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Meat Loaf is the stage name of Michael Lee Aday (born Marvin Lee Aday on September 27, 1947), an American actor and rock and roll singer. He is particularly noted for his smash hit album Bat out of Hell and several famous songs from movies. Meat Loaf is also the name of the band he fronts, as its lead singer. In 2001, he legally changed his first name to Michael.^{[1] [2]}

Aday was born in Dallas, Texas. Despite setbacks (including bankruptcy, on more than one occasion), Meat Loaf is notable for the ultimate success of his music career, spawning some of the largest-selling albums of all time, and breaking several records for chart duration. Bat out of Hell, the debut album which had been four years in the making, sold over 34 million copies, becoming more profitable than Michael Jackson's blockbuster Thriller. After almost 30 years, it still sells an estimated 200,000 copies annually, and stayed on the charts for over 9 years.^[3] Each of the seven tracks on the album, eventually, also charted as a single hit.

Although he enjoyed success with Bat out of Hell and Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell, Meat Loaf experienced some initial difficulty establishing a steady career within his native United States; however, he has retained iconic status and popularity in Europe, especially the UK, where he has ranked 23rd for a number of weeks overall spent in the charts, and is one of only two artists with an album never to have left the music charts. In Germany, Meat Loaf became notably popular following the release of Bat out of Hell II but has enjoyed most success among pop/rock fans. He ranked at 96th on VH1's '100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock'.

Meat Loaf has also appeared in over 50 movies or television shows^[4] sometimes even as himself, or as characters resembling his onstage personality, such as his memorable role in The Rocky Horror Picture Show. He starred (unrecognizably out-of-character) in the acclaimed feature film Fight Club, as a cancer-survivor support-group member whose former steroid abuse caused him to grow large breasts.

Bat out of Hell

Meat Loaf and friend/songwriter Jim Steinman started Bat out of Hell in 1972, but did not get serious about it until the end of 1974. Meat Loaf decided to leave theater, and concentrate exclusively on his music career. Then, the National Lampoon Show opened on Broadway, and it needed an understudy for John Belushi, a close friend of Meat Loaf since 1972. It was at the Lampoon Show that Meat Loaf met Ellen Foley, the co-star who ended up singing "Paradise By the Dashboard Light" with him on the album Bat out of Hell.

After the Lampoon show ended, Meat Loaf and Steinman spent time seeking a record deal. Their approaches were rejected by each record company, because their songs did not fit any specific recognized music industry style. Finally, they performed the songs for Todd Rundgren, who decided to produce the album, as well as playing lead guitar on it. They then shopped the record around, but still had no takers until Cleveland International Records decided to take a chance. On October 21, 1977, Bat out of Hell was released.

Meat Loaf's first gig in support of the record was opening for Cheap Trick in Chicago; the audience started out hostile, but by the end of the show, they had been won over. Their next stop came a couple of days after the release of the album in New Jersey. The show was a complete sell-out, and people lined up to see it hours before it started. Things really started to take off after Meat Loaf appeared on Saturday Night Live, as the Musical Guest, on March 25, 1978. The huge success of the album caused a rift to open up between Meat Loaf and Steinman: the group, named after Meat Loaf for ease of labelling, seemed to Steinman to sideline his work as creator, and Steinman started to resent the attention that his partner was getting.^{citation needed]}

During a show in Ottawa, Meat Loaf fell off the stage and broke his leg. The injury caused him to cancel the rest of the tour. Unable to handle the pressure, Meat Loaf resorted to cocaine, ultimately culminating in a nervous breakdown where he threatened to commit suicide by jumping off the ledge of a building in New York. Then, in December 1978, he went to Woodstock to work with Steinman. It was at the Bearsville studio that Meat Loaf met his future wife, Leslie G. Edmonds; they were married within a month. Leslie had a daughter from a previous marriage, Pearl, who has followed in her stepfather's footsteps and become a singer. In the middle of recording his second album, Bad for Good, Meat Loaf lost the ability to sing; it is unclear as to the exact cause - the tour was a punishing one, and the vocals and energy intense. However, his doctors said that physically he was fine and that his problem was mental. Nevertheless, Steinman decided to keep recording Bad for Good without Meat Loaf.

Just as his singing career looked as if it was reaching a dead end, he was given the role of Travis Redfish in Roadie. The movie had cameos by Debbie Harry, Roy Orbison and Hank Williams, Jr., but still was a box office flop.

