‘Happy Halloween… baby.’ Those breathy words in the middle of Type O Negative’s ghoulish Halloween singalong hit, Black No. 1 (Little Miss Scare-All), sung by Peter Steele, the band’s hulking frontman who looked like he just galloped off the cover of a gothic romance novel, still send a tingle down many a spine. The song – from Type O’s 1993 breakout album Bloody Kisses – is the sarcastic tale of a vain woman with a penchant for darkness who won’t go out on a rainy, blustery All Hallow’s Eve until she perfects her look by dying her roots jet-black. ‘She’s in love with herself, she likes the dark… On her milk white neck, the devil’s mark,’ Peter croons in a near-whisper, emphasising the ‘k’ in a way that makes you think of bared fangs.&nb...
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