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dannobasso
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Username: dannobasso

Post Number: 1193
Registered: 3-2004
Posted on Saturday, January 16, 2010 - 9:19 am:   Edit Post

Type O Negative, one of my favorite bands and a Black Spoiler. My 83 BK Spoiler has some brothers out there. Right Flip?

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=3925782
fc_spoiler
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Username: fc_spoiler

Post Number: 1046
Registered: 5-2006
Posted on Saturday, January 16, 2010 - 3:37 pm:   Edit Post

Thanx for the link, been a while since I've seen that. :-)
I must have seen that Spoiler in action a few times, have visited many ToN concerts in the 90's
I kinda lost track after "October Rust" though...
I've been wondering if maybe that is your black Spoiler (I guess not after your last post) or does mr. Steele still have/uses it?

(Message edited by fc_spoiler on January 16, 2010)
dannobasso
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Username: dannobasso

Post Number: 1194
Registered: 3-2004
Posted on Saturday, January 16, 2010 - 9:21 pm:   Edit Post

I spoke to Pete in NYC at the Nokia. He said how great they are after I mentioned that I played them. And he spoke highly of the Wickershams. I know he uses Washburns now and didn't ask if he still had them. Susan and Mica have some good stories to tell. Kenny and Johnny told me how great his Spoilers were and that you couldn't kill them.
dannobasso
Senior Member
Username: dannobasso

Post Number: 1244
Registered: 3-2004
Posted on Thursday, April 15, 2010 - 7:56 am:   Edit Post

Pete died Wednesday from heart failure at the age of 48. I only met him a few times but when I got a call from a friend it really bummed me out. One of my favorite voices in heavy music is no more.
alembicfan
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Username: alembicfan

Post Number: 54
Registered: 10-2007
Posted on Thursday, April 15, 2010 - 8:07 am:   Edit Post

I'm sorry to hear that. RIP PETE
alembic83
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Username: alembic83

Post Number: 51
Registered: 9-2004
Posted on Tuesday, April 20, 2010 - 6:51 pm:   Edit Post

Yes, this was sad news indeed. RIP.
I sold a bass recently to a guy who said he used to spray paint basses with Peter back in the '90s - including the Spoiler(s)...
dannobasso
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Username: dannobasso

Post Number: 1451
Registered: 3-2004
Posted on Wednesday, July 25, 2012 - 1:02 pm:   Edit Post

dannobasso
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Username: dannobasso

Post Number: 1452
Registered: 3-2004
Posted on Wednesday, July 25, 2012 - 1:04 pm:   Edit Post

dannobasso
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Username: dannobasso

Post Number: 1484
Registered: 3-2004
Posted on Monday, December 17, 2012 - 5:37 pm:   Edit Post

that_sustain
Intermediate Member
Username: that_sustain

Post Number: 115
Registered: 8-2012
Posted on Thursday, February 28, 2013 - 8:53 pm:   Edit Post

Pete said in his BassPlayer interview that the Spoiler was the best bass he'd ever played in his life.
xero_tolerance
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Username: xero_tolerance

Post Number: 28
Registered: 5-2014
Posted on Monday, June 09, 2014 - 6:01 pm:   Edit Post

Pete was a family friend of ours an he was a simpl amazing person that taught me a lot about everything... He's made a huge impact on my life, my music, and my attitude. I miss him a lot but through him i started playing bass and through his music, i made it through a lot, good and bad. My earliest inspiration to play bass, and my introduction to heavy music. I'll always be grateful for him and everything he's done, RIP Pete. We miss you.
dannobasso
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Username: dannobasso

Post Number: 1568
Registered: 3-2004
Posted on Tuesday, April 14, 2015 - 5:00 pm:   Edit Post

5 years gone.
https://youtu.be/NJ3aiM8K6D0
mica
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Username: mica

Post Number: 8497
Registered: 6-2000
Posted on Wednesday, April 15, 2015 - 12:11 pm:   Edit Post

Pete was always incredibly nice to speak to. I'm pretty sure he's the only person we ever sold an "unfinished" bass to, and I think it was maybe 3 or 4 of them!
Sometimes it's hard to imagine you won't get to talk to someone again. Five years?!
sonicus
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Username: sonicus

Post Number: 4098
Registered: 5-2009
Posted on Wednesday, April 15, 2015 - 1:09 pm:   Edit Post

Mica , Your sentence , "Sometimes it's hard to imagine you won't get to talk to someone again." So true , it opens the gate in our mind to those existential questions that we all feel and cannot always produce words to describe . I have been there a few times and once again go there in recent time. For such feelings there is Music and Art to express them with . So much Music & Art seems to have been created from such existential reflection in a wide spectrum of genre.
xero_tolerance
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Username: xero_tolerance

Post Number: 63
Registered: 5-2014
Posted on Friday, April 17, 2015 - 11:47 am:   Edit Post

> Pete was a close family friend. Such a kind and gentle person and so talented too. The reason I got my first bass and started playing was from hearing him and he's also the reason I started singing. Had such an impact on my life years ago and now. Dearly missed. RIP

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