EvenTheGuysWantHim attracting male admirers]], to his dismay), his [[BassoProfundo deep vocals]], and his rather dark and [[HeroicSelfDeprecation self-deprecating]] humor. The band's music tends to be bass-driven as well, often using heavy distortion to make Peter's bass sound like a second guitar.

* TroubledButCute: Peter Steele. That is all.

* LeadBassist: Peter Steele was Type B ("Singer") and C ("Face"). He was the founder of Carnivore and Type O Negative, and he served as singer and bassist in both bands. He's also famous for being [[MrFanservice incredibly handsome]] (to the point of [[EvenTheGuysWantHim attracting male admirers]], to his dismay), his [[BassoProfundo deep vocals]], and his rather dark and [[HeroicSelfDeprecation self-deprecating]] humor; many musicians and fans fondly remembered him for being a laidback NiceGuy who was generous to his bandmates and "kind" to the various other bands Type O Negative toured with.

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* DiscoDan: Guitarist Kenny Hickey is a bit of a RealLife example.

* IAmTheBand: Averted. Though Peter Steele was without question the FaceOfTheBand and main songwriter, many decisions were made by other members (such as using programmed drums on the three albums recorded after Johnny Kelly replaced their previous drummer Sal Abruscato: ''October Rust'', ''World Coming Down'' and ''Life is Killing Me''; only their last album features Johnny Kelly playing actual drums.)

* MoodWhiplash: Sometimes within a song, but sometimes over the course of an album, and usually deliberate. A popular trope of theirs is to have a track cut off before it was finished to deliberately create this effect when it moves onto the next song.

** "Xero Tolerance" is about the singer feeling his own hatred and rage consume him until he develops the urge to kill someone. [[MoodWhiplash It ends with Peter telling the audience to be upfront if they want to throw stuff at him and the band]].
* NewSoundAlbum: ''Bloody Kisses'', which was where they found their signature gothic/doom sound while for the most part moving away from the Carnivore-styled thrash of ''Slow, Deep and Hard''
** "Dead Again" is a mix of all the group's styles, as it returns to the thrash-punk of ''Slow Deep And Hard'' whilst using a lot of progginess of ''Bloody Kisses'' and the melodicism of "October Rust" and some of the guitar tone from "World Coming Down". It also has the longest song in their discography in the over 14-minute long "These Three Things".
* NoEnding: Many of their songs end with a sudden digital cut-off, rather than a proper ending.
** Which makes sense when one considers they were influenced by The Beatles. Furthermore, their "Day Tripper" [[Music/TheBeatles Beatles medley]] ends with the riff from "I Want You (She's So Heavy)," and the band can't resist abruptly cutting the recording off the same way the original does.

** [[{{Pun}} I thought he was Type O.]]

Founded in 1989 upon the ashes of FaceOfTheBand (and [[LeadBassist Bassist]]) Peter Steele's earlier band Carnivore, Type O Negative's SignatureStyle was an unlikely mixture of Music/BlackSabbath, GothRock, and UsefulNotes/{{Punk}}. They often used a distinct pop / [[AlternativeIndie indie]] sensibility most visible on the ''October Rust'' album. Notable for being one of the [[TropeMakers pioneers]] of GothicMetal. They broke up with the passing of Peter Steele in 2010.

* LeadBassist: Peter Steele was Type B ("Singer") and C (FaceOfTheBand). He was the founder of Carnivore and Type O Negative, and he served as singer and bassist in both bands. He's also famous for being [[MrFanservice incredibly handsome]] (to the point of [[EvenTheGuysWantHim attracting male admirers]], to his dismay), his [[BassoProfundo deep vocals]], and his rather dark and [[HeroicSelfDeprecation self-deprecating]] humor; many musicians and fans fondly remembered him for being a laidback NiceGuy who was generous to his bandmates and "kind" to the various other bands Type O Negative toured with.

* BarbarianLonghair: Peter Steele, full stop. His long, dark locks were what contributed to his vampiric image and overall sex appeal, to where he ended up attacking both women ''and'' [[EvenTheGuysWantHim men]].

