Metal Anarchy

During a recent interview with Sh!t Talk Reviews, Type O Negative’s Johnny Kelly was asked about the possibility of a Peter Steele tribute show. According to him, “it’s time to do something in terms of celebrating Peter’s life and his music.”

Kelly said the following about a tribute concert:

“Honestly, I really don’t know, ’cause what’s happening now is people are starting to approach us, saying, ‘Hey, have you thought about doing something?’ or, ‘Now may be a good time to do this,’ or, ‘It’s been 15 years. It’s time. You guys should do something.’ So we’re starting to get approached by people about doing something, but it isn’t something that we’ve been actively pursuing or having discussions about, where it’s, like, ‘All right, when are we gonna do this? How are we gonna do it? Who are we gonna do it with?’ None of that has come up. We’ve never discussed who would sing. That conversation has not happened.”

He continued when asked if the offers are welcome:

“Of course the curiosity’s there to see. Who knows? But, yeah, I think it’s time to do something in terms of celebrating Peter’s life and his music. You go online and you see a bunch of people, a bunch of haters and stuff, [saying stuff] like, ‘Oh, no. You can’t do it. No Peter, no TYPE O NEGATIVE.’ And then there’s other people who’ll, be like, ‘I’ll be there.’ And I’ve watched it with [the current touring lineup of] PANTERA, for instance. Everybody complained all the way to the arena. They bitched all the way to the arena.

We toured with PANTERA — we toured with PANTERA when they were at the height of their popularity, when the [classic] band was active — and to see what they’re doing [now]… I saw them play two months ago. They played in Dallas, and I went to the show, and all the touring that we did [with PANTERA], they never played rooms that big and sold them out like that. When we played with them, we played at Nassau Coliseum. And Nassau Coliseum was the smaller arena at the time, and it wasn’t sold out. And this was ‘Far Beyond Driven’ [era]. At the time, PANTERA was huge. But now they’re filling up sheds all over the place. And so I guess seeing the success that a lot of bands have had that don’t have all of the original members in them and stuff like that, of course TYPE O NEGATIVE is gonna get thrown into the conversation. Seeing it that now, that it works with all these other bands, everybody out there, the sharks are out there now saying, ‘Who else can we get? Who else can we resurrect?’”

On a related note, Kelly also addressed the status of the band’s upcoming live album:

“We were able to get our hands on a show. I just got a mix of one of the songs, just two or three weeks ago, to approve it. It was mixed and mastered, and we were gonna put it out with one label, and now I believe we’re doing it with Nuclear Blast. I’m not exactly sure when it’s coming out. Right now we’re going through the artwork and stuff like that, approving that kind of stuff.”

[via Blabbermouth]