Meat Loaf (born Marvin Lee Aday September 27, 1947 in Dallas, Texas) is an American actor and rock and roll performer
who came tofamewith his album Bat Out of Hell and for his movie performances, including Eddie in The Rocky Horror
Picture Show, Robert “Bob”Paulson inFight Club and Jack Black’s father in Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny. He
has had a very successful music careerspawning some ofthe greatest selling albums of all time and breaking various records.
Although he enjoyed success with Jim Steinman’s Bat Out Of Hell and B ...read more
Meat Loaf (born Marvin Lee Aday September 27, 1947 in Dallas, Texas) is an American actor and rock and roll performer
who came tofamewith his album Bat Out of Hell and for his movie performances, including Eddie in The Rocky Horror
Picture Show, Robert “Bob”Paulson inFight Club and Jack Black’s father in Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny. He
has had a very successful music careerspawning some ofthe greatest selling albums of all time and breaking various records.
Although he enjoyed success with Jim Steinman’s Bat Out Of Hell and Bat Out Of Hell II, he experienced some initial
difficultyestablishing asteady career within the United States; however, he is considered a legend in the UK and across Europe.
In the UK he is ranked23rd for numberof weeks in the charts overall. Due to his anthemic songs and a performance for Veronica
in Holland he stormed up their Top100 of all timesmaking a top 10 spot 6 years in a row. He ranks at 96th on VH1’s “100
Greatest Artists of Hard Rock”. His overall success inEurope and Australiahas been exceptional and he is considered one of the
top artists of all time. « hide