In the year that punk rock broke, Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman revved up in the opposite direction, opening their breakthrough album with a perfect piano-and-guitar overture that makes Elton John's ...

And the lyrics "I was a varsity tackle and a hell of a block / When I played the guitar I made the canyons rock" are a fun combo of Meat Loaf's football days and his musical pursuits.

It's that he, well, just WASN'T. It made you long for karaoke. Meat Loaf, aided by an outstanding group of musicians – two guitars, keyboards, piano, drums, sax, bass and the fantastic Patti ...

After all, the songs on his 1977 classic album Bat Out of Hell are pretty much big Broadway showstoppers with louder guitars. But before he made his career-defining album, Meat Loaf (born Marvin ...

Like what he did with Stoney, Meat Loaf had a genuine way with psychedelic song; his curt vocal cut through the swirl. Add Nugent’s guitar army soundtrack and Loaf still comes through loud ...

Always full of madness, with the innocent sense of naughtiness of a 5-year-old, Meat was forever young. I called him Mr. Loaf, and he called me when he wanted some wacky guitar playing.

Meat Loaf starred in The Rocky Horror Picture Show ... Thundering piano and guttural bass rattle the emptiness as tight guitar and sparse drums shock the space in between, all building to an ...