Johnny Kelly: Type O Negative can't continue without Peter Steele

By Rich Chamberlain
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Drummer on why the band cannot carry on

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Type O Negative drummer Johnny Kelly has admitted that the band cannot, and have no interest in trying to, continue without late frontman Peter Steele.

Kelly told TV4: "If there is somebody that could take his place, it wouldn't matter. We don't have any interest — the three of us — in continuing it. It's impossible to continue Type O Negative without Peter. It's impossible.

"It hasn't even come up in any kind of discussion, like, 'Hey, what do you think? Are there possibilities?' When Peter died, Type O Negative died with him."

Steele died in April 2010 of heart failure.

Rich Chamberlain
Rich Chamberlain

Rich is a teacher, one time Rhythm staff writer and experienced freelance journalist who has interviewed countless revered musicians, engineers, producers and stars for the our world-leading music making portfolio, including such titles as Rhythm, Total Guitar, Guitarist, Guitar World, and MusicRadar. His victims include such luminaries as Ice T, Mark Guilani and Jamie Oliver (the drumming one).