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- NAME: Meat Loaf
- OCCUPATION: Film Actor, Theater Actor, Singer
- BIRTH DATE: September 27, 1947 (Age: 65)
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Dallas, Texas
- Full Name: Marvin Lee Aday
- Nickname: Meat Loaf
- ZODIAC SIGN: Libra
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Meat Loaf is a multi-platinum musician, made famous for his rock opera, Bat Out of Hell. He's acted in cult-hit films, Rocky Horror Picture Show and Fight Club.
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Meat Loaf (originally: Marvin Lee Aday) was born September 27, 1947, in Dallas, Texas. Meat Loaf struck gold and later platinum with his 1977 album, Bat Out of Hell, which featured the hits "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" and "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad." As a character actor Meat Loaf has appeared in such films as The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Wayne's World and Fight Club.
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I never fit in. I am a true alternative. And I love being the outcast. That's my role in life, to be an outcast.
Early Years
Meat Loaf was born Marvin Lee Aday on September 27, 1947, in Dallas, Texas. The son of Orvis Aday, a police officer, and his wife, Wilma, Meat Loaf (he's never been clear as to how he got the nickname) had a difficult childhood. His father was a well-known drinker, and it wasn't uncommon that his binges left Wilma placing her son in the care of her mother.
These troubled stretches, however, did little to dampen Meat Loaf's ambition. After high school he eventually enrolled at North Texas State University (now called the University of North Texas).
Ignoring his draft notice (he'd intentionally gained 60 pounds in an unsuccessful effort to fail his physical), Meat Loaf left Texas and school in 1967 for a new life in Los Angeles. There, he found work as a bouncer and started his first band, Meat Loaf Soul.
After several lineup changes and name alterations, the band split up. Greater success was found in the theater, where Meat Loaf landed a part in a new stage musical called Hair. His run with the production eventually led him to Broadway and earned the young performer some important name recognition.
From there, Meat Loaf successfully auditioned for the roles of Eddie and Dr. Scott in the stage production of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. In 1975 Meat Loaf followed the show to the big screen and co-starred with Susan Sarandon, Tim Curry and Barry Bostwick. Surprising everyone, the film became a giant success and would go on to gross more than $112 million in ticket sales over the next three-plus decades.
Commercial Success
Around the time Meat Loaf was filming The Rocky Horror Picture Show, he also returned to the studio and began recording what would become his landmark album, the rock opera Bat Out of Hell (1977). Produced by famed rocker Todd Rundgren, and collaborating with songwriter, Jim Steinman, who authored all of the album's songs, Meat Loaf churned out a record that mixed heartache ("Two Out of Three Ain't Bad") and teenage sexuality ("Paradise by the Dashboard Light").
The album has since gone on to sell more than 34 million copies and made Meat Loaf a multi-platinum star.
But with success came setbacks. A rift developed between Meat Loaf and Steinman, with the writer voicing his frustration over his lack of credit for the album's success. Then at a show in Toronto, Meat Loaf fell off the stage and broke his leg. The remainder of the tour was canceled. In 1980, Steinman went his own way and recorded his own album, Good for Bad.
The compounding situations propelled Meat Loaf into a nasty drug habit. Meat Loaf's second album, Dead Ringer (1981), proved to be a disappointment, further adding to his problems.
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