From the out-of-step psychedelic rock of 2010’s Congratulations and 2013’s Mgmt to their surprisingly somber return to form in 2018’s Little Dark Age, Mgmt has seemingly been on a career-long quest to confound critics and fans alike. On their fifth studio album, Loss of Life, the band discovers a delectable sweet spot between the psych-pop promise of their early work and their noble, albeit stubborn, determination to deliver something more sophisticated.
That’s not to say that Mgmt has outgrown their prankster ways. The album opens, perhaps counterintuitively, with “Loss of Life, Part 2,” which warps the music of the closing title song into a backing track for a reading of “I Am Taliesin. I Sing Perfect Metre,” a medieval poem celebrating the interconnectedness of all things. It’s a weird and trippy intro to Loss of Life that effectively speaks to the album’s sound and ethos.
Loss of Life...
That’s not to say that Mgmt has outgrown their prankster ways. The album opens, perhaps counterintuitively, with “Loss of Life, Part 2,” which warps the music of the closing title song into a backing track for a reading of “I Am Taliesin. I Sing Perfect Metre,” a medieval poem celebrating the interconnectedness of all things. It’s a weird and trippy intro to Loss of Life that effectively speaks to the album’s sound and ethos.
Loss of Life...
- 2/19/2024
- by Nick Seip
- Slant Magazine
There is no shortage of stories about the inception of rock anthem “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” and Meat Loaf’s reported aggravation that the song penned by Jim Steinman was given to Bonnie Tyler instead of him. Now, Tyler has shared more details about the recording of the song and making of the music video.
In an interview with The Guardian, Tyler reveals the origins of the power ballad. “[Jim] told me he had started writing the song for a prospective musical version of Nosferatu years before, but never finished it,...
In an interview with The Guardian, Tyler reveals the origins of the power ballad. “[Jim] told me he had started writing the song for a prospective musical version of Nosferatu years before, but never finished it,...
- 11/28/2023
- by Carita Rizzo
- Rollingstone.com
Some classic rock stars managed to influence nearly every rocker who came after them. One of Elvis Presley’s songs inspired Meat Loaf’s “Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad.” In fact, “Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad” tune took some of Elvis’ lyrics and made them a lot darker. The song went on to change Meat Loaf’s life.
Meat Loaf’s ‘Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad’ was desperately written as an Elvis Presley tribute
Jim Steinman was a songwriter who wrote big, dramatic power ballads such as Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart” and Celine Dion’s “It’s All Coming Back to Me.” He also worked on Meat Loaf’s two most famous albums: Bat Out of Hell and Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell. In an interview on JimSteinman.com, Steinmen discussed the conception of “Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad.
Meat Loaf’s ‘Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad’ was desperately written as an Elvis Presley tribute
Jim Steinman was a songwriter who wrote big, dramatic power ballads such as Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart” and Celine Dion’s “It’s All Coming Back to Me.” He also worked on Meat Loaf’s two most famous albums: Bat Out of Hell and Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell. In an interview on JimSteinman.com, Steinmen discussed the conception of “Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad.
- 10/18/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
We love rock & roll, and so do most moviegoers, which is why cinema is filled with heroes who get together with their friends to pound out some numbers. Whether they do it for fame and fortune or to just hang out with buddies, pop bands are inherently cinematic, tying together moving images and sound to create something spectacular. That’s particularly true of fictional groups, who often draw from real-world inspirations and transform them into moving protagonists or hated villains.
This list covers ten of the best fictional bands in cinema history. The key word here is “bands,” as we ignore solo acts, even from really good films. So Mac Sledge from Tender Mercies won’t show up, nor will Noni Jean from Beyond the Lights. Also, we’re looking at fictional groups here, so the Ramones from Rock & Roll High School don’t show up, nor do Talking Heads,...
This list covers ten of the best fictional bands in cinema history. The key word here is “bands,” as we ignore solo acts, even from really good films. So Mac Sledge from Tender Mercies won’t show up, nor will Noni Jean from Beyond the Lights. Also, we’re looking at fictional groups here, so the Ramones from Rock & Roll High School don’t show up, nor do Talking Heads,...
