Singer Meat Loaf Died At the Age of 74

On Thursday, Meat Loaf died at the age of 74. The singer’s family confirmed the news via Facebook. No cause of death was stated. In a statement, the family said Meat Loaf died tonight, accompanied by his family. Our hearts go out to those of you who knew and loved him. We appreciate your consideration of our current need for privacy.”

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After starring in the Rocky Horror Picture Show as the ill-fated delivery boy Eddie, Meat Loaf became a sensation in the rock and roll world in the 1977 album Bat Out of Hell.

Meat Loaf Considered Himself a Rock Icon

But it was Loaf’s unbounded fire and swagger that brought the songs to life. In 2021, Meat Loaf told Rolling Stone, “I sung every song we did in character and fled. I had no plan. I didn’t need to go back in time to sing his songs, either. Thus,  became the song.

 

That’s why Loaf considered himself a rock icon. He told Rolling Stone in 1993: “I’m not like Bette [Midler], Cher, or Sinatra.” The rock Robert De Niro, if you will. The two people I look up to are sports stars and Robert De Niro.

The popular singles “Paradise By The Dashboard Light,” “You Took The Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Nights)” and “Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad” helped the album achieve platinum status 14 times over. Meat Loaf had an emotional breakdown and lost his singing voice due to the pressure to develop a sequel.

 

A slew of lawsuits, bad records, and major financial issues followed. In 1993, Meat Loaf stated he felt like a leper. My wife and two girls felt like I was on an island.

 

Meat’s album sold an amazing 14 million copies, largely due to the worldwide  “I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That)” which he re-teamed with Steinman in 1993. It’s one of rock’s greatest comebacks.

 

He Believed the Accident Gave Him his Singing Voice

Born in Dallas the famous Marvin Lee Aday in 1947. In his first four days, he was called “Meat” by his father. Because of his huge girth, the students relentlessly teased him at school. However, his big frame helped him on the football squad in high school. An accidental 12-pound shot on his head while competing in track and field revealed his three-and-a-half-octave vocal range in his sophomore year, too. (He believed the accident gave him his singing voice for the rest of his life.

His mother died of breast cancer while he was only 18 years old. In a drunken rage, his father stormed into his room, brandishing a butcher knife. Then in 2018, he added, “I got up just as he stabbed the knife into the mattress.” I fought for my life. I fractured three ribs and his nose and left barefoot in gym shorts and a T-shirt.”

A career in show business seemed more appealing than staying in Texas. It wasn’t until 1968, when he was cast in Hair, that he found success. With the help of Shaun Murphy, Stoney & Meatloaf recorded a duet album in 1972.

 

 

 

Instead, he came to New York and got a role in Jim Steinman’s musical More Than You Deserve at the Public Theater. “More Than You Deserve” was Meat Loaf’s big moment in the show Meat Loaf said in 2021 that when he sang that song, the crowd went wild. “All week, every night. Finally, I thought ‘I should collaborate with this Steinman person.’ ‘I can sing, but not like that.’

 

 

 

Steinman and Meat Loaf Forged a Close Connection

Together with the National Lampoon road show, Steinman and Meat Loaf forged a close connection. Meat was John Belushi’s understudy, but they began writing songs and dreaming about a collaboration record during their leisure. However, with the support of Cleveland International Records’ Steve Popovich and producer Todd Rundgren, they were able to release Bat Out of Hell in October 1977.

 

 

 

But touring and a cameo on Saturday Night Live helped Bat Out of Hell gain over a large fan base. As of 2021, “Saturday Night Live shattered the egg, and Bat Out of Hell splattered everywhere.” In May, we went from zero to five times platinum. I was always at 11 from then on. I’d get up, go to the radio, soundcheck, do interviews, do the show, and occasionally go to another radio station afterward. I’d see RHPS.”

A follow-up attempt was a flop. In 1993, Steinman told Rolling Stone that the difficulty was with a million distinct forces. “I’ve just gone. Bat out of Hell was my terrible nightmare for seven months. He’d lost his voice, his home, and his sanity.

 

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