Like a bat out of hell : the larger-than-life story of Meat Loaf
Wall, Mick2017
Books, Manuscripts
'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; and of course the records he sold - nearly 50 million in Britain and America alone. Now, on the eve of the 40th anniversary of Bat Out of Hell, the album that gave rise to Meat Loaf's astonishing career, and the premiere of 'Bat Out Of Hell: The Musical', Mick Wall, who has interviewed Meat Loaf on numerous occasions throughout his career, pulls back the curtains to reveal the soft-hearted soul behind the character he created for himself.
Main title:
Author:
Wall, Mick, author
Imprint:
London : Trapeze, 2017.
Collation:
ix, 310 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 25 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781409173526 (hbk)
Dewey class:
782.42166092782.4216B MEA782.42166BB/MEA920920MEA782.42166
LC class:
ML420.M3419
Local class:
B MEA782.42166782.421
Language:
English
BRN:
2048101