Friday, September 13, 2019

#65 - Bat out of Hell: Meatloaf (1977)


Not a huge Meatloaf fan. That said, this is one great cover, and makes it onto many greatest album cover lists. I’d probably have it much higher if I was more of a heavy metal kind of guy.

The cover was designed by Richard Corben, a well-known comic artist, especially for his work in Heavy Metal magazine.


He did seven other covers, of much the same genre but not as cool as #65:



This was actually Meat Loaf’s first album. Subsequent ones would play on it, both in the title (Bat out of Hell II, Bat out of Hell III, Hell in a Handbasket, Heaven and Hell, Hits out of Hell …) and the cover art:





Though that last one looks positively Aryan

Some interesting trivia about Mr. Loaf: 

  • His birth name was Marvin Lee Aday
  • He is very popular in the UK
  • He’s a decent actor and appeared in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Fight Club, Hair (on Broadway), and numerous TV shows
  • He’s a Republican supporter
  • The nickname came from a high school football coach

Here's a shot of Meat and a friend:


He’s the one on the right

An homage and a few parodies:







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