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
- 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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