This week we're looking at a legend.
Last Thursday we lost a unique guy.
Born Marvin Lee Aday and later legally known as Michael, the musician died on Thursday with his wife, Deborah Gillespie, by his side.
Rock Singer and actor Meat Loaf has died aged 74 years whose shows were things people looked forward to as they never let up and his operatic gothic rock style of music replete with costumes was in some respects a modern day Wagner for the Rock Generation, telling stories of adolescent life and loves with verve and passion.
Written and composed by Jim Steinman who died last year, Meat Loaf’s 1977 debut album Bat Out of Hell remains one of the biggest-selling albums in history.
Steinman and Meat Loaf’s 1993 album Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell produced the global hit single I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That). It was his only UK No 1 single, spending seven weeks at the top.
He completed the Bat Out of Hell trilogy with The Monster Is Loose in 2006. The three albums have sold more than 65m copies worldwide.
He famously stared as Eddie, an ill-fated delivery boy who sings the song Hot Patootie in the 1975 film make of the stage production The Rocky Horror Picture Show entering on his motorcycle.
All in all he starred in some 50 films including Fight Club, Wayne’s World and Spiceworld the Movie where he played a taxi driver.
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