It’s Time to Cook - Meatloaf
Submitted by Rock and Roll Classics Blog
On our sister Blog ClassicVideoJukebox, we had a request for Meatloaf, and that got me thinking about, the larger then life gentleman. Meatloaf is not something I’m good at making. But when it comes to the artist “Meatloaf” I’ll out cook you on that one.
Meat Loaf, is actually (Michael L. Aday) the L stands for Lee. He has had a storied and often traumatic career. Best known as a rock musician, he has also become a stage and screen actor. Appearing in over 50 movies or television shows sometimes as himself, or as characters resembling his stage persona.
His most notable roles include Eddie in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and Robert “Bob” Paulson in Fight Club, credited as “Meat Loaf Aday”.
Meatloaf came to prominence after the release of the Bat out of Hell album trilogy that he created consisting of Bat out of Hell, Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell, and Bat out of Hell III: Despite setbacks (including multiple bankruptcies), Meat Loaf has had a successful music career, spawning some of the largest-selling albums, and breaking several records for chart duration. Bat out of Hell, the debut album which had been four years in the making, has sold over 43 million copies.
After more than 30 years, it still sells an estimated 200,000 copies annually, and stayed on the charts for over 9 years.
Initial finding it difficulty to establish a steady career within his native United States; he has become an icon in Europe. In the UK he ranks 23rd for number of weeks overall spent on the charts. He ranks 96th on VH1’s ‘100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock’.
In 2007 Meat Loaf granted filmmaker Bruce David Klein exclusive access for a backstage documentary, Meat Loaf: In Search of Paradise, shot in February 2007 at the beginning of the singer’s tour in support of Bat out of Hell III. The film was an official selection of the Montreal World Film Festival in 2007.
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