InObscuria Podcast

Ep. 96: Grave Mistake: TYPE O NEGATIVE Shoulda Been Huge!!!

Episode Summary

Welcome brothers & sisters in blood, to another installment of our ongoing series called “Grave Mistakes: They Shoulda Been Huge!!!”. This time we focus on one of our favorite bands of all time; the amazingly creepy-cool champions of Vinland: TYPE O NEGATIVE!. Join us in our Halloween-themed celebration of this band’s 7 killer albums and the big man that led this group: Peter Steele. If you don’t know this band, or if you are only vaguely familiar with them; do yourself a favor and check this out. Put on some black, turn on the creepy green light, pour yourself a cup of absinthe, and crank up the volume!

Episode Notes

Welcome brothers & sisters in blood, to another installment of our ongoing series called “Grave Mistakes: They Shoulda Been Huge!!!”. This time we focus on one of our favorite bands of all time; the amazingly creepy-cool champions of Vinland: TYPE O NEGATIVE!. Join us in our Halloween-themed celebration of this band’s 7 killer albums and the big man that led this group: Peter Steele. If you don’t know this band, or if you are only vaguely familiar with them; do yourself a favor and check this out. Put on some black, turn on the creepy green light, pour yourself a cup of absinthe, and crank up the volume! 

This episode is rooted in our Should Have Been category. This is a band that was trend-setting and had notoriety, but their brilliance and innovation have not been recognized nearly as much as your hosts think they should. We think they SHOULDA BEEN HUGER… and we are deadly serious about that!

If you want to check out The Swear’s latest 2021 performance in Pittsburgh, PA at N Stuff Music, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xEMat7_WJ0

Songs this week include:

  1. “Blood & Fire” from Bloody Kisses(1993)
  2. “Love You To Death” from October Rust (1996)
  3. “Kill You Tonight” from The Origin Of The Feces (1992)
  4. “Creepy Green Light” from World Coming Down (1999)
  5. “Halloween In Heaven” from Dead Again (2007)
  6. “Nettie” from Life Is Killing Me (2003)
  7. “Gravitational Constant: G = 6.67 * 10-8 cm-3 gm-1 sec-2” from Slow, Deep and Hard (1991)

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