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Merlin Alderslade

Type O Negative's Peter Steele appearing on Jerry Springer was peak 90s: "Am I happy to be here? I'm less miserable"

Peter Steele on the Jerry Springer show

Look, there's no getting around it: the 90s were nuts. Be it the likes of Nirvana and Faith No More ruining Top Of The Pops, the chaos of the infamous Guns N' Roses and Metallica tour or, y'know, just nu metal, it was a decade where rock music threw up some of the most bizarre, obscene and straight-up hilarious moments of its long and storied history.

Metal's 90s peak may well have been the moment when Peter Steele, the sarcastic, pitch-black witted, vampiric heartthrob frontman of gothic metal icons Type O Negative, made an unlikely appearance on hallmark, controversy-courting chat show behemoth The Jerry Springer Show in 1995. As you can see from the since-posted Youtube footage of Steele's unlikely TV spot, it remains a wildly entertaining watch.

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