October isn’t October without Type O Negative. For that reason alone, the 4 Dicks from Brooklyn have hit the road, putting on 12 shows over two weeks, finishing off appropriately on Halloween night in Detroit. Kenny Hickey, Peter Steele & Johnny Kelly have been joined this tour by Scott Warren of Dio, covering for Josh who is busy working towards his paramedic’s certificate. Seventh Void and Destrophy warmed up the crowd, who began to chant “You Suck” (only true TON fans will understand this logic) during the last set change, enticing Type O Negative to hit the stage. The boys ran through an 11 song set list which included some of my own favourites, Love you to Death, World Coming Down, Wolf Moon, Anesthesia as well as crowd favourites Christian Woman and Black #1.

Peter was on his game, sounding better than ever, flanked as always by Kenny who tore away riff after riff, singing and working both sides of the stage. Johnny was all smiles blasting beats high atop his drum riser and Scott held his own well throughout the gig. It seems he has a handle on what he is doing as I did not notice any glitches throughout the performance. When it was all over with the band made their way to the house lobby where they signed autographs and greeted fans for around an hour. They worked their way through a long line of fans until everyone who had waited had a chance to meet the band. Not bad in a day and age when many bands charge fans VIP ticket prices for such a priveldge…guess they aren’t total Dicks after all.

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