Beskrivning
Beskrivning
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 WallEverything 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 17stone before he was even in his teens); to the sound he made (a colossalcollision between Richard Wagner, Phil Spector and Bruce Springsteen);and of course the records he sold – nearly 50 million in Britain andAmerica alone.
From a tumultuous childhood with an alcoholicfatherto 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 Hellwas released in 1977, it became one of the biggest albums of all time,selling over 45 million copies worldwide to date. Its release marked thestart of a rollercoaster ride of incredible highs and seeminglycareer-ending lows.
By the 80s,Meat Loaf was battling with drug andalcohol addiction and escalating money problems. But just when it seemed like it was allover, 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 onthe hours he spent with Meat Loaf, both in interviews and on tour, aswell as offering up a unique insight from those who have known him best.
