A previously unreleased Type O Negative track has newly been unearthed from the band’s personal archives. Johnny Kelly, drummer/vocalist for the defunct goth metal band, revealed he recently uncovered that track, the origins of which date back to the writing sessions for their 1996 gold-certified album “October Rust“.
Speaking with Loaded Radio, Kelly said of the discovery, “I dug up a whole bunch of cassettes recently and I found a lot of stuff — demos. I actually found a song that we never used.” Speaking further on that song, he stated:
“I would go to Josh‘s [Silver, Type O Negative keyboardist] house when we were working on the records. I would always go home — say, after the day, we were working on a song. This was back when cassettes [laughs] were being used. CDs really weren’t standard yet as far as in the studio for refs and stuff like that. So I have a bunch of ref cassettes from demos that we did and stuff. And then I was just listening to them, and I came across the song. Part of it wound up getting cannibalized. Parts of the song wound up on other songs, on ‘Life Is Killing Me‘ and stuff like that. But it’s a complete song.”
As for why the track didn’t make the record originally, Kelly offered:
“At the time, the song wasn’t strong enough to be on ‘October Rust‘. And if we were releasing ‘October Rust‘ today, it still wouldn’t make the record… But 30 years later, to release it as a bonus track on something, it’s worth it — it’s worth it for that. Now, if we can get a good transfer from a cassette and actually get a good mastering out of it and make it sound good…”
He went on to add:
“This year is the 30th anniversary of ‘October Rust‘, but I don’t know if it’s good policy to have the live record coming out this year and a box set for ‘October Rust‘. Maybe. I don’t know. We’ll have to see. But right now I’m just going through the cassettes and seeing what I have.”
[via Blabbermouth.net]
