God by Accident: Peter Steele and the Weight of Fame
Fans phoned his Brooklyn home - Phil Anselmo among them. Obsessives went through his rubbish. And Bloody Kisses went Gold.
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In-depth stories about Peter Steele - the fans who found his phone number, the Playgirl cover nobody saw coming, and the years when the weight of it all began to show.
Fame Changes Everything: Type O Negative After Bloody Kisses
The Stalker, Peter's refusal to tour, Sal Abruscato's departure and the arrival of Johnny Kelly.
Peter Steele's Playgirl Cover: Rock's Most Unlikely Pin-Up
August 1995: how the shoot happened, why he found it hilarious, and the audience he never expected.
Escape from the Arena
Carnivore's 2006 resurrection, the Wacken show that made it legitimate, and what it cost him inside Type O Negative.
The Paranoia and the Peace He Couldn't Find
The lean years of 2001 and 2002 - cocaine, paranoia, a provocation after 9/11, and the one night a year he let his guard down.
The Beginning of the End
Money, drugs, dumbbells on the tour bus and the fishbowl of fame - the late 1990s, remembered by those who knew him.