- 9/26/2023
- by Kirsten Howard
- Den of Geek
No one was afraid of cinematic excess in the ’80s, and nothing says “cinematic excess” quite as perfectly as the rock musical, a sub-genre that took on all sorts of (rockin’ and rollin’ and just plain bitchin’) shapes in the decade that birthed everything from “Purple Rain” to “Flashdance” and “The Blues Brothers.”
Buried amongst a decade rife with musicals, rock jams, and the frequent intersection of the two is Walter Hill’s raucous “Streets of Fire,” an intensely creative rock musical fantasy filled with fantastic visuals and even better songs. It’s about as cool a film as anyone could ever hope to see, no matter the decade.
When it was released in the summer of 1984, the film was a box office bust: it made just $8 million on its $14.5 million budget, scuppering plans for an official trilogy, ultimately landing young star Diane Lane a Razzie nom (vile!), and sending...
Buried amongst a decade rife with musicals, rock jams, and the frequent intersection of the two is Walter Hill’s raucous “Streets of Fire,” an intensely creative rock musical fantasy filled with fantastic visuals and even better songs. It’s about as cool a film as anyone could ever hope to see, no matter the decade.
When it was released in the summer of 1984, the film was a box office bust: it made just $8 million on its $14.5 million budget, scuppering plans for an official trilogy, ultimately landing young star Diane Lane a Razzie nom (vile!), and sending...
- 8/15/2023
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Killer Collectibles highlights five of the most exciting new horror products released each and every week, from toys and apparel to artwork, records, and much more.
Here are the coolest horror collectibles unveiled this week!
Friday the 13th Shirt from Cavity Colors
It wouldn’t be Friday the 13th without new Jason merch! A ton of great companies are dropping stuff today, but I have to give props to Cavity Colors for showing love to the 2009 reboot. Puis Calzada’s design gets extra points for focusing on sack-head Jason.
Long sleeve shirts – which feature unmasked Jason on one sleeve and a burning sleeping bag on the other – are available for 40. The artwork also comes on T-shirts for 30. Orders close after 72 hours and will ship the week of February 6.
Be sure to check out Fright Rags, Gutter Garbs, Terror Threads, Theatre of Creeps, Inked Up Merch, Terror Vision Records, and Pizza...
Here are the coolest horror collectibles unveiled this week!
Friday the 13th Shirt from Cavity Colors
It wouldn’t be Friday the 13th without new Jason merch! A ton of great companies are dropping stuff today, but I have to give props to Cavity Colors for showing love to the 2009 reboot. Puis Calzada’s design gets extra points for focusing on sack-head Jason.
Long sleeve shirts – which feature unmasked Jason on one sleeve and a burning sleeping bag on the other – are available for 40. The artwork also comes on T-shirts for 30. Orders close after 72 hours and will ship the week of February 6.
Be sure to check out Fright Rags, Gutter Garbs, Terror Threads, Theatre of Creeps, Inked Up Merch, Terror Vision Records, and Pizza...
- 1/13/2023
- by Alex DiVincenzo
- bloody-disgusting.com
“It’s All Coming Back to Me,” a romantic drama film starring and featuring the music of Celine Dion, will release in theaters on Feb. 10, 2023.
Formerly titled “Text for You,” “It’s All Coming Back to Me” is based on the 2016 German film “SMS für Dich” by Karoline Herfurth. The film stars Priyanka Chopra Jonas as a woman struggling to move on from the death of her fiancé. To cope, she begins sending messages to his old phone number, which has been reassigned to a new man, played by Sam Heughan. The two meet and develop a connection based on their shared heartbreak.
In addition to Jonas and Heughan, the film also stars Celine Dion as herself, in the role of a mentor figure who will inspire the two main characters to fall in love. The film is named after Jim Steinman’s power ballad “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now,...
