Kenny Hickey Says TikTok Has Made Type O Negative ‘Bigger Than Ever’

Type O Negative have been gone for more than 16 years, but Kenny Hickey says the band’s audience is still growing.

In a new interview with This Day In Metal, the guitarist said younger listeners discovering the band through TikTok have pushed Type O Negative to a level of popularity he never expected to see after Peter Steele’s death in 2010.

“The band’s bigger than ever. It’s bigger than ever,” Hickey said. “My youngest [daughter], she’s 24 now. I went to [her] college. She was surrounded by TYPE O fans.”

For Hickey, the shift isn’t just anecdotal (per Blabbermouth).

“We just got a gold single for streams,” he said, pointing to “I Don’t Wanna Be Me”, the 2003 track from Life Is Killing Me that has found a new audience online.

Hickey claimed the song had reached 250 million streams after going viral on TikTok.

“God bless TikTok. God bless TikTok.”

“I Don’t Wanna Be Me” was certified Gold in the US in June 2026, marking Type O Negative’s first Gold single.

Hickey also pointed to Crowbar as another heavy band benefiting from the same kind of rediscovery, arguing that TikTok has created a path for younger listeners to stumble across music that was never built for mainstream crossover in the first place.

The interview also touched on whether Type O Negative’s surviving members could ever reunite for a Peter Steele tribute show.

“Logistically right now, no, it’s not — it’s not possible. But never say never. The offers are out there. But not right now.”

One Type O Negative release is moving forward, however. Hickey confirmed that a full-length concert recording is being prepared for an official release, although no date or further details have been announced.

Type O Negative effectively ended following Steele’s death in April 2010 at the age of 48.

Sixteen years later, the band’s catalogue is reaching listeners who were too young, or not even born when Type O Negative were still active.

For Hickey, that renewed life comes down to an unlikely source: an app that didn’t exist when the band made any of the music now taking off on it.