Meat Loaf
Although there have been various explanations for his stage name, according to his official website, his name started when his father called him "Meat" as a two-year-old. His schoolmates would later turn it into Meat Loaf.
His first LP was Meat Loaf & Stoney (1969). He started his career as an actor in musicals such as Hair, and came to national attention with a featured role in The Rocky Horror Show. Capitalizing on this notoriety, he performed with the National Lampoon road show (where he first worked with future collaborator Jim Steinman), and sang on Ted Nugent's 1976 album Free For All.
In 1977, Meat Loaf released his breakthrough album Bat out of Hell. Featuring melodramatic songs and arrangements by Steinman and bombastic production by Todd Rundgren, it was a huge commercial and critical success, ultimately selling over 30 million copies worldwide, and spawning several hit singles including "Paradise by the Dashboard Light", "Two out of Three Ain't Bad" and "You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth".
Subsequent albums were far less successful, with the exception of the 1992 sequel album Bat Out Of Hell 2: Back Into Hell which reunited Meat Loaf and Steinman and sold over 10 million copies [1]. The single "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" reached number one in over twenty countries.
Meat Loaf is known for his size (at times over 300 pounds) and manic stage presence and has suffered from a number of health problems and injuries. Reportedly he has had at least seventeen concussions. His most recent problem was during a November 17, 2003, performance at London's Wembley Arena. 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. Meat Loaf is the father of singer Pearl Aday and actress Amanda Aday, who has been featured on the television series Carnivale.
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Films
- State Fair (1962) (as an extra)
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
- Americathon (1979)
- Scavenger Hunt (1979)
- Roadie (1980)
- Dead Ringer (1981)
- Out of Bounds (1986)
- The Squeeze (1987)
- Motorama (1991)
- Leap of Faith (1992)
- The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag (1992)
- Wayne's World (1992)
- Spice World (1997)
- Gunshy (1998)
- Black Dog (1998)
- Outside Ozona (1998)
- Crazy in Alabama (1999)
- Fight Club (1999)
- A Tekerölantos naplója (1999)
- Blacktop (2000)
- Rustin (2001)
- Focus (2001)
- The 51st State (2001)
- Polish Spaghetti (2001)
- Face to Face (2001)
- The Salton Sea (2002)
- Wishcraft (2002)
- Learning Curves (2002)
- formula 51 (2003)
- A Hole in One (2003)
Albums
- 1971 Stoney & Meat Loaf;
- 1977 Bat out of Hell
- 1981 Dead Ringer
- 1983 Midnight at the Lost and Found
- 1984 Bad Attitude
- 1986 Blind Before I Stop
- 1987 Live at Wembley
- 1993
- 1995 Welcome to the Neighborhood
- 1996 Live Around the World
- 2003 Fallen Angel (compilation)
- 2003 Couldn't Have Said It Better
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