Formerly titled “Text for You,” “It’s All Coming Back to Me” is based on the 2016 German film “SMS für Dich” by Karoline Herfurth. The film stars Priyanka Chopra Jonas as a woman struggling to move on from the death of her fiancé. To cope, she begins sending messages to his old phone number, which has been reassigned to a new man, played by Sam Heughan. The two meet and develop a connection based on their shared heartbreak.
In addition to Jonas and Heughan, the film also stars Celine Dion as herself, in the role of a mentor figure who will inspire the two main characters to fall in love. The film is named after Jim Steinman’s power ballad “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now,...
- 4/19/2022
- by Wilson Chapman
- Variety Film + TV
When powerhouse vocalist-actor Meat Loaf eulogized composer-producer Jim Steinman last April in Rolling Stone, the singer – who died Thursday at age 74 – said of his “Bat Out of Hell” partner, “We belonged heart and soul to each other. We didn’t know each other. We were each other.”
Meat Loaf (born Marvin Lee Aday) could not have stated the obvious better, as each man’s operatic, oversized talents were only matched by their level of grand theatricality, with thundering melodicism and melodramatic lyricism at the top of the list of their skill sets.
The best Meat Loaf songs – even those without Steinman’s tower-toppling compositions – come on in an epic, adrenalized rush. Even when singing a power ballad, Meat Loaf was loud and brazenly and heartbrokenly emotive. Here are some of the most dramatic and impactful of Meal Loaf’s musical moments:
Stoney & Meatloaf, “What You See is What You Get...
Meat Loaf (born Marvin Lee Aday) could not have stated the obvious better, as each man’s operatic, oversized talents were only matched by their level of grand theatricality, with thundering melodicism and melodramatic lyricism at the top of the list of their skill sets.
The best Meat Loaf songs – even those without Steinman’s tower-toppling compositions – come on in an epic, adrenalized rush. Even when singing a power ballad, Meat Loaf was loud and brazenly and heartbrokenly emotive. Here are some of the most dramatic and impactful of Meal Loaf’s musical moments:
Stoney & Meatloaf, “What You See is What You Get...
- 1/21/2022
- by A.D. Amorosi
- Variety Film + TV
Michael (Marvin) Lee Aday, aka rock singer, actor 'Meat Loaf', noted for his powerful, wide-ranging voice and theatrical live shows, including the "Bat Out of Hell" trilogy, selling more than 80 million albums worldwide, has died:
40 years after its initial release, Meatloaf's first album "Bat Out Of Hell", with songs composed by Jim Steinman, still sells an estimated 200,000 copies annually. He also appeared in over 50 movies and TV shows, including "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" (1975) and "Fight Club" (1999).
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40 years after its initial release, Meatloaf's first album "Bat Out Of Hell", with songs composed by Jim Steinman, still sells an estimated 200,000 copies annually. He also appeared in over 50 movies and TV shows, including "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" (1975) and "Fight Club" (1999).
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- 1/21/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Singer Meat Loaf, whose “Bat Out of Hell” album is among the best-selling and most enduring rock albums of the 1970s, died on Jan. 20 at the age of 74. A consummate performer, he also appeared as an actor in the cult classic “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” as well as “Crazy Alabama,” “Fight Club” and “Wayne’s World,” among dozens more film and television credits.
Meat Loaf, whose real name is Marvin Lee Aday, won a 1994 Grammy Award for best solo rock vocal performance for the song “I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That).”
A cause of death was not given. An official statement from the Meat Loaf Facebook page reads:
Our hearts are broken to announce that the incomparable Meat Loaf passed away tonight with his wife Deborah by his side. Daughters Pearl and Amanda and close friends have been with him throughout the last 24 hours.
Meat Loaf, whose real name is Marvin Lee Aday, won a 1994 Grammy Award for best solo rock vocal performance for the song “I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That).”
A cause of death was not given. An official statement from the Meat Loaf Facebook page reads:
Our hearts are broken to announce that the incomparable Meat Loaf passed away tonight with his wife Deborah by his side. Daughters Pearl and Amanda and close friends have been with him throughout the last 24 hours.
