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    Everything Louder Than Everything Else: Meat Loaf Guide
    Everything Louder Than Everything Else: Meat Loaf Guide
    Everything Louder Than Everything Else: Meat Loaf Guide
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    Everything Louder Than Everything Else: Meat Loaf Guide

    By Daniel Wheway

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    Meat Loaf, the larger-than-life rock icon, starred in the biggest cult film of all-time, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, before releasing one of the best-selling albums of all-time, Bat Out Of Hell, and some of the most celebrated and successful singles in music history, such as I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That), Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad and Paradise By The Dashboard Light.

    The Grammy Award-winning singer has released an impressive eleven UK Top 10 studio albums, including the #1 releases Dead Ringer and Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell and his latest offering, 2016's Braver Than We Are.

    Meat Loaf's epic collaborations with songwriter Jim Steinman are legendary, as are his striking album covers, wide-ranging operatic voice, female duet partners, signature red handkerchief and theatrical live performances. In 2016, he was presented with the Q Hero Award; to many that have had a hand in helping him sell near 100-million records, he is exactly that – a musical hero.

    CONTENTS

    Introduction

    From Marvin To Eddie

    Making Bat Out Of Hell

    Unleashing Bat Out Of Hell

    Dead Ringer

    Midnight At the Lost And Found

    Bad Attitude

    Blind Before I Stop

    Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell

    Welcome To The Nightmare

    Couldn't Have Said It Better

    Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose

    Hang Cool Teddy Bear

    Hell in a Handbasket

    Braver Than We Are

    Meat Loaf Albums

    I) Studio Albums

    II) Live Albums

    III) Compilation Albums

    Meat Loaf Singles

    Meat Loaf Tours

    Meat Loaf Music Videos

    Meat Loaf Films

    Meat Loaf Awards

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDaniel Wheway
    Release dateJun 12, 2018
    ISBN9780463226698
    Everything Louder Than Everything Else: Meat Loaf Guide
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    Daniel Wheway

    Daniel Wheway was born in England, 1991, and grew up with a keen interest in music much older than himself, especially that of legendary American artists such as Elvis Presley, Cher, Michael Jackson, Meat Loaf, Deborah Harry and Tina Turner. THE CHER BIBLE He created several blogs and websites dedicated to music, with the most popular being 'Cher News', for which he wrote over 500 original articles, attracting 2,000,000 views. He produced 'The Cher Bible', a small series of books consisting of a collection of interesting ideas about Cher. 'Vol. 1: Essentials' and 'Vol. 2: Timeline' have been released. "I have been a Cher fan since the mid-1990's, when I was about six years old. My father was watching 'Extravaganza — Live At The Mirage'. As soon as I saw Cher performing 'We All Sleep Alone', I was hooked." — The Cher bible, Vol. 1: Essentials 2018 sees the release of The Cher Bible 2018 Edition series. MUSIC GUIDES Daniel has already released music guides on Blondie & Deborah Harry, Wham!, Dead Or Alive & Pete Burns and Sonny & Cher — primarily consisting of biographies, discographies and filmographies. His most recent one is of Meat Loaf. "My major fandom came when Atomic was used on the soundtrack of 'Grand Theft Auto: Vice City', the video game. I must have only been around thirteen years old. But to me, that song was, and is, phenomenal." — The Essential Guide To Blondie & Deborah Harry Follow Daniel on Twitter @D_Wheway to find out about his latest releases and to put forward any suggestions. Find Daniel's bibliography on Kobo, iTunes, Google Play, Barnes & Noble, Scribd, Smashwords, Thalia, !ndigo, Angus & Robertson, Mandatori, Bol.de and more. SELECT REVIEWS The Cher Bible, Vol. 1: Essentials: "★★★★★ I have always considered myself a super fan of the Goddess of Pop, Cher. Not until I picked up this e-book did I realize I still had so much more to learn." — Caleb W., Amazon The Cher Bible, Vol. 1: Essentials: "★★★★★ It's like a Cher Bible, a lot of info about Cher and family in it!" — Patty A. Powell, Amazon The Cher Bible, Vol. 1: Essentials: "★★★★★ I was really surprised how much I learned about Cher! And I thought I knew just about everything!" — Pete H., Kobo The Cher Bible, Vol. 1: Essentials: "★★★★ Great little read for vacation!" — Michael C. Moser, Amazon The Cher Bible, Vol. 2: Timeline: "★★★★ It's always great to catch up and remember a great American story. Cher is that story." — Michael C. Moser, Amazon The Cher Bible, Vol. 1: Essentials & Vol. 2: Timeline "Essentials is a concise biography, discography, filmography, television, tours, awards, relationships and a Cher Q&A. Very well done. Timeline is an incredibly detailed list of facts and occurrences, month by month from 1963 to 2016." — Cher Scholar The Essential Guide To Blondie & Deborah Harry: "★★★★★ Very accurate and detailed." — Lester C. Christianson, Amazon The Essential Guide To Blondie & Deborah Harry: "★★★★ As a longtime Blondie fan, I was really looking forward to reading this book -- I don't think there are any other books available about the music of Blondie and it's members. It is very factual and provides much information about releases, very thorough and detailed, in chronological order. I was pleasantly surprised at how much I learned, and Debbie Harry's filmography being included -- a definite plus." — RonnieLava, Amazon The Wham! Guide: "★★★★ Book letting us know what songs they made, and when, and after Wham! broke up, it talks about George's career. and the songs he wrote and sang." — lyndajean23, Amazon The Cher Bible, Vol. 1: Essentials 2018 Edition: "★★★★★ ...Everything you could possibly want from a Cher book. I have been a Cher fan since the sixties, and this book covers everything from then until now! Everything is mentioned! Absolutely recommend it. Brilliant work." — OGCherFan, Kobo The Taylor Swift Fan Guide: "★★★★★ I do not know lots about Taylor Swift but this book taught me lots about this starlet." — Pete Haddie, Goodreads

