Peter Steele Facts ◇ ◇ ◇ Birth name: Petrus Thomas Ratajczyk Star sign: Capricorn Born in: Brooklyn, New York Height: 6' 8" ◇ ◇ ◇ Played bass guitar, guitar and keyboards, as well as singing. Naturally left handed, but played right handed throughout his career. ◇ ◇ ◇ Signed his Roadrunner Records contract with a mixture of blood and semen. The original cover for the live Type O Negative album The Origin of the Feces featured a close up of Steele's anus. Steele was a nude centrefold in Playgirl magazine in 1995.