Discography:

* AntiLovesong: "Black No. 1."

* GodIsLoveSongs: Parodied by "Christian Woman," by bringing out the mentioned-on-the-trope-page problematic aspects into the open: The song is about a woman harbouring PerverseSexualLust for UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}}.

%%* MurderBallad: "Xero Tolerance" and "Prelude to Agony."

* TallDarkAndHandsome: At 6'8", Peter Steele was the epitome of this trope.

* TitleOnlyChorus: "Black No. 1."
* TorturedMonster: The narrator of "Suspended In Dusk".

* LongTitle: "Unsuccessfully Coping with the Natural Beauty of Infidelity", "The Misinterpretation of Silence and its Disastrous Consequences" and "The Glorious Liberation of the People's Technocratic Republic of Vinnland by the Combined Forces of the United Territories of Europa" are the biggest offenders in their discography.

* GodIsLoveSongs: Parodied by "Christian Woman," by bringing out the mentioned-on-the-trope-page UnfortunateImplications in the open: The song is about a woman harbouring PerverseSexualLust for UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}}.

->''She's in love with herself,\\

The Devil's mark.''

* BlatantLies: Johnny Kelly being credited as drummer on ''October Rust'', ''World Coming Down'', and ''Life is Killing Me'' despite the fact that those albums use drum machines.

* StepfordSnarker: Peter Steel was an interesting example. Type O Negative's song lyrics and Peter's [[DeadpanSnarker personality]] in interviews suggested that he was sarcastic for comic effect, though it was apparent later on that he really did have issues with insecurity, perfectionism, and depression. It first manifested itself notably on the production of the album World Coming Down (after several of his relatives died), but was especially apparent after his involuntary admission in 2005 to a psychiatric hospital by his sisters. When he died in 2010, many were surprised it wasn't suicide.

* BarbarianLonghair: Peter Steele, full stop. His long, dark locks were what contributed to his vampiric image and sex appeal, to where he ended up attacking both women ''and'' [[EvenTheGuysWantHim men]].

* ColorMotif: Most of the album covers feature green color prominently. Peter was nicknamed "Green Man", and often wore a green tank top.

* DeadpanSnarker: Peter Steele.
** More accurately, a StepfordSnarker.

** [[IncrediblyLamePun I thought he was Type O.]]

** "Dead Again" is a mix of all the group's styles, as it returns to the thrash-punk of ''Slow Deep And Hard'' whilst using a lot of progginess of ''Bloody Kisses" and the melodicism of "October Rust" and some of the guitar tone from "World Coming Down". It also has the longest song in their discography in the over 14-minute long "These Three Things".

* TallDarkAndHandsome: At 6'6", Peter Steele was the epitome of this trope.

Founded in 1989 upon the ashes of FaceOfTheBand (and [[LeadBassist Bassist)]] Peter Steele's earlier band Carnivore, Type O Negative's SignatureStyle was an unlikely mixture of Music/BlackSabbath, GothRock, and UsefulNotes/{{Punk}}. They often used a distinct pop / [[AlternativeIndie indie]] sensibility most visible on the ''October Rust'' album. Notable for being one of the [[TropeMakers pioneers]] of GothicMetal. They broke up with the passing of Peter Steele in 2010.

** "Cinnamon Girl" (originally by NeilYoung ) on October Rust.

Founded in 1989 upon the ashes of FaceOfTheBand [[LeadBassist (and Bassist)]] Peter Steele's earlier band Carnivore, Type O Negative's SignatureStyle was an unlikely mixture of Music/BlackSabbath, GothRock, and UsefulNotes/{{Punk}}. They often used a distinct pop / [[AlternativeIndie indie]] sensibility most visible on the ''October Rust'' album. Notable for being one of the [[TropeMakers pioneers]] of GothicMetal. They broke up with the passing of Peter Steele in 2010.

* BarbarianLonghair: Peter Steele, full stop.

