Type O Negative Earns First Gold Single

ByMark Leader

Type O Negative’s “I Don’t Wanna Be Me” single has been certified gold by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association Of America) for accumulating 500,000 certified units. The track is from the band’s sixth studio album, 2003’s “Life Is Killing Me,” and was released as a promotional single that same year.

I Don’t Wanna Be Me

Type O Negative previously landed a platinum album for 1993’s “Bloody Kisses” and a gold album for 1996’s “October Rust.”

The band effectively broke up after the passing of Peter Steele in 2010 from heart failure at the age of 48.

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