- 1/21/2022
- by Shirley Halperin and Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
Meat Loaf, the hardworking singer and actor whose theatrical Bat Out of Hell is one of the best-selling albums ever and who played Eddie in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, has died. He was 74.
The Grammy winner born Marvin Lee Aday died Thursday night surrounded by his wife Deborah, daughters Pearl and Amanda and close friends, Meat Loaf’s longtime agent Michael Greene told Deadline on behalf of the family. A cause of death is not being released. According to TMZ, the singer died of Covid-related complications.
“We know how much he meant to so many of you and we truly appreciate all of the love and support as we move through this time of grief in losing such an inspiring artist and beautiful man,” Meat Loaf’s family said in a statement. “From his heart to your souls…don’t ever stop rocking!”
Written by Jim Steinman, Meat Loaf...
The Grammy winner born Marvin Lee Aday died Thursday night surrounded by his wife Deborah, daughters Pearl and Amanda and close friends, Meat Loaf’s longtime agent Michael Greene told Deadline on behalf of the family. A cause of death is not being released. According to TMZ, the singer died of Covid-related complications.
“We know how much he meant to so many of you and we truly appreciate all of the love and support as we move through this time of grief in losing such an inspiring artist and beautiful man,” Meat Loaf’s family said in a statement. “From his heart to your souls…don’t ever stop rocking!”
Written by Jim Steinman, Meat Loaf...
- 1/21/2022
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
One of the biggest all-star lineups ever will celebrate the 2021 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees this weekend. The ceremony filmed October 30 in Cleveland, Ohio, and now airs this Saturday, November 20, on HBO and HBO Max.
The event clocking in at 3 hour and16 minutes honors Foo Fighters, The Go-Go’s, Jay-Z, Carole King, Todd Rundgren and Tina Turner in the performer category. Kraftwerk, Charley Patton and Gil Scott-Heron were chosen for early influence induction. LL Cool J, Billy Preston and Randy Rhoads were honored in the musical excellence category. Clarence Avant received the Ahmet Ertegun Award.
King had been previously inducted as a songwriter. Turner is now a solo artist inductee after going in with Ike Turner the first time around.
SEEThe Go-Go’s, Foo Fighters, Tina Turner, Jay-Z among 16 artists eligible for 2021 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
While the order of inductions was different during filming, here...
The event clocking in at 3 hour and16 minutes honors Foo Fighters, The Go-Go’s, Jay-Z, Carole King, Todd Rundgren and Tina Turner in the performer category. Kraftwerk, Charley Patton and Gil Scott-Heron were chosen for early influence induction. LL Cool J, Billy Preston and Randy Rhoads were honored in the musical excellence category. Clarence Avant received the Ahmet Ertegun Award.
King had been previously inducted as a songwriter. Turner is now a solo artist inductee after going in with Ike Turner the first time around.
SEEThe Go-Go’s, Foo Fighters, Tina Turner, Jay-Z among 16 artists eligible for 2021 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
While the order of inductions was different during filming, here...
- 11/19/2021
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
The late songwriter Jim Steinman was a genre in his own right, with his over-the-top creations ranging from Meat Loaf’s Bat Out of Hell to Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” to a tragically never-produced Batman musical. In the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, Rob Sheffield (who named a book after a Steinman lyric and wrote a tribute to Steinman’s many gifts to karaoke), Brittany Spanos, and Andy Greene (who recently interviewed Meat Loaf about his long and bumpy relationship with Steinman) join host...
- 5/5/2021
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
Last week, we posted an emotional interview with Meat Loaf where he reflected on his history with the late songwriter Jim Steinman. “Since I met Jim, he has been the centerpiece to my life,” the singer said. “And I was always the centerpiece of his.”
The interview goes all the way back to their first meeting at New York’s Public Theater in 1973 before moving into the creation of their 1977 masterpiece Bat Out of Hell, the difficult years that followed, their shocking comeback in 1993 with Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell,...
The interview goes all the way back to their first meeting at New York’s Public Theater in 1973 before moving into the creation of their 1977 masterpiece Bat Out of Hell, the difficult years that followed, their shocking comeback in 1993 with Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell,...
