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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
Roadie film (1980)
Watch Roadie, the cult 1980 movie featuring Meat Loaf, Blondie and Alice Cooper

By Paul Brannigan Published

Watch Roadie, the only film ever to star Meat Loaf, Blondie and Alice Cooper

Films & TV Shows
Blue Oyster Cult posing for a photograph in the 1980s
In 1988, Blue Oyster Cult made the weirdest album of a very weird career and nearly sank the band

By Paul Rees Published

How a concept album about an alien race arriving upon Earth in the Middle Ages and baffled the band that made it

Albums
Snippets of 10 album covers
10 bands who peaked with the first song on their first album

By Fraser Lewry Published

Some bands just get it right first time

Albums
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
Meat Loaf posing for a photograph in the 1980s
The epic power ballad that helped propel Meat Loaf to stardom – and nearly provoked a “chick fight” in the process

By Dave Ling Published

It was one of the high points of Meat Loaf’s Bat Out Of Hell

Bands & Artists
Meat Loaf posing for a photograph in the early 1980s
How making the follow-up to Bat Out Of Hell nearly broke Meat Loaf

By Paul Rees Published

Meat Loaf’s Dead Ringer is no Bat Out Of Hell – but it’s still a great album

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Albums
Meat Loaf studio portrait
Every Meat Loaf album ranked, from worst to best

By Ken McIntyre Published

Buying guide The six-decade career of Meat Loaf was a carnival of excess, full of theatre, motorcycles, teen lust, and soaring, roaring guitars. Here's Meat's albums from disappointing worst to dizzying best

Buying guide
Jesse Leach of Killswitch Engage in 2025, and Meat Loaf in 1994
Killswitch Engage’s Jesse Leach knows what Meat Loaf wouldn’t have done for love

By Matt Mills Published

Killswitch Engage’s Jesse Leach answers the question that’s bothered rock fans for more than 30 years

Bands & Artists
Meat Loaf posing for a photograph in 1987
Meat Loaf’s wild tales of Iggy Pop. the MC5, Keith Moon and more

By Peter Makowski Published

Iggy, Joe Cocker, Jerry Garcia, The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band – Meat Loaf crossed paths with them all

Interviews
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