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      Everything Louder Than Everything Else - Daniel Wheway

      INTRODUCTION

      Meat Loaf, the larger-than-life rock icon, starred in the biggest cult film of all-time, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, before releasing one of the best-selling albums of all-time, Bat Out Of Hell, and some of the most celebrated and successful singles in music history, such as I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That), Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad and Paradise By The Dashboard Light.

      The Grammy Award-winning singer has released an impressive eleven UK Top 10 studio albums, including the #1 releases Dead Ringer and Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell and his latest offering, 2016's Braver Than We Are.

      Meat Loaf's epic collaborations with songwriter Jim Steinman are legendary, as are his striking album covers, wide-ranging operatic voice, female duet partners, signature red handkerchief and theatrical live performances. In 2016, he was presented with the Q Hero Award; to many that have had a hand in helping him sell near 100-million records, he is exactly that – a musical hero.

      From Marvin To Eddie

      Marvin Lee Aday was born on September 27, 1947, in Dallas, Texas, as the only child of school teacher Wilma Artie and police officer Orvis Wesley Aday.

      Aday's child hood was not an easy one – much of it was plagued by his father's alcoholism, and a struggle with weight: When I was a kid I was so big – I was really big – that I literally could not wear blue jeans. My mother would take me to Sears, and they didn't make blue jeans that would fit me.

      By coincidence, Levi's jeans ran a radio commercial stating poor fat marvin can't wear levi's!, causing humiliation to grade-schooler Marvin, who would weigh 240-pounds by seventh grade. Aday had already acquired the nickname Meat at this point. Some of the playful singer's accounts include that the name came from his football coach or from his father. Meat Loaf later recalled, that after the Levi's commercial, nobody called him Marvin anymore – just Meat.

      By 1965, Meat had already displayed his acting flair in school productions such Where's Charley? and The Music Man, before graduating from high school.

      Wilma, Meat's mother passed away, leaving him with an inheritance that he used to rent an apartment in Dallas. He isolated himself there for three and a half months, before a friend discovered his whereabouts. But before long, Meat departed Dallas for Los Angeles...

      In L.A., Meat formed his first band, Meat Loaf Soul. During the recording session for the band's first song, he hit a note so high that he managed to blow a fuse on the recording monitor. He was immediately offered a trio of recording contracts. However, he turned them all down.

      Meat Loaf Soul secured their first gig opening for Van Morrison's band, Them. During a cover of the Howlin' Wolf's Smokestack Lightning, Meat Loaf Soul's smoke machine produced too much smoke, and the venue had to be cleared out. Still, the band went on to be the opening act for Janis Joplin, before a number of lead guitarist changes, whilst modifying the band's name each time, including Floating Circus and Popcorn Blizzard. Under the former band name, they opened for the Who and Grateful Dead, among others; under the latter name, they released the unsuccessful single Once Upon a Time.

      Meat joined the Los Angeles production of Hair. With that came an invitation to record with Motown Records, whom suggested that he duet with his Hair co-star Shaun Stoney Murphy.

      Released on Motown's subsidiary label Rare Earth Records, the Stoney & Meatloaf single What You See Is What You Get entered the Billboard US Hot 100 in May 1971, climbing to its peak of #71 the following month. Furthermore, it reached #36 on the same publication's Best Selling Soul Singles chart. However, June's follow-up single It Takes All Kinds of People failed to chart.

      The record label's production team executed an album, including its tracklist, while Meat Loaf and Stoney were only required for its vocals. Entitled Stoney & Meatloaf, it arrived in September 1971. In support of it, Meat and Stoney toured with Jake Wade and the Soul Searchers, opening for The Who, Bob Seger and Alice Cooper, among others. Unfortunately, the album failed to follow its lead single into the charts. Meat left Motown and returned to Hair – this time on New York's Broadway.

      Still in New York, Meat auditioned for The Public Theater's production of More Than You Deserve – an upcoming musical by writers Jim Steinman and Michael Weller. After performing the opening track from his Stoney & Meatloaf album, (I'd Love to Be) As Heavy as Jesus, Steinman quipped, Well, I think you're heavy as two Jesus' to be a matter of fact! The audition secured Meat with the role of Rabbit –  a maniac that blows up his fellow soldiers so they can go home. The production began in November 1973. Meanwhile, Meat Loaf's rendition of the musical's title track was recorded as a single for RSO Records, with a cover of Blind Faith's 1969 Presence Of The Lord on its B-side. However, the label refused to release it. More Than You Deserve closed in January 1974.

      Meat was asked to be in American premier production of The Rocky Horror Show. The show

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