- 4/27/2021
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Jim Steinman was such a titanic figure in Meat Loaf’s life, that sharing their saga in a single phone call to Rolling Stone after Steinman’s death simply was not possible. It took two long calls across two days to get it across, and at the end of the first one, Meat Loaf broke down and sobbed uncontrollably over the loss of his friend. “Oh my God!” he moaned. “I haven’t cried until now. It just hit me. Oh my God! It’s horrible!”
But he stayed remarkably...
But he stayed remarkably...
- 4/23/2021
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
In a better time for the world, we’d all be hitting the karaoke bar tonight to mourn the late great Jim Steinman. This man was more than just the composer behind mega-bombastic hits by Meat Loaf, Bonnie Tyler, Celine Dion, Air Supply, and so many others. He was the patron saint of karaoke singers. His idea of the perfect song was a powder keg giving off sparks, one that anybody could belt out loud. Think of a karaoke anthem — “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” “Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad,...
- 4/21/2021
- by Rob Sheffield
- Rollingstone.com
Sad news to report as it was revealed that songwriter, composer, and producer Jim Steinman passed away yesterday at the age of 73. Steinman is best known for his collaboration with Meat Loaf on Bat Out of Hell, which originated as a futuristic rock n' roll version of Peter Pan called Neverland before it was transformed into the best-selling album; and when I say best-selling, I mean it…...
- 4/20/2021
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
When Jim Steinman was producing Air Supply’s 1983 single “Making Love Out of Nothing at All” for the Australian duo’s Greatest Hits album, he called upon Seventies guitarslinger Rick Derringer to add a majestic solo to the power ballad. Two years later, Derringer got Steinman to return the favor, recruiting the producer-composer — who died Monday at 73 — to contribute a song to The Wrestling Album, the 1985 musical lark by the musclebound stars of the then-wwf.
Steinman came up with a typically grand and bombastic instrumental number for Hulk Hogan. Nimbly...
Steinman came up with a typically grand and bombastic instrumental number for Hulk Hogan. Nimbly...
- 4/20/2021
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Update, with Bonnie Tyler tribute Jim Steinman, the composer and lyricist whose roster of hit records included the huge Bonnie Tyler hit “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” was remembered by the singer as the “true genius” behind “some of the most iconic rock songs of all time.”
“I am absolutely devastated to learn of the passing of my long term friend and musical mentor Jim Steinman,” tweeted Tyler, whose other hits composed by Steinman included “Holding Out For A Hero.”
“Jim wrote and produced some of the most iconic rock songs of all time and I was massively privileged to have been given some of them by him. I made two albums with Jim, despite my record company initially thinking he wouldn’t want to work with me. Thankfully they were wrong…”
Read Tyler’s full statement below.
Deadline confirmed Steinman’s death with the Connecticut state medical examiner earlier today.
“I am absolutely devastated to learn of the passing of my long term friend and musical mentor Jim Steinman,” tweeted Tyler, whose other hits composed by Steinman included “Holding Out For A Hero.”
“Jim wrote and produced some of the most iconic rock songs of all time and I was massively privileged to have been given some of them by him. I made two albums with Jim, despite my record company initially thinking he wouldn’t want to work with me. Thankfully they were wrong…”
Read Tyler’s full statement below.
Deadline confirmed Steinman’s death with the Connecticut state medical examiner earlier today.
- 4/20/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler has been making music for the past five decades, but she’s best known for her Eighties work with Jim Steinman that produced the timeless hits “Holding Out for a Hero” and “Total Eclipse of the Heart.” Rolling Stone reached out to Tyler following Steinman’s death, and she fondly remembered her old collaborator.
“I am absolutely devastated to learn of the passing of my long-term friend and musical mentor Jim Steinman,” she wrote. “Jim wrote and produced some of the most iconic rock songs of...
“I am absolutely devastated to learn of the passing of my long-term friend and musical mentor Jim Steinman,” she wrote. “Jim wrote and produced some of the most iconic rock songs of...
