Meat Loaf

== Info ==
Stage name of musician Michael Aday. Best known hits are Bat Out of Hell and I'd Do Anything For Love. He has sold over eighty million records, making him one of the best selling artists of all time. He has appeared in over fifty movies and television programs, sometimes as cameos. Meat Loaf was originally the name of the band, shortened from Meat Loaf Soul. Opened for Them during those years. Covered Howlin' Wolf's "Smokestack Lightnin'". Opened for Taj Mahal and Janis Joplin. Later opened for The Who, The Stooges, MC5, and Grateful Dead. Also opened for Richie Havens, Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band, Alice Cooper, and Rare Earth. Numerous depictions in media. Bat Out of Hell went diamond. The sequel went five times platinum. Welcome To Our Neighbourhood went platinum. BOOH 3 went gold. The Very Best of Meat Loaf went gold. Numerous hit singles throughout his career, especially in Britain. I'd Do Anything for Love became his only chart topper.
== Genres ==
Metal
Category:Eighties
Category:Heavy Metal
Category:Hard Rock
Category:Saturday Night Live performers