this photo was shamelessly pilfered from the Metal Factory.

On Brooklyn:

“Concrete and assholes. I guess the band has an urban feel to it in some ways, I guess Brooklyn is a very sarcastic and negative place, I guess some of that has bled over to us, but I don’t think we would have been much different if we were brought up in Iowa. The band, that is.”

On Being Around the World:

“Once you get to know people they’re all coming from the same place. Cultures may differ a bit…the most alien experience I’ve ever had was in Budapest. I couldn’t sleep, it was in my hotel room five in the morning. The sun was coming up. And there was this really strange music coming over the rooves. It was going on and on. “Damn, where the hell is this music coming from?” So I got dressed and left my hotel, and I followed the sound of the music. I turned the corner, and it was this wedding! It had to be like two square city blocks, 3000 people there. The cake was like a story high. So I say, “What the hell, I crashed the wedding, I walked in, I took a couple beers off a plate and they had the bride up on a pedestal and everyone was dancing around with her. She looked like she was sixty years old. There was a bunch of bridesmaids or something giggling and laughing and looking at me and all of a sudden these two guys came up to me and with these strange accents they said “Who invited you?” and I said “Nobody! I just walked in off the street!” and they threw me out. It was a gypsy wedding. It was so strange. These people have a 2000 year old look to them, you know?”

The Legend of the Molotov Cocktail Show:

“It was in Stuttgart. That was years ago, man, that’s gotta be eight years ago. We were playing and somebody called in a bomb scare to cause a hoax and they stopped us in the middle of our set, they evacuated the whole club, they brought bomb squads and dogs and stuff. They didn’t find anything so we resumed the show. It was really strange. We had a bunch of radical left wings after us over there. They were after anyone they could get their hands on at the time in Germany. This one was a fascist, this one was a racist, this one was this…it was just a lot of political uncertainty and upheaval over there. It was right before [the Berlin Wall came down] or right after it I think, I have a piece of the Wall though. I’m not sure if it was a real piece or not, but the guy was selling them, so…”

Why Type O Garners Such Strong Reactions:

“People need something to throw darts at. Something to resent. Something to look forward to, up to. Something larger than themselves. I don’t believe we’re larger that anyone, but the human imagination blows things up to something they’re not. I guess a lot of times, especially in the band’s past we spoke a lot of truths. About love, fidelity, feelings. I think our real fans really know that about us. We seem to move something in them. I don’t know, I think a lot of people like us for the wrong reasons and hate us for the right, and vice versa. Some people just don’t know how to react to us. Most people react to something in a very linear fashion. Either they want to cry or they want to laugh, and I think when you’re listening to Type O Negative you should be doing both simultaneously. A tragic comedy. Either they love us or hate us or resent us. Whatever it is, they’re coming to see us.”

Sex Is Dead:

“It’s an outgrowth of my personal experience, which definitely is wrapped up in Type O as far as being on the road and fucking and travelling to nowhere…I look at the world, I consider humanity and when I think of people, I can’t describe them in any other way than horrible jokes for the most part. Life is tragic and ridiculous for the most part, and I’m afraid of it. I guess that Sex is Dead is an outgrowth of my own fear and confusion.”

The Role Music and Media Play In Today’s Society:

“Some of it’s good, and some of it’s crap. Some of it just adds confusion to the society. Some of it just reflects it in a sarcastic satire. Most of it is of no value though, especially the popular stuff which is usually the case. I mean, I don’t think anything real or dangerous has been done in a long time.”

“I think MTV and a lot of the bands on it have definitely raped this generation of most of their true identity. I think everybody wants to be something else or something else of another culture these days. I don’t know what the identity crisis is going on in America but I know that music isn’t helping it. ”

Origins and Fate of Type O Negative as per Kenny:

“I first joined because of Peter’s reputation. I wanted to see what he had coming. And when I heard the music and the lyrics, my intentions were just to be a part of it. And now, you know, I’d love to see it go on forever but I know it’s not going to. Everything has got to come to an end. We’ve got one more album left to do with Roadrunner, I don’t know what’s going to happen after that. Some of the members of this band are pushing 40. I hate to see anything end though, you know, when you have something that just works, it has something special in it sooner or later it’s got to come to an end, so I guess I’m trying to sustain it for as long as possible. ”