- 4/20/2021
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Jim Steinman is best known, with good reason, for the songs he wrote for Meat Loaf’s epic Bat Out of Hell. But his aural footprint on pop wasn’t limited to that singer and that 1977 album. As it turned out, Steinman’s songs were equally at home in the two decades that followed, when an astounding array of pop acts — from Air Supply to the Sisters of Mercy — performed his songs. The resulting discography amounts to an alternate-universe Wall of Sound, with Steinman as the Phil Spector of the Eighties and Nineties.
- 4/20/2021
- by David Browne, Andy Greene, Joseph Hudak, Angie Martoccio, Rob Sheffield, Hank Shteamer and Brittany Spanos
- Rollingstone.com
Rock and pop hitmaker Jim Steinman, who wrote and composed music for Meat Loaf, Bonnie Tyler, Celine Dion, and more, died Monday, April 19th. He was 73.
The office of the chief medical examiner in Connecticut confirmed Steinman’s death to Rolling Stone. A cause of death was not given.
A statement posted on Steinman’s Facebook page read, “It’s with a heavy heart that I can confirm Jim’s passing. There will be much more to say in the coming hours and days as we prepare to honor this...
The office of the chief medical examiner in Connecticut confirmed Steinman’s death to Rolling Stone. A cause of death was not given.
A statement posted on Steinman’s Facebook page read, “It’s with a heavy heart that I can confirm Jim’s passing. There will be much more to say in the coming hours and days as we prepare to honor this...
- 4/20/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Jim Steinman, the Grammy-winning composer who wrote Meat Loaf’s best-selling “Bat Out Of Hell” debut album as well as hits for Celine Dion, Air Supply and Bonnie Tyler, has died, his brother said. He was 73.
Bill Steinman told The Associated Press that his brother died Monday from kidney failure in Connecticut near his home in Ridgefield and was ill for some time.
“I miss him a great deal already,” Bill Steinman said by phone Tuesday.
Jim Steinman was born on Nov. 1, 1947, in New York City. He got his start in musical theater and ...
Bill Steinman told The Associated Press that his brother died Monday from kidney failure in Connecticut near his home in Ridgefield and was ill for some time.
“I miss him a great deal already,” Bill Steinman said by phone Tuesday.
Jim Steinman was born on Nov. 1, 1947, in New York City. He got his start in musical theater and ...
- 4/20/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jim Steinman, the Grammy-winning composer who wrote Meat Loaf’s best-selling “Bat Out Of Hell” debut album as well as hits for Celine Dion, Air Supply and Bonnie Tyler, has died, his brother said. He was 73.
Bill Steinman told The Associated Press that his brother died Monday from kidney failure in Connecticut near his home in Ridgefield and was ill for some time.
“I miss him a great deal already,” Bill Steinman said by phone Tuesday.
Jim Steinman was born on Nov. 1, 1947, in New York City. He got his start in musical theater and ...
Bill Steinman told The Associated Press that his brother died Monday from kidney failure in Connecticut near his home in Ridgefield and was ill for some time.
“I miss him a great deal already,” Bill Steinman said by phone Tuesday.
Jim Steinman was born on Nov. 1, 1947, in New York City. He got his start in musical theater and ...
- 4/20/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Exclusive: Meat Loaf is preparing to run right into hell and back with a TV competition series based on his iconic 1993 hit “I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That).”
The artist, born Michael Lee Aday, has sealed a pact with Nobody’s Hero, the production company set up by Christopher Potts and Jonty Nash, two of the creatives behind Netflix’s Nailed It!, to develop a relationship competition series.
Maybe he’s crazy, but it’s true that Meat Loaf, who will exec produce the project, will feature as the ethereal figure behind the madness. He will pull the strings in the show, which will see couples compete in a variety of comedic physical games designed to reveal how well they can work together and how much they really trust and believe in each other – all to a soundtrack of classic hits, performed live in...
The artist, born Michael Lee Aday, has sealed a pact with Nobody’s Hero, the production company set up by Christopher Potts and Jonty Nash, two of the creatives behind Netflix’s Nailed It!, to develop a relationship competition series.
