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Type O Negative

This article is about a band. For information about the blood type see bloodtype.

Type O Negative is a doom/goth metal band from Brooklyn, New York. The band is well known for their dry, morbid and self-ironic sense of humour and their (usually) slow and brooding music. The band rose from the ashes of the band Carnivore and gained popularity - especially with a female audience - with their songs "Black No. 1" and "Christian Woman" from the Bloody Kisses album. Their first album, Slow Deep And Hard, was voted the greatest heavy metal album of all time by a recent online poll.

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  • The alternative "Blood and Fire " present on the Mortal Kombat movie soundtrack (1995) can now also be found on the bonus CD of Life Is Killing Me.
  • The album Life Is Killing Me was originally to be titled The Dream Is Dead leading some fans to believe that the band is over.
  • The Blood computer game by Monolith Productions featured the track "Love You To Death."
  • At least two videos were banned by MTV ("My Girlfriend's Girlfriend" and "Love You To Death" according to the After Dark documentary) - they are however tame by todays standards.
  • The band like to refer to themselves as "The Drab Four," as homage The Beatles' "The Fab Four" moniker. On the reverse side of one T-shirt they referred to themselves as "the Rehab Four." They also cover The Beatles Day Tripper on World Coming Down
  • Covers include Light My Fire, Hedwig and The Angry Inch, Pictures of Matchstick Men with Ozzy Osbourne, Hey Joe, Cinnamon Girl and Summer Breeze
  • Incorrectly attributed covers include Possession, Angel, Smells Like Teen Spirit and Hit Me Baby One More Time.
  • Frontman Peter Steele has appeared naked in Playgirl.

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