Over time Meat Loaf got his singing voice back and got off drugs. The struggles that Meat Loaf faced during the making of Bat out of Hell paid off. It now has sold more than 35 million copies worldwide, making it one of the biggest-sellers of all time. It also stayed in the UK charts for a record 474 weeks, although it never reached #1. However, in Australia, it knocked the Bee Gees off the number #1 spot and went on to become the biggest-selling Australian album of all time. Bat out of Hell is also one of only two albums that have never exited the Top 200 in the UK charts; this makes it the longest stay in any music chart in the world.

Life after Bat out of Hell

In 1980, Meat Loaf started working on Dead Ringer. Steinman wrote all of the songs, but had little else to do with the album. At the time, his manager, David Sonnenberg, stepped out, and Todd Dellentash stepped in to manage Meat Loaf's career. The tour they planned, to support the album, was cancelled after one show, because they ran out of the money that the studio advanced them. Sonnenberg and Dellentash also convinced Sony Records and CBS to advance more money for the making of the movie Dead Ringer, which was shown at the Toronto Film Festival and won some favourable reviews, but was poorly considered after Dellentash and Sonenberg re-edited the movie.^{citation needed]}

In 1981, Leslie gave birth to Amanda Aday, now a television actress. That same year, Meat Loaf changed managers, after finding out that Dellentash and Sonenberg were stealing his money. They had all of Meat Loaf's assets frozen, and sued him for breach of contract. They also started spreading rumors about how Meat Loaf was violent, and had threatened people with guns. Meat Loaf ended up declaring bankruptcy. In 1983, he released the self written Midnight at the Lost and Found. Meat Loaf himself, a poor songwriter by his own admission, did not care for the songs he had written for the album.

In 1984, Meat Loaf went to England, to record the album Bad Attitude, which included a duet with Roger Daltrey and two songs written by Jim Steinman; the recording of the album was rushed. During the tour to support the album, Leslie had a nervous breakdown and had to check into Silver Hill rehab facility in Connecticut. Things finally looked like they were going to turn around in 1986, when Meat Loaf found a new writer, John Parr, and started recording a new album, Blind Before I Stop. Unfortunately, the producer put a dance beat underneath every song, which resulted in critical failure, and Meat Loaf going bankrupt, eventually losing everything. His relationships with lifelong friend Jim Steinman and Leslie also deteriorated.

To try to get his career back off the ground, Meat Loaf started touring small venues, anywhere that would have him, such as pubs and clubs. Slowly, he developed a faithful following which grew to the point where they were unable to fit into the venues that Meat Loaf was playing, and then they too began to grow. This carried on until the late '80s, where he began to sell out arenas and stadiums again, including over 10,000 tickets at Ohio State University. Leslie studied to be a travel agent, so they could save on travel expenses, and they toured all over the United States, Germany, England, Scandinavia, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Abu Dhabi, Oman and Bahrain. Due to the success of the touring, Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman began to work on Bat out of Hell II which was released in 1993, seven years after Blind Before I Stop. The album was a huge success and is considered one of the greatest comebacks in music history.

Meat Loaf and Leslie divorced in 2001. He is now engaged to be married again.

1980s albums

Dead Ringer

Songwriter Jim Steinman started to work on Bad for Good, the album that was supposed to be the follow-up to 1977's Bat out of Hell, in 1979. During that time, a combination of touring, drugs and exhaustion had caused Meat Loaf to lose his voice. Without a singer, and pressured by the record company, Steinman decided that he should sing on Bad For Good himself, and write a new album for Meat Loaf; the result was Dead Ringer, which was later released in 1981, after the release of Steinman's Bad For Good.

After playing the role of Travis Redfish in the movie Roadie, Meat Loaf's singing voice returned, and he started to work on his new album in 1980. Steinman had written five new songs which, in addition to the track "More Than You Deserve" (sung by Meat Loaf in the stage musical of the same name) and a reworked monologue, formed the album Dead Ringer, which was produced by Meat Loaf and Stephan Galfas, with backing tracks produced by Todd Rundgren, Jimmy Iovine, and Jim Steinman. (In 1976, Meat Loaf appeared on the track "Keeper Keep Us", from the Intergalactic Touring Band's self-titled album, produced by Galfas.) The song "Dead Ringer For Love" was the pinnacle of the album, and launched Meat Loaf to even greater success after it reached #5 in the UK and stayed in the charts for a surprising 19 weeks. Cher provided the lead female vocals in the song, which arguably contributed to the success of the single.