** "Hey Pete" (a reworded cover of JimiHendrix 's version of "Hey Joe") on "The Origin Of The Feces". The 1994 reissue also includes a cover of BlackSabbath 's "Paranoid" as an extra track, which was recorded that year and rejected from the Nativity In Black Tribute album in favour of the group's version of "Black Sabbath" (which also has an alternate version called "From The Satanic Perspective").

** A medley of TheBeatles songs "Day Tripper", "If I Needed Someone" and "I Want You [She's So Heavy]" on World Coming Down. The group also performed "Back In The USSR", "Dear Prudence" and "Magical Mystery Tour" live.

* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: "Bad Ground" is 30 seconds of 60Hz mains hum from equipment with a ground fault.

* GentleGiant: Peter Steele stood at 6'8, but despite this and his rather intimidating voice, he actually came across as a very laid back guy in interviews. When he appeared on The Jerry Springer Show, he said he'd have to watch what he said because [[MommasBoy "his mother was watching"]]
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* GirlOnGirlIsHot: "My Girlfriend's Girlfriend" is this turned UpToEleven as the singer goes into detail that not only do they have sex together, they both have sex with him too.

* ILoveTheDead: While not as explicit as one would expect from a songwriter with Steele's sense of humour (or decency,) some songs ("Haunted" comes to mind) have shades of this.

* LargeAndInCharge: Peter Steele towered over the rest of the band.

* LeadBassist: Peter Steele was Type B and C.

* SopranoAndGravel: Peter Steele's smooth, resonant bass contrasts quite well with guitarist Kenny Hickey's more aggressive style of singing.
** Steele himself comes strikingly close to filling both roles on certain tracks. See "Nettie," in which he sings the chorus melody in three different octaves over the course of the song.

** TallDarkAndSnarky: Peter was known for sarcastic, self deprecating humor as well.

* TorturedMonster: The narrator of "Suspended In Dusk"

Founded in 1989 upon the ashes of FaceOfTheBand [[LeadBassist (and Bassist)]] Peter Steele's earlier band Carnivore, Type O Negative's SignatureStyle was [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly an unlikely mixture]] of Music/BlackSabbath, GothRock, and UsefulNotes/{{Punk}}. They often used a distinct pop / [[AlternativeIndie indie]] sensibility most visible on the ''October Rust'' album. Notable for being one of the [[TropeMakers pioneers]] of GothicMetal. They broke up with the passing of Peter Steele in 2010.

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Pigeonholed as gothic metal, the genres that they mixed included crossover thrash, gothic rock, {{industrial}}, stoner metal, DoomMetal, '60s proto punk, and no small amount of pop (albeit in a very snide, mocking manner). The results spoke for themselves.
** It doesn't help that they were on a lot of soundtracks during the NuMetal period, which led a lot of people to assume they were part of that movement, when they weren't.

* ContemptibleCover: The original version of ''Origin of the Feces'' is a close-up of Peter Steele's anus.
** And the cover of ''Slow, Deep and Hard'' is a picture of vaginal insertion, just put through a filter that makes it not noticeable until you are looking for it. And after that, you can't stop seeing it. The remastered version removes the filter.

* BitingTheHandHumor: Combined with a Music/TheBeatles ShoutOut in "Can't Lose You" - The ending of the song includes a deliberately hard-to-understand chant that sounds similar to one heard near the end of "I Am The Walrus", which turns out to be "Everybody smokes pot / Monte Conner sucks cock". "Everybody smokes pot" is a common {{mondegreen}} for that section of "I Am The Walrus" (it's officially "everybody, up, up"), while Monte Conner was the vice president of Creator/RoadrunnerRecords while Type O Negative were on the label.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Generally 7, veering into 8 territory on their debut and ''Dead Again'', and some of their more playful or slow songs at 5 or 6. The band almost go into full piano ballad territory with "September Sun," but it gets heavier in the chorus.

* MostWritersAreMale
* MurderBallad: "Xero Tolerance" and "Prelude to Agony."

* BadassMustache: Towards the end of his life, Peter Steele sported a Music/FrankZappa like mustache and soul patch.

* BrokenRecord; From "Christian Woman:" "''Jesus Christ looks like me.''"