(January 4, 1962 – April 14, 2010)
Hand me a bass. Chances are I will play you the opening to "Black No.1". Hell, I'll even sing it and everything. It comes natural and 99.9% of the time it never fails, I will play it.
When I heard this morning of the possibility that Peter Steele passed away, I immediately dismissed it as another one of his sick jokes. After all, no media outlet that covered the "rumor" even had the balls to post it as fact. He has all played us for fools before. When it sunk in that it might actually not be a hoax, I got a little sick to my stomach. When I found out that news of his passing was in fact true, I felt as if a part of my teenage years had passed away with him.
Peter Steele was more than just another singer from a band that I liked.
I wanted to be him.
