Peter Steele's Interview 2009

How's touring with Coal Chamber been going?

Very good, they're great guys and one great lady of course in the band and I think we complement each other very well.

A lot of people think you're strange bedfellows

I've always found that interesting, my ultimate, I would love to see a concert of Dead Can Dance, Devo and Laibach.

I never found it interesting to have three thrash bands all together, its kind of boring but I'm not saying you put like a reggae band on with a punk band, I mean not going too far but similar types of music, although Devo compared to Laibach, that might be as broad as reggae and punk.

Do you regret doing the Playgirl thing that people have taken that image and..

No I don't. I don't subscribe to PlayGirl but when I look through it, every other guy was flaccid.

I never expected to appeal to males and I've done signings at stores where guys would come up to me with that issue and the pages would be all stuck together and some of them would even be damp and I'd go this is nice!

You don't think that's the whole vampire thing?

No I don't think it was the teeth, some woman just didn't like me and wanted to show it

Have you put more muscle weight on?

I haven't worked out in a week because of the schedule here, so I mean I'm kinda flattered that you say that because I feel like I'm losing muscle tone when I'm home I eat more and I drink more alcohol than I do on the road. I've got low blood sugar so if I don't eat I start to shake and I get cranky and tired usually on tour I have a box of protein bars I carry one and just pop them if I feel shaky and it calms me down makes me into a human being again.