Maybe he’s crazy, but it’s true that Meat Loaf, who will exec produce the project, will feature as the ethereal figure behind the madness. He will pull the strings in the show, which will see couples compete in a variety of comedic physical games designed to reveal how well they can work together and how much they really trust and believe in each other – all to a soundtrack of classic hits, performed live in...
- 3/22/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Popcorn proved she had a voice like butter in her last appearance on “The Masked Singer” on November 11. Back then she made it into the final six competing on December 2 by winning her Smackdown against the Snow Owls. After Popcorn nailed her cover of “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You” by Bryan Adams, the Snow Owls were revealed to be country singer Clint Black and his actress wife Lisa Hartman.
Popcorn was in peril on episode 7 when the four judges were not won over by her cover of “Domino” by Jessie J. That song was not suited to her powerhouse vocals. Popcorn had shone earlier in the competition with her rendition of the Pink chart-topper “What About Us” on the premiere episode and her cover of the Harry Styles ballad “Falling” on episode 3.
We’ve watched all of those performances by Popcorn again as well as her clues videos.
Popcorn was in peril on episode 7 when the four judges were not won over by her cover of “Domino” by Jessie J. That song was not suited to her powerhouse vocals. Popcorn had shone earlier in the competition with her rendition of the Pink chart-topper “What About Us” on the premiere episode and her cover of the Harry Styles ballad “Falling” on episode 3.
We’ve watched all of those performances by Popcorn again as well as her clues videos.
- 12/2/2020
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
One of the remaining contestants in Group A of “The Masked Singer” didn’t make the cut in episode 7, which aired on Fox on November 11. The strongest singer of this bunch is the one disguised as Popcorn. While we can’t see her face, we are certain we recognize her voice, with its signature style.
Popcorn performed on the premiere where she blew the roof on the joint with her rousing rendition of the Pink hit “What About Us.” Then on episode 3 she changed genres and made the ballad “Falling” by Harry Styles her own. We are certain that we know the name of the celebrity hiding inside the Popcorn costume. We ruled out those guesses by the judges that it is Mary J. Blige, Gloria Gaynor or Tina Turner. Keep reading as we’ve got all “The Masked Singer” spoilers, including the real name of Popcorn.
We think that...
Popcorn performed on the premiere where she blew the roof on the joint with her rousing rendition of the Pink hit “What About Us.” Then on episode 3 she changed genres and made the ballad “Falling” by Harry Styles her own. We are certain that we know the name of the celebrity hiding inside the Popcorn costume. We ruled out those guesses by the judges that it is Mary J. Blige, Gloria Gaynor or Tina Turner. Keep reading as we’ve got all “The Masked Singer” spoilers, including the real name of Popcorn.
We think that...
- 11/11/2020
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Part of the appeal of “The Masked Singer” is trying to figure out which famous faces are hidden beneath those masks. We nailed the identities of the first contestant from Group A who was sent packing at the end of the September 23 episode: Dragon (Busta Rhymes). The rest of the contenders in Group A returned to compete again on October 7 disguised as the Giraffe, Popcorn, Snow Owls and Sun.
Of these famous five folks, we are most certain about who is hiding inside the Popcorn costume. On the season 4 premiere, she rocked the house with her cover of the Pink hit song “What About Us.” We’ve watched that performance and her clues video over and over and think we’ve nailed her name. Keep reading for all “The Masked Singer” spoilers, including the identity of Popcorn.
See Everything you need to know about season 4 of ‘The Masked Singer’
First off,...
Of these famous five folks, we are most certain about who is hiding inside the Popcorn costume. On the season 4 premiere, she rocked the house with her cover of the Pink hit song “What About Us.” We’ve watched that performance and her clues video over and over and think we’ve nailed her name. Keep reading for all “The Masked Singer” spoilers, including the identity of Popcorn.
See Everything you need to know about season 4 of ‘The Masked Singer’
First off,...
