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Peter Steele

(1934–2012) Physician Australia

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Peter Steele was a physician from Australia, best known for The Man Who Mapped the Arctic.

Quick Facts About Peter Steele

Born: November 30, 1934
Died: June 27, 2012
Nationality: Australia
Profession: Physician
Notable works: The Man Who Mapped the Arctic

About Peter Steele

Peter Thomas Ratajczyk, known professionally as Peter Steele, was an American musician who was the lead vocalist, bassist, and composer of the gothic metal band Type O Negative. Before forming Type O Negative, Steele had formed the heavy metal band Fallout and the thrash metal band Carnivore.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Christopher Brennan Award Member of the Order of Australia

Quotes by Peter Steele · Page 2

I had hit a critical period in my life, where I changed very much as a person. I consider the person I…

Changed

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I think I've changed a lot as a person

Changed

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It's a funny thing, when you talk to God, you're religious, but when he talks to you, you're a psychopath.

Funny things

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It's bad poetry executed by people that can't sing. That's my definition of Rap.

Definitions

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Finding fresh song topics can sometimes be quite difficult.

Air

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Base not your joy on the deeds of others. For what has been given can be taken away.

Deeds

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I'm the product of 6 million years of evolution? Come on, man. I crawled out of a swamp yesterday.

Biology

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When I wrote songs like 'Everyone I Love is Dead,' I never thought about how I was going to execute them live.

About

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If I wasn't bound to Brooklyn, due to my own personal reasons like taking care of my mother and the fact that…

Band

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I'm a big fan of the effects of alcohol.

Alcohol

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I don't know what to say to that, but I have to agree with Johnny that, yeah, we do touch upon things…

Agree

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I think all recent music sucks, and that includes Type O Negative.

Music

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Sometimes, I write '60s or '80s style pop songs.

80s

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Some people say I'm a pussy. I say, you are what you eat.

Inspirational

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I used to try to run five miles every other day, which I worked up to and I was doing it, but…

Five

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I think aerobics are great, of course, but it just bores me out of my mind

Bores

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“The 28th day She'll be bleeding again And in lupine ways We'll alleviate the pain Unholy water Sanguine addiction Those silver bullets…

Great day

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I was fine, until I was born. And it's been downhill ever since.

Born

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I also like to eat very much, so I like all different types of foods.

Different

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Instead of slashing my wrists, I just write a bunch of really crummy songs.

Bunch

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And when you start to think about death, you start to think about what's after it. And then you start hoping there…

Believe

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I just like being a social experiment sometimes. I really should not be allowed in public. But I just go out into…

Allowed

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I don't believe in, and I am a devout non-believer, in playing new songs live if the subjected and pathetic crowd has…

Believe

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So I don't cry anymore, I just beat people up. It's a lot more fun.

Anymore

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Treat each other the way you would like to be treated.

Golden rule

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