Jim Steinman

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Meat Loaf onstage
Meat Loaf's Bat Out Of Hell: The story behind rock's most crazed death ballad

By Ken McIntyre Published

Originally intended for a Peter Pan musical, Bat Out Of Hell ended up in the hands of a sweaty, leather-lunged theatre kid – and it was perfect

Tracks & Singles
Bonnie Tyler with big hair
How Bonnie Tyler became the ultimate power ballad diva thanks to Total Eclipse Of The Heart

By Jo Kendall Published

With over a billion streams across YouTube and Spotify, Bonnie Tyler's hair-raising classic Total Eclipse Of The Heart might be the biggest power ballad of them all

Bands & Artists
Def Leppard posing for a photograph in the 1980s
The story behind Def Leppard’s disastrous Jim Steinman sessions

By Paul Elliott Published

The story of Def Leppard’s ‘lost’ Jim Steinman sessions

Bands & Artists
Portrait of American Rock composer, musician, and producer Jim Steinman (1947 - 2021), sitting in a large wicker chair, as he holds a boom box on his lap, New York, New York, April 30, 1981.
Nine Jim Steinman albums you should listen to and one to avoid

By Dave Everley Published

Buying guide His musical vision was rejected by everyone. Then, like a bat out of hell, he went from a nobody to being hailed as a musical genius

Buying guide
Still from the famous 1922 German film Nosferatu, Bonnie Tyler and Filippo Strocchi, as Graf von Krolock perform at the 25th anniversary of Tanz der Vampire
Bonnie Tyler’s Total Eclipse Of The Heart was originally written for a Nosferatu musical: “If anyone listens to the lyrics, they're really like vampire lines. It's all about the darkness, the power of darkness and love's place in the dark"

By Liz Scarlett Published

Jim Steinman wrote Bonnie Tyler’s smash power ballad Total Eclipse Of The Heart - once titled Vampires In Love - for an abandoned Nosferatu musical, before it once again found its home in another fang-toothed Broadway show

Tracks & Singles
Bonnie Tyler
"Meat Loaf was really pissed off with Jim Steinman giving me Total Eclipse Of The Heart. He said, That song was meant for me!": Bonnie Tyler on the world's favourite 'vampire love song'

By Paul Brannigan Published

With over 1 billion plays on YouTube alone, Total Eclipse Of The Heart is one of the world's most popular power ballads: no wonder Meat Loaf was annoyed at not getting to sing it

Bands & Artists
Jim Steinman
Jim Steinman: the eccentric king of fairytale rebellion and grand drama

By Dave Ling Published

Jim Steinman was a larger-than-life character, a songwriter and producer whose approach was to reach for the sky

Albums
Jim Steinman: Bad For Good
Jim Steinman: Bad For Good - Album Of The Week Club review

By Classic Rock Published

Jim Steinman's Bad For Good was meant to be the sequel to Meat Loaf's Bat Out Of Hell, but when then big man lost his voice Steinman stepped up to the mic

Albums
Jim Steinman in 1981
Bat Out Of Hell writer Jim Steinman dead at 73

By Fraser Lewry Last updated

The death of Bat Out Of Hell writer Jim Steinman has been confirmed by the Connecticut state medical examiner

Bands & Artists
Meat Loaf - I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That) (1993)
The mad genius of Jim Steinman in seven glorious songs

By Dave Everley Last updated

From Meat Loaf to the Sisters Of Mercy, everyone Jim Steinman worked with benefited from his magic

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