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Like a Bat Out of Hell: The Larger than Life Story of Meat Loaf

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By (author): Mick Wall

'A passionate, pacey tome you should do anything for a copy of' - Kerrang!

I never wanted to be a big star. I just wanted to be the biggest at what I do! Powerful, unstoppable, heavy
- when that word still meant something good! - Meat Loaf, as told to Mick Wall

Everything in the story of Meat Loaf is big. From the place he was born (Texas); to the family he was born into (his father weighed 22 stone, his uncle weighed over 40 stone, while Meat Loaf himself weighed 17 stone before he was even in his teens); to the sound he made (a colossal collision between Richard Wagner, Phil Spector and Bruce Springsteen); and of course the records he sold - nearly 50 million in Britain and America alone.

From a tumultuous childhood with an alcoholic father to the relentless abusive bullying he endured, nobody could have predicted Meat Loaf's meteoric rise to fame.

But when the messianic rock opera Bat Out of Hell was released in 1977, it became one of the biggest albums of all time, selling over 45 million copies worldwide to date. Its release marked the start of a rollercoaster ride of incredible highs and seemingly career-ending lows. By the 80s, Meat Loaf was battling with drug and alcohol addiction and escalating money problems. But just when it seemed like it was all over, the astonishing success of Bat Out of Hell II and the mega-hit 'I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)' marked an extraordinary new wave of success.

Now, Mick Wall will bring this extraordinary story up to date, drawing on the hours he spent with Meat Loaf, both in interviews and on tour, as well as offering up a unique insight from those who have known him best.

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Product Details
  • Weight: 238g
  • Dimensions: 128 x 196mm
  • Publication Date: 14 May 2020
  • Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781409173557

About Mick Wall

Mick Wall is the UK's best-known rock writer author and TV and radio programme maker and is the author of numerous critically-acclaimed books including definitive bestselling titles on Led Zeppelin (When Giants Walked the Earth) Metallica (Enter Night) AC/DC (Hell Ain't a Bad Place To Be) Black Sabbath (Symptom of the Universe) Lou Reed The Doors (Love Becomes a Funeral Pyre) Foo Fighters Lemmy and Guns N' Roses (Last of the Giants). He lives in England.http://www.mickwall.com/home.htmhttp://www.mickwall.com/blog/blog.phphttps://twitter.com/WallMick

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