The band had VHS and DVD documentary releases in addition to their CD releases and contributions to movie soundtracks and compilations.
They have successfully toured with Pantera, Life of Agony, and dozens of other established and up-and-coming bands, as well as taking part in Ozzfest. The album was the first in Roadrunner Records' catalog to go both gold and platinum. 1" and "Christian Woman" from the Bloody Kisses album. The band arose from the ashes of the band Carnivore and gained popularity with their songs "Black No. The two main influences on the band are the Beatles and Black Sabbath, and keyboardist Josh Silver has expressed a love of Pink Floyd-evidence of which can be heard in the atmospherics of his production techniques. Lead singer Peter Steele described their music as "bad songs written on a Tuesday night." They were also known for doom metal riffs, deep bass lines, heavy but usually slow drums and bass-range vocals of gothic metal. "The Drab Four" (the nickname Type O Negative gave themselves) always succeeded in keeping their own unique style, mixing melodic, classic rock 'n' roll with slow, doom-like vibes, and down-tuned heavy metal guitar riffs with dark soundscapes. They are well known for their dry, morbid and ironic sense of humor and their often slow and brooding music. The man that walks into he house looks like he works in an office and it shows that Type O Negative being a commercially successful band for the company is just a pathetic fantasy and that it's not going to happen, which explains the last scene where the man acts as though he can't believe what's happening and he becomes trapped.Type O Negative was a gothic / doom metal band formed in Brooklyn, New York, US in 1990. The music video is about how the music company wants them to be something that they're not, a money making sellout. Hell, like his idol (and mine) Kurt Cobain of Nirvana who felt the need to isolate the band from the masses of fans, he feels that if fewer people listen to him then he's not out anything. He's saying that he's not doing it for the popularity. He's speaking out against the stereotype of rock bands struggling to maintain popularity and then only being heard of every now and again. He also mentioned that they don't have true fans that stick with them over time (between albums, sounds, after one hit, etc.) and they forget about the band, and once you lose a following it's hard to get them back, which is why they've lost popularity over the years.
He recieved pressure from the label to create more songs with a mainstream style after the commercial success of this song and album. On top of that, when he was interviewed by one of the members of Anthrax he mentioned how his music was being exploited by the recording label (Roadrunner?) to make money. He doesn't enjoy live shows because he's self conscious about himself when infront of people. When you mix yellow and blue you get green, the color of the onstage attire that is attributed to them, as you can see in the music video.Įvery step forward in their Peter's career is also a step back because he hates publicity at times. The other, the side that is most often commericalized, put on the radio, and sold to the masses for profit, the side with the big record labels, airplay, touring and often "selling out" side of music.īecause they are always (ever) caught between the two a step towards one is a step away from the other, hence the throwing the stones at his home. One, you have the people who like the (realitively speaking) unpopular style of music that they do, the slow, dragging, dark music that Type O Negative is most often associated with. There are two sides (each represented by a glass house) to what's going on with the band when it comes to audiences. General Comment"I don't wanna be me anymore"
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