Type-O Negative – “Life is Killing Me” @ Score! Music Magazine

	Type-O Negative - Life Is Killing Me
	Location	Brooklyn, NY
	Initial Impression	We popped in the CD, ready to give a good listen, were greeted by an intro that was interrupted by a male voice informing us what CD we were listening to (uh duh) and the street date. This would have been all fine and good – but we later found that the dang audio stamp was inserted on every single freaking track! Come on folks! We grasp the concept that everyone’s concerned about file sharing and music theft, but seriously! First of all, one of the “perks” of being a music reviewer is the free shit. The free shit lures contributors to write for magazines – because generally they’re not getting paid much (if anything). And let’s not forget that we at Score! Music like to share the wealth and often give away the CDs that we’ve reviewed as contest prizes. This CD serves none of those purposes. Basically it affords the label free publicity without any type of compensatory benefit to the reviewer.
Notable Lyric	“Wilma Flinstone, Marsha Brady, Alice Cramden…Lavern and Shirley…Morticia Adams…” you get the point – from “How Could She”.
Factoid	The press info warns, should we be so inclined to interview Peter Steele, we might “pee [our] pants”! Of course it also says that his biceps could “crush [our] skull like a walnut!”
Serve With	Broccoli Cheese Dip and Veggie Chips (cuz it’s what we’re noshing on).
Comments	We actually found ourselves enjoying this CD. Especially since this album seems to be less morose than other offerings by Type-O. But, to carry on from the Initial Comments – because this really chapped our asses – we simply couldn’t get past the irritating and distracting interruptions. It was so infuriating that, based on principal alone; it gave us the urge to go borrow a friend’s copy to burn! Beyond that, we both agreed, for those of you that have been afraid to check out Type-O because of their reputation for being “The Brothers Grimm” of metal, this would be an excellent CD for you to check into. Just skip over “Less Than Zero” with its warpy psychedelic edge and sitar; or “A Dish Better Served Coldly”, which starts out with an old school 80s guitar intro and follows through with deep droning vocals, more Type-O’s signature. The same goes for “Nettie” which held a strong vocal resemblance to Lurch, as did “Angry Inch” (cover from the musical "Hedwig and The Angry Inch”) which will satisfy your urge for the screamy growly. Meanwhile, our favorite tracks were “I Don’t Wanna Be Me,” complete with Flock of Seagulls-like guitar riff; “Todd’s Ship Gods” which has an almost melodic feel and some of the vocals had a strong Crash Test Dummies thing going. And we really dug “I Like Goils” which was Steele’s response to homosexuals hitting on him.
URL	www.typeonegative.net/
Reviewer	Kimmie and Cristy (06/03)