Some classic rock stars managed to influence nearly every rocker who came after them. One of Elvis Presley’s songs inspired Meat Loaf’s “Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad.” In fact, “Two Out of Three Ain’t ...
Meat Loaf, the Grammy-winning operatic singer-songwriter beloved by many for his bombastic stage persona, died Thursday at the age of 74, leaving behind a lexicon of hits that shaped rock music. As ...
(NEXSTAR) – Oh for Meat’s sake! He explains it right there in the song! Since releasing his chart-topping hit “I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That)” in 1993, Meat Loaf’s fans have been ...
Diane Warren is mourning a friend and collaborator after the death of rock legend Meat Loaf. "I think that's what made him such a great performer and artist, is that when he sang a song, he acted a ...
From "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" to "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" and beyond The idea of a Bat Out of Hell sequel album floated around for a good decade before it finally ...
His catalog wasn't just about 'Bat Out of Hell.' Here are 12 of his greatest musical melodramas, including side trips with 'Rocky Horror' or even Ted Nugent along with the Jim Steinman classics. When ...
In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Conventional ...
Beyond the limits of taste — over the top of it, you might say — lies true ecstasy. That was the wisdom embedded in the loud, lusty, gloriously sweaty music of Meat Loaf, who spent half a century ...
A perhaps unlikely figure dominated the stage of the Grammy Awards in 1994. Meat Loaf—who died on Thursday at the age of 74—was not young, hip, or alternative. Neither was he a critically adored ...