Josh silver type o negative1/26/2024 ![]() Many bands say that making a DVD requires at least as much work as a regular studio CD. I agree, we still are a studio band, but when I saw this show for the first time, I said, “Man, this looks pretty good!” So the entire live thing that you hear is actually live, there’s nothing added or fixed. But we played pretty well that night, it could have been a lot worse, and we didn’t go back and re-recorded it, like so many bands do. Just today I have said that three times to other people. You once said that Type O Negative is not a live band, that you sound better in the studio… I thought, “That’s ridiculous! Why don’t we just issue a real thing that’s live?” One day I just went on the E-bay and I saw like a hundred bootlegs of ours. We really didn’t think about doing anything like that - we were on the road, we were doing “Life Is Killing Me”. We thought that if we took that and combined it with a lot of stuff from the past three or four years - the festival stuff, interviews, home footage, stuff filmed on the tour bus, a really inside look at the band and how really stupid we are, it would make sense.īut why didn’t you publish this recording earlier? It’s a 12-camera shoot, three cranes, very professional, and it just looks really good. What made you choose this particular recording for the release? However, this performance was filmed as far back as 1999. Your first live DVD “Symphony For The Devil” is coming out next month, and its main feature is the concert at the Bizarre Festival in Germany. But now the band has found a new home with SPV Records, and the first fruit of this cooperation is the DVD “Symphony For The Devil.” On the occasion of this release we got a chance to talk to keyboardist Josh Silver and learn some more details about the band and its wicked sense of humor… The past few years have not been smooth for Type O, with quite moderate success of their latest record “Life Is Killing Me” and subsequent parting ways with long-term label Roadrunner Records. They are the band who bear the fair share of responsibility for the emergence of the entire Scandinavian gothic/love metal scene, and charismatic frontman Peter Steele shares the responsibility with the late Jim Morrison for the image of a present-day goth metal singer. And that's important.The music that is slower than Black Sabbath, the lyrics that are more sarcastic than HIM, the image that is sexier than… well, almost anybody goth-related, and the sense of humor that is darker than the night itself – Type O Negative is all of that. Playing small places gives the fans a clearer view of who we are. "Some artists will go overboard and overbook their shows and find only a few people will show up. "It helps us keep a perspective in what our music is all about," Silver explained. Speaking of fresh, Silver said he feels more comfortable and in touch with the audience playing smaller venues rather than arenas. But every experience keeps the job fresh." "And in some cases, it has destroyed my life. "Those experiences have made me appreciate life," Silver said. Queensryche, Pantera, Danzig, Ozzy Osbourne, Motley Crue, Nine Inch Nails and Jackyl are just a few of the names who have asked Silver and boys out to tour. In the past, Type O Negative has toured with many different (and stylistically diverse) artists in the rock music scene. "I've been working in music studios since I was 13 - I'm 34 now - and have an idea of what to listen for, especially when it comes to our own music." "We agree with what we get about 90 percent of the time," he said. In fact, it was him and Steele who served as the album's producers. When referring to the creative tension it takes to make an album, Silver said the band doesn't really have a big problem. On `October Rust'the music took a textural and raw angle." And soon, the mistakes become part of the songs. "We play the music around the lyrics live," Silver said. "Like most artists, the biggest challenge is getting the vision to brush - or in our case, to tape.Īs far as Type O Negative's creative process goes, Steele is the lyricist and the others come in with ideas for the music, said Silver. "The trick was getting the things that were in our head onto a disc," Silver said about "October Rusts" recording sessions. ![]() ![]() The band's latest album, "October Rust," is part of the ongoing development of Type O Negative, said Silver. The techno-metal of Sister Machine Gun will open the show. "And we're going to do things that are natural when it comes to our jobs."The gothic-hardcore metal of Type O Negative - featuring Silver, bassist/vocalist Peter Steele, drummer Johnny Kelly and guitarist Kenny Hickey - will fill Club DV8, 115 S. "We are a bunch of sarcastic (guys) from Brooklyn," Silver said during a phone call from Santa Ana, Calif. ![]() Sarcasm is an essential element in Type O Negative's music, said keyboardist Josh Silver.
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