The album reached #1 in the UK, and three singles were released from the album: "Dead Ringer For Love" (featuring Cher), "I'm Gonna Love Her For Both Of Us," and "Read 'Em And Weep".

Midnight At The Lost And Found

Following a dispute with his former songwriter Jim Steinman, Meat Loaf was contractually obliged to release a new album. Struggling for time, and with no resolution to his arguments with Steinman seemingly on the horizon (eventually, Steinman would sue Meat Loaf, who subsequently sued Steinman as well), he was forced to find songwriters wherever he could.

Meat Loaf is credited with being involved in the writing of numerous tracks on the album, including the title track, "Midnight at the Lost and Found". However, when the album was released in 1983, it was regarded by many as being poor. Fans were disappointed to see that the iconic pictures on the covers of Bat out of Hell and Dead Ringer were replaced by a black-and-white photograph of Meat Loaf (on some later re-releases, a colour image of a screaming Meat Loaf was used as the cover image).

The title track still regularly forms part of Meat Loaf concerts, and was one of very few 1980s songs to feature on the 1998 hit album The Very Best of Meat Loaf. This was the last album that Meat Loaf did with the record label Epic until the 'best of' album.

Bad Attitude

Bad Attitude, released 1984, features two songs by Jim Steinman, both previously recorded, and was mainly an attempt to keep Meat Loaf from going bankrupt during this period of lawsuits. It concentrated more on the hard rock side of Meat Loaf, was a minor success around the globe and released a few hit singles, the most successful being "Modern Girl."

Blind Before I Stop

Blind Before I Stop was released in 1986. It features production, mixing, and general influence by Frank Farian. Meat Loaf gave songwriting another shot with this album and wrote three of the songs on the album. However, the only song released as a single (in the UK) was "Rock 'N' Roll Mercenaries," which was a duet with rock singer John Parr. Meat Loaf never managed to sing the song live with John Parr because of an incident just after the release of the single. During a sold out show in London, Meat Loaf was going to perform the song, and as Meat Loaf did not introduce John onto the stage, he stormed off. Meat Loaf never saw Parr again, even after leaving dozens of phone messages begging him for forgiveness. But, in Meat's own words, "I never introduce people in the middle of a show - it breaks the continuity. You don't stop in the middle of a play and say 'And now ladies and gentlemen, entering the stage is Robert De Niro'".

According to Meat Loaf's 1998 autobiography, the album sold poorly due to the production of the album. Meat Loaf would have preferred to cancel the project and wait to work with more Steinman material, but this was impossible due to the lawsuit against Steinman. The album, however, has gained a cult following over the years, citing the songs "Execution Day" and "Standing On The Outside" as standout tracks on the record. The video for "Getting Away With Murder" (along with "Modern Girl"), another single released from the album before its release, is one of the available videos to be viewed on Meat's artist's page on MTV.com, the artist page at one point citing that Blind Before I Stop should've been a hit. And some fans were unhappy that the record was completely ignored on The Very Best Of album.

1990s success

Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell

Due to the success of Meat Loaf's touring after his big downfall, he and Steinman began work during the Christmas of 1990 on the sequel to Bat out of Hell. After almost two years, Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell was finished and became a huge success. It sold over 15 million copies, and the single "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" reached number one in 28 countries. Meat Loaf won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo in 1994 for "I'd Do Anything for Love". This song also stayed at #1 in the UK charts for seven consecutive weeks. The single features a female vocalist who was credited only as "Mrs. Loud." Mrs. Loud was later identified as Lorraine Crosby, a performer from North East England who regularly performs at holiday camps and social clubs.

Some have found the lyrics of the song cryptic and claim that the singer never identifies what the "that" is that he is unwilling to do. Although some people assume that "that" is an exophoric reference to a sex act, it is actually an anaphoric reference to the varying activities specified as antecedents in the lyric that the singer says that he will not do. ^[5]

I'll never forget the way you feel right now...

I'll never forgive myself if we don't go all the way tonight...

I'll never do it better than I do it with you...

I'll never stop dreaming of you every night of my life...

