Meat Loaf death at home

 

Meat Loaf Rock'n'roll super star death at home

Death from Covid-19 with died by his side. No cause of death was shared, but unconfirmed reports suggested that his

 

Meat Loaf also had a breakout role in the 1975 film version of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, playing Eddie, an unfortunate delivery boy who sings hot gourmet songs.

 Because we go through a sad time of losing such an inspiring artist and beautiful person. We know how much he means to many of you," his family said in a statement.

Appeared in movies and TV shows, among them, Fight Club, Wayne's World, and Spiceworld the Movie. In 2021, they signed a deal to develop a relationship competition series

 

Back Into Hell produced the global hit single I Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That). It was their only UK No. 1 single, spending seven weeks at the top. He completed the Bat Out of Hell trilogy in 2006 with The Monster Is Lost. All three albums have sold over 65 million copies worldwide. Written and composed by Jim Steinman, Meat Loaf's 1977 debut album Bat Out of Hell is one of the best-selling albums in history. Steinman and Meat Loaf's 1993 album Bat Out of Hell II: recalled their work together on the 1980 comedy Roadie.

 

 And I think he succeeded. There was none, and I don't mean anyone like Meatloaf." News of the rock star's death prompted tributes to many. Alice Cooper called him "one of the greatest voices in rock'n'roll" and in entertainment industry said one of his closest friends, and

"He plays the ultimate roadie in this quest to become the best in the world," Cooper said. "But he did the same thing in life - always wanted to be the best at what he was doing

He tweeted. Regarding their appearance together, he wrote: "They had the quality of being simultaneously frightening and crazy, which is rare and wonderful." Stephen Fry shared a sketch with him on the UK sketch comedy show Saturday Live in the 1980s. missed the performance. "I hope heaven is as you remember it from Dashboard Light, Meat Loaf,"

 

Music industry executive Pete Waterman called him a "larger-than-life character with a unique voice", echoed by Bonnie Tyler, who said he "had the stage presence to match ... one of those rare people." who really were once talent and personality." "The vault of heaven must be ringing from the rock," wrote Andrew Lloyd Webber. "Give your best to Jim."

 

Aday was born on 27 September 1947 in Dallas, Texas. An only child, his mother a schoolteacher and gospel singer and his father a former police officer, Adam Lambert recalled his kindness: "Forever and forever a gentle-hearted powerhouse rockstar." He developed an addiction to alcohol after being medically discharged from the US Army. ,

 

Aday starred in high school productions, studying at Lubbock Christian College and later North Texas State University. After the death of his mother, he moved to Los Angeles

 

 And the group carried their business live, supporting such instrumental acts as Van Morrison's bands Them, Taj Mahal, Janis Joplin, The Who, The Fugs, The Stooges and The Grateful Dead. – where he worked as a car park attendant and believed he had once picked up a hitchhiker, Charles Manson – and formed his first group, Meat Loaf Soul, taking the name given to him . by a football coach. As band members came and went, the group changed its name with every new lineup—among them Floating Circus and Popcorn Blizzard. In Los Angeles, Meat Loaf turned down three initial offers of recording contracts

 

Popcorn Blizzard moved to Michigan, releasing an album in 1967 and selling 5,000 copies.

 

He was playing a long game, he explained, looking for other avenues of entertainment that he hoped would eventually allow him to make music on his own terms. "I went to the theater because I hate bars; I didn't want to be in a band once Meat Loaf, however, told NME in 1978 that he was "going crazy in the woods" and so he moved back to Los Angeles. And joined the cast of Heyer. And used to sing Top 40 material. To me that's as bad as selling. Instead, why not do something that gets your mind creative?"

 

His role in Hair led to an invitation to record for Motown in collaboration with Sean "Stoney" Murphy.

 

He found success again on stage, starring in an Off-Broadway production of Rainbow and a Broadway production of Heyer. While auditioning for a production of More Than You Deserve, he met his future collaborator Jim Steinman. An album, Stoney & Meatloaf (Misspelled), was released in September 1971. After some singles chart success, Meat Loaf left the group when Motown took over Who Are the People's Leaders? With Edwin Starr.

 

His rising fortunes coincided with the proper beginning of his collaboration with Steinman on Bat Out of Hell in 1972, which led him to crack the theater world. The album had a long gestation, which was rejected by many labels,

Their debut single, You to the Words Right Out of My Mouth, was released in 1977 and reached the top 40 of the US and UK.

Nevertheless, he did not enjoy success. "The music was epic, the success was epic, everything that came with it was epic," he told Mojo. "Maybe it's every teenager's fantasy. But it wasn't mine. I hated it because it wasn't based on

 

Bat Out of Hell came out at the height of punk, rendering him, a critic of Mojo later suggested, "the rudest man in the universe". Meat Loaf replied: "Keep it that way. I got used to it easily when the album started selling in the millions."

Those who did not understand its anti-style style. Todd Rundgren proved the saving grace of the album, producing the record and playing guitar. In the end, the Epic imprint Cleveland International Records took a chance and history was made. "I have the patience of a cat," Meat Loaf told NME. "I'll sit tight and wait until everything is fine."