Meat Loaf Research Paper

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I nominate Meat Loaf into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for 2019. Marvin Lee Aday (nicknamed Meat Loaf) was born on September 27, 1947, in Dallas Texas. He made his debult on 1966 making him past the 25 year inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. His mother was a school teacher and sang for the gospel. His father was a drinker and a policeman. Meat Loaf was differnet becuase he loved being on stage performing, and he did several times back in high school (White, 2017). He first started froming a band of his own with a variety of names including "Popcorn Blizzard", "Floating Circus", and "Meat Loaf Soul". The band breakup in 1969 (Rolling Stone). He had work with differnet people after his band broke up. First there was Shawn "Stoney" …show more content…

During the albums release in 1983, Meat Loaf was faced aganist 2 differnet lawsuits, which caused Meat Loaf filed for bankruptcy (Biography Meat Loaf, 2016). For the next several years Meat Loaf tried to make a comeback with his two albums "Bad Attitude" (1985) and "Blind Before I Stop" (1986). They both received mixed results (Biography Meat Loaf, 2016). Later, Meat Loaf made a full recovery and in 2010 he recorded his 11th studio album, "Hang Cool Teddy Bear" followed with another studio album a year later "Hell in a Handbasket" (Biography Meat Loaf, 2016). There are other great hits that Meat Loaf did? "Bat Out of Hell" featured platinum hits like the song from the same name, "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" and "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad". The Bat Out of Hell album was released in 1977 (RollingStone, 2012). Meat Loaf also released other big names like "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through", "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)", "Not a Dry Eye in the House" and "I'd Lie for You (And That's the Truth)". Meat Loaf does alot of Rock, Rock Opera and Heavy Metal for his music. A couple of his talents like his voice and guitar give him a powerful …show more content…

(White, 2017) His influences helped him shape his operatic rock sound. Here's where it all began in the year 1970. He started in a muscial called "HAIR". It was perfomring at the Aquarius Theatre. "His run with the production eventually led him to Broadway and earned the young performer some important name recognition". (Biography Meat Loaf, 2016) During his part, he worked along with the Detroit cast at the Vest-pocket Theatre right back where he was born in 1970. Meat loaf joined the cast member, Shawn "Stoney" Murfey, Rick Bozzo and bassist Gordy Garris. The Detroit production of Hair was nearing the end of production and Motown/Rare Earth Records quickly offered Meat Loaf and his friend Stoney a one album deal which included the single "What You See is What You Get". Following the release of the album, Meat Loaf was offered the role for "The Rocky Horror Show". (Bozzo) Meat Loaf went to New York to appear in the off-Broadway gospel musical Rainbow in New York in 1973, and then successfully auditioned for "More Than You Deserve", written by Jim Steinman (Bozzo). Meat Loaf was very different then other

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