In addition, the female vocalist identifies two other things that the lead singer denies that he will do: "You'll see that it's time to move on" and "You'll be screwing around." To both of these, the lead singer responds, "I won't do that! No, I won't do that!"

The phrase does appear as an exophoric reference in a song on the Steinman-produced album Faster Than the Speed of Night, where it is a piece of overheard conversation in a bar. The video, based on Beauty and the Beast and Phantom of the Opera, is directed by Michael Bay, who also directed "Objects in the Rearview Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are" and "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through" from the same album. It is the abridged seven minute single version, rather than the twelve minute (11:58) album version. The actress in the video is Dana Patrick, who is also featured in the video for "I'd Lie for You (And That's the Truth)" from the Welcome to the Neighborhood album. The cinematographer is Daniel Pearl, who filmed The Texas Chain Saw Massacre in 1973. The video took four days to shoot, and it took up to two hours to apply Meat Loaf's make-up.

Also in 1994, he was honored by singing "The Star Spangled Banner" at the Major League Baseball All-Star Game (something he says was one of the two biggest highlights of his career). Meat Loaf made a valiant attempt to follow the success of "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" by releasing "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through" as a follow-up.

Arista Records, Meat Loaf's previous label, was not willing to take a financial chance and decided against distributing Bat Out Of Hell II. The album was then recorded and distributed by Virgin Records, a decision that Arista later regretted. Meat Loaf used the proceeds from the album Live at Wembley to cover the initial costs of producing the album.

Success after Bat Out Of Hell II

In 1995, Meat Loaf released his 7th studio album titled Welcome to the Neighborhood. The album was a huge success and went platinum in the United States and the UK. It released three singles which all hit the top 40, including "I'd Lie for You (And That's the Truth)" and "Not a Dry Eye in the House" which reached #2 and #7 in the UK charts. "I'd Lie for You" was a duet with Patti Russo (who had been touring with Meat Loaf and singing on his albums since 1993). The video, which had a bigger budget than any of his previous videos, helped the single in its success. Two of the twelve songs on the album were written by Jim Steinman, whereas the big hits, namely "I'd Lie for You" and "Not a Dry Eye in the House", were written by Diane Warren (who has more recently written for Meat Loaf on his newest album Couldn't Have Said it Better).

In 1998, Meat Loaf released The Very Best of Meat Loaf. Although not reaching the top ten in the UK, it recently went platinum, and was already platinum around the rest of the world just after its release. The album featured all of Meat Loaf's best-known songs as well as a few from his more unknown albums from the 1980s. The album featured no songs from the album Blind Before I Stop. The album also featured three new songs. The music on the two Steinman songs was written and composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber. The single from the album was "Is Nothing Sacred", written by Jim Steinman with lyrics by Don Black. The single version of this song is a duet with Patti Russo, whereas the album version is a solo song by Meat Loaf.

Most recently (in 2003), Meat Loaf released his album Couldn't Have Said It Better. The album was a minor success worldwide and reached #4 in the UK charts. There were many writers for the album including Diana Warren and James Michael. Meat Loaf liked James Michael so much that he is writing a few songs on his upcoming album Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster is Loose. The album was accompanied by a sellout world tour which was used to promote the album and some of Meat Loaf's biggest hits.

Hair Of The Dog

Meat Loaf sold out over 160 concerts during his 2005 tour, "Hair of the Dog". On November 17, 2003, during a performance at London's Wembley Arena, on his Couldn't Have Said it Better tour, he collapsed of what was later diagnosed as Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. The following week, he underwent a surgical procedure intended to correct the problem. As a result, Meat Loaf's insurance agency did not allow him to perform for any longer than one hour and 45 minutes.

As well as singing all the classics, he sang a cover version of the hit single "Black Betty". During this tour Meat Loaf also sings "Only When I Feel", one of the songs from his upcoming album Bat Out Of Hell III. He mentions that this is not one of the most critical songs on the album. Meat Loaf says that this could be his last 'world' tour and that he will be doing less than a fifth of the concerts he did on his most recent tour.

Bat Out Of Hell III

Main article: Bat Out Of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose

During concerts in his last tour, "Hair Of The Dog That Bit You", Meat Loaf stated his new album, Bat Out Of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose would be written, performed, and composed by himself and Jim Steinman.

