KENNY HICKEY: TYPE O NEGATIVE Was Offered 'A Lot Of Money' To Play One PETER STEELE Tribute Concert

In a new interview with the HardLore podcast, ex-TYPE O NEGATIVE guitarist Kenny Hickey once again spoke about the possibility of teaming up with the other surviving members of TYPE O NEGATIVE to stage a Peter Steele tribute concert with various guest musicians. Asked what kind of offers he and his former bandmates are getting to play live again, Kenny said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "We've had offers, yes. We got offered one show for a lot of money. We couldn't do one show for a lot of money. It's such a large undertaking. It would have to be a lot of shows for a lot of money. To get the band back together, to figure the music out again, to get a visual going for the show, everything you would need, find a guy that can pull [Peter's vocals] off with taste, never mind his bass playing. The bass playing is the hardest thing. There's a lot of guys running around singing with a deep voice pretending they're Peter, but play bass like him? Forget it. Nobody can play bass like him."

Kenny continued: "The offers are out there, but, logistically, it's just not gonna happen now, if it ever happens. It's not gonna happen. Well, it might happen. I never say never… [I don't see it happening] outside of maybe a tribute show sometime in the future, if it can be logistically put together, yeah, and it's viable doing."

In the past, Kenny has repeatedly said that former TYPE O NEGATIVE keyboardist Josh Silver, who is married to Kenny's wife's sister, is still unwilling to commit to a Steele tribute project, having spent a long time working for New York City as a paramedic.

Asked by Cassius Morris why he thinks Josh doesn't want to do it, Kenny said: "He would have to answer that question. He was always the kind of guy who's 150% guy. If he's not 150%, then he's not gonna do it. He's got other things going on. So, we'll see. We'll see how things pan out. Maybe he won't have other things going on in the near future."

TYPE O NEGATIVE effectively broke up after the passing of frontman Peter Steele in April 2010 from heart failure at the age of 48. Born Petrus T. Ratajczyk on January 4, 1962 in Brooklyn, New York, he stood 6' 7" (201 cm) tall, and had a low, bass-heavy voice, which was one of the most recognizable features in TYPE O NEGATIVE's music.

Before forming TYPE O NEGATIVE, Steele played for the metal group FALLOUT and the thrash band CARNIVORE.

TYPE O NEGATIVE, known for its brooding soundscapes and cult status in the 1990s and early 2000s, has recently seen a cultural resurgence as new generations discover the band's genre-defining music.

TYPE O NEGATIVE was a New York–based goth metal band formed in 1990 by Steele, alongside Hickey, Silver and drummer Sal Abruscato — later replaced by Kelly. Their 1991 debut, "Slow, Deep And Hard", introduced their brooding style, followed by the provocative "The Origin Of The Feces" (1992). TYPE O NEGATIVE achieved breakthrough success with "Bloody Kisses" (1993),which earned a cult following and featured the single "Black No. 1". The band continued to evolve with albums such as "October Rust" (1996),"World Coming Down" (1999),"Life Is Killing Me" (2003) and "Dead Again" (2007).

Revered for their distinctive blend of goth and metal, as well as Steele's deep, iconic vocals, TYPE O NEGATIVE left a lasting legacy in heavy music. The band concluded in 2010 following Steele's death, but their influence endures across the alternative and metal landscape.