Bloody Kisses (A Death In The Family) - Songfacts
WEB"Bloody Kisses" is a rather intense song about the death of a loved one, but it's not mourning a person but rather Peter Steele's cat, Venus. The Type O Negative frontman, who died of heart failure in 2010, often laced his music with wry humor, but he really did love his cats and it seems he was serious here.
'Bloody Kisses': 10 Things You Didn't Know Type O Negative's …
WEBAug 16, 2018 · In true, irreverent Type O form, Bloody Kisses' majestic, mournful title track was about a cat. Named Venus, the feline had been Steele's beloved pet for 17 or 18 years before she passed away, whereupon he buried her in his backyard.
A Death In The Family — PETER STEELE®
WEBApr 30, 2011 · One of Pete's first beloved pets was a cat he named, Venus. Peter was very close to his cat, and Venus was always with him, just hanging out, always nearby.
Type O Negative's 'Bloody Kisses': The Definitive Oral History
WEBAug 17, 2022 · Peter Steele, Kenny Hickey, Josh Silver and Sal Abruscato look back on their goth-metal masterpiece. Type O Negative. photograph by John Wadsworth. text J. Bennett. August 17, 2022. This story originally appeared in the 2009 "Top Shelf Edition" CD reissue of Bloody Kisses. It has been updated for this publishing.
Peter's Spoiled Children - PETER STEELE®
WEBJul 14, 2011 · Not counting Peter's childhood cat, Venus, he was father to Grizzelda (Grizzy), Sexy, Sharpton, Weena, OJ, Tito and Nizon. Peter's cats were usually children of other family cats, or rescued kittens that he found …
Bloody Kisses (A Death in the Family) - Type O Negative Wiki
WEB"Bloody Kisses (A Death in the Family)" is a song by Type O Negative, included on their third album Bloody Kisses, released in 1993. It is a very slow, doomy track. This song is oddly about his beloved cat, named Venus. Group performers Peter Steele – lead vocals, bass Kenny Hickey – guitar Josh...
Peter Steele - Wikipedia
WEB[15] [45] In the booklet for the 2009 "Top Shelf" edition re-release of Bloody Kisses, Steele confirmed that the album's dirge-like 11-minute title track had in fact been written about the death of a family cat called Venus he had owned for 17 years.
TIL Type O Negative's title song "Bloody Kisses", about a ... - Reddit
WEBJan 27, 2024 · TIL Type O Negative's title song "Bloody Kisses", about a woman who committed suicide, it’s a veiled tribute to Peter Steele's 17-year-old cat Venus: "No one wants to hear about a guy who's 6' 8" with long black hair and fangs crying about his f**kin' cat, so I had to make it extremely metaphoric."
"Everything blew up. I remember there was a store in East ... - Louder
WEBJan 25, 2024 · Fronted by the towering Peter Steele – a 6’8” giant with a fathomlessly deep voice and an obsidian-black sense of humour – the Brooklyn four-piece merged Black Sabbath’s unholy grind with The Sisters Of Mercy’s gothic grandiosity.
Venus | Peter Steele Lyrics, Meaning & Videos - SonicHits
WEBRead Full Bio ↴Peter Steele (born Petrus T. Ratajczyk; January 4th, 1962 - April 14th, 2010) Staten Island, New York, was the lead singer and bassist for the gothic-doom band Type O Negative. He was a resident