In a radio interview on BBC Radio 2 (aired in April 2006), Meat Loaf stated that Bat Out of Hell III would not be worked on by Steinman; however, the trademark to the phrase "Bat Out Of Hell", for CDs and music, is currently owned by him. Meat Loaf is now hoping to record and market Bat Out Of Hell III without Steinman's involvement. Meat Loaf applied for the trademark to the title, but was rejected because of Steinman's trademark. According to News Wire reports in June 2006, Loaf, filing as 'Michael Aday' (the singer's real first name has been the subject of dispute over the years, among fans), is suing Steinman for attempting to enforce these trademark rights against Loaf's record distributors.

The announcement that Steinman will not be working on the album has caused an uproar among fans who have come to expect, from previous albums in the series, that Steinman would be the sole composer. It is currently set to be released on October 31, 2006, with the first single to be released in September.

In May 2006, what appears to be a song from Bat Out of Hell III was leaked via the Internet. The song was co-written by Nikki Sixx of Mötley Crüe, John '5' Lowery (former guitarist of Marilyn Manson and current guitarist for Rob Zombie) and Bat Out of Hell III producer, Desmond Child. The title of this track, "The Monster Is Loose", will also be the subtitle of the forthcoming album, as can be seen on the record cover. The entire album was leaked in September 2006

Artists who have contributed to the album include James Michael (songwriter - Blind As A Bat), Marion Raven (vocals on one song), Brian May (guitar on "Bad For Good"), and Steve Vai (guitar on "Land Of The Pigs (The Butcher Is King)"), among others.

However, the BBC news article "Meat Loaf ready to resurrect the Bat", dated August 2006, states that '{Jim} Steinman, the main creative force behind albums I and II, has contributed seven songs this time, despite falling out with the singer over who owns the phrase "Bat Out Of Hell".' Meat Loaf was previously cited as saying that Steinman was blocking the future release of Bat Out of Hell III through 'blackmail and a hold-up'. Meat Loaf was later purported to have retracted that saying, claiming 'That was a dispute, that's all that was; a minor argument.' He goes on to say that the argument ended in weeks, and in an amicable nature.^[6]

Trivia

• Meat Loaf was a vegetarian at one time. He claims to have renounced it after K.D. Lang, another vegetarian, refused to speak with him because of his name.
• He coached softball at his daughters' Connecticut high school (Joel Barlow High School), including while they were on the team.
• He coached a little league baseball team in Stamford, CT in the 1980's. That team, in the "majors" did not bear his name, but he sponsored a team in the "minors" which beared the name "Meat Loaf." The uniforms clearly had the Meat Loaf name across the front. He occasionally came to watch these games, but the kids on the majors team really got to know him and he took them to the opening of Roadie in New York City in a bunch of limos.
• A high school in Athens, Wisconsin created a musical entitled Rock and Roll Dreams, which was based widely around his music. His lyrics were entwined in the production and were the basis for its main characters.
• Meat Loaf performed "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" in the season finale of American Idol 2006 with Katharine McPhee.
• Is often referred to as "Mr. Loaf" by The New York Times.
• Meat Loaf played the character of the bus driver in the Spice Girl's movie, Spice World. When the character was asked to clean the bus's toilet, Meat Loaf says, "I love these girls, and I'd do anything for them, but I won't do that."
• According to the British newspaper The Daily Star, Meat Loaf is a fan of the British Sci-fi series Doctor Who. He has said he wants to appear in the new series, preferably as a villain.
• On August 26 to 28 2006, Meat Loaf took part in an annual celebrity golf version of the Ryder Cup called The All*Star Cup in South Wales, UK. August 26 was practice day, August 27 and 28 were the two days of competition. Europe won the Cup for the 2nd year running. Meat lost his two games, but was a massive hit with the crowds, entertaining them with lots of laughs and fun as he made his way round the course. Alice Cooper was a fellow member of the US team. The event was a big success, with large crowds attending, and the two main days of competition were shown live on UK television. Meat clearly enjoyed the event and hopefully will return to play again in future years of The All*Star Cup.

Discography

Albums, UK position, and stay in charts

• 1971 Stoney & Meatloaf
• 1977 Bat Out Of Hell - #9; 474 weeks, (22x Platinum in Australia)
• 1981 Dead Ringer - #1; 46 weeks
• 1983 Midnight at the Lost and Found - #7; 23 weeks
• 1984 Bad Attitude - #8; 16 weeks
• 1986 Blind Before I Stop - #28; 6 weeks
• 1993 Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell - #1; 59 weeks
• 1995 Welcome to the Neighborhood - #3; 27 weeks
• 2003 Couldn't Have Said It Better - #4; 15 weeks
• 2006 Bat Out Of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose (to be released October 31)

Compilations and live albums

• 1985 Hits out of Hell - #2; 80 weeks
• 1987 Live at Wembley
• 1989 Heaven & Hell Meat Loaf/Bonnie Tyler (#9 UK, #12 UK (1995 re-issue), #47 Ireland (2003 re-release))
• 1996 Live Around the World
• 1998 The Very Best of Meat Loaf - #14; 34 weeks
• 1999 VH1 Storytellers
• 2004 Bat Out Of Hell Live With the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra - #14; 5 weeks

Top 40 singles

USA

• 1978 "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" - #11
• 1978 "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" - #39
• 1979 "You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth" - #39
• 1993 "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)" - #1
• 1994 "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through - #13
• 1994 "Objects In The Rearview Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are" - #39
• 1995 "I'd Lie For You (And That's The Truth)" - #13

UK

• 1978 "You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth" - #33
• 1978 "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" - #32
• 1979 "Bat Out Of Hell" - #8
• 1981 "Dead Ringer For Love" - #5
• 1983 "Midnight At The Lost And Found" - #17
• 1984 "Modern Girl" - #17
• 1986 "Rock 'N' Roll Mercenaries" - #31
• 1993 "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)" - #1
• 1994 "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through" - #11
• 1994 "Objects In The Rearview Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are" - #26
• 1995 "I'd Lie For You (And That's The Truth)" - #2
• 1996 "Not A Dry Eye In The House" - #7
• 1996 "Runnin' For The Red Light (I Gotta Life)" - #21
• 1999 "Is Nothing Sacred" - #15
• 2003 "Couldn't Have Said It Better" - #31
• 2003 "Man Of Steel" - #21

Notable film and TV appearances

• The Rocky Horror Picture Show 1975- Eddie
• Roadie 1980- Travis W Redfish
• Dead Ringer 1981- Meat Loaf
• Strike Force "MIA" episode
• The Equalizer 1985 "Bump and Run" episode
• Out of Bounds 1986 - Gil
• Wayne's World 1992 - Tiny
• Leap Of Faith 1992 - Hoover
• Tales from the Crypt "What's Cookin'?" episode
• To Catch a Yeti 1995 - Big Jake Grizzly
• Nash Bridges 1997 "Wild Card" episode
• Spiceworld: The Movie 1997 - Dennis
• Black Dog 1998 - Red
• Crazy in Alabama 1999 - Sheriff John Doggett
• Fight Club 1999 - Robert 'Bob' Paulson
• The Outer Limits 2000 "Gettysburg" episode
• Blacktop 2000 - Jack
• The Ballad of Lucy Whipple 2001 - Amos "Rattlesnake Jake" Frogge
• Face to Face 2001 - Driver
• Rustin 2001 - Coach Trellingsby
• Focus 2001 - Fred
• The 51st State 2001 - The Lizard/Formula 51
• BloodRayne 2005 - Leonid
• Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny 2006 - Jack's father

Sources and references

• Meat Loaf (1999). To Hell and Back: An Autobiography. ReganBooks. ISBN 0060392932.

1. ^ http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/M/Meat_Loaf/2001/09/30/747680.html
2. ^ http://evalu8.org/staticpage?page=review&siteid=4397
3. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/soldonsong/songlibrary/batoutofhell.shtml http://www.jimsteinman.com/00classicr3.htm
4. ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001533/
5. ^ http://www.jimsteinman.com/bat2am.htm]
6. ^ http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=entertainmentNews&storyID=13031273&src=rss/Entertainment

External links

• Official website
• German Record Company website
• Official UK Fan Club website
• MirrorOfTheSoul.com fan page
• Unofficial website
• Meat Loaf at the Internet Movie Database
• Meat Loaf: To Hell & Back
• Bat Out Of Hell III EPK
• Meat Loaf to hit the TARDIS?
• Meat Loaf lyrics
• Meat Loaf Full Discography, All Singles, All Lyrics