- 10/7/2020
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Meat Loaf joined the cast of the Bat Out of Hell musical on Tuesday evening for “You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night).” The New York performance marked the singer’s first time onstage in over two years — he last appeared at the Bat Out of Hell‘s Toronto launch in May 2017.
“Ok, you guys have been wanting to do this long ago, so we’re going to do it now,” Meat Loaf told the crowd after seizing the mic from cast member Andrew Polec.
“Ok, you guys have been wanting to do this long ago, so we’re going to do it now,” Meat Loaf told the crowd after seizing the mic from cast member Andrew Polec.
- 8/21/2019
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
As BroadwayWorld reported this morning, the New York City run for Jim Steinman's Bat Out Of Hell - The Musical will begin performances at New York City Center on August 1, 2019 with an Opening Night set for August 8, 2019. Bat Out Of Hell - The Musical will play a six-week engagement through September 8, 2019. To celebrate the launch of the musical, the New York City streets went full Bat Out of Hell this morning. Click here for photos from the special day and listen to a very special message from Meatloaf below...
- 5/15/2019
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Jim Steinman’s Bat Out Of Hell – The Musical, based on the best-selling classic rock album by Meat Loaf and its two sequels, has announced new dates for a New York limited engagement. Originally set for an eight-week run, the production is now scheduled for six weeks beginning in August at New York City Center.
Featuring Andrew Polec, the star of well-received stagings in London and Toronto, the New York run of Bat Out Of Hell begins previews Thursday, Aug. 1, with an opening night set for Thursday, Aug. 8. The six-week engagement runs through September 8.
The revise follows the postponement of a national tour, of which the original eight-week New York stand was a part. Still no plans for the tour, but the six-week New York run is now confirmed.
Under the direction of Jay Scheib, the cast of Bat also will include Christina Bennington, who originated the role of Raven in London,...
Featuring Andrew Polec, the star of well-received stagings in London and Toronto, the New York run of Bat Out Of Hell begins previews Thursday, Aug. 1, with an opening night set for Thursday, Aug. 8. The six-week engagement runs through September 8.
The revise follows the postponement of a national tour, of which the original eight-week New York stand was a part. Still no plans for the tour, but the six-week New York run is now confirmed.
Under the direction of Jay Scheib, the cast of Bat also will include Christina Bennington, who originated the role of Raven in London,...
- 5/15/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
“Real Life Rock Top Ten” is a monthly column by cultural critic and Rs contributing editor Greil Marcus.
1 Amy Rigby, “The President Can’t Read” (amyrigby.com/bandcamp). With a jangly sound that places it right where all the half-Beatles/half-Byrds La bands were in 1966—the Leaves, say, or Jackie DeShannon with the Byrds—the same year he managed his way out of Fordham and into the Ivy League.
2 Chelsea Minnis, Baby, I Don’t Care (Wave Books). 240 pages of one-page poems, mostly double quintets, of film noir dialogue, fractured...
1 Amy Rigby, “The President Can’t Read” (amyrigby.com/bandcamp). With a jangly sound that places it right where all the half-Beatles/half-Byrds La bands were in 1966—the Leaves, say, or Jackie DeShannon with the Byrds—the same year he managed his way out of Fordham and into the Ivy League.
2 Chelsea Minnis, Baby, I Don’t Care (Wave Books). 240 pages of one-page poems, mostly double quintets, of film noir dialogue, fractured...
- 3/15/2019
- by Greil Marcus
- Rollingstone.com
Twenty-five years ago this month Meat Loaf pulled off perhaps the most stunning comeback in rock history when Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell became the Number One album in the country. He’d been almost completely off the cultural radar since his Bat Out of Hell follow-up Dead Ringer flopped in 1981. Most of his other 1980s albums barely saw release in America, and the thought of him releasing a chart-topper at the peak of the grunge movement seemed just as likely as Peter Frampton, Kc & The Sunshine...
- 10/18/2018
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Jim Steinman's Bat Out Of Hell - The Musical is hitting the road The critically acclaimed new musical based on one of the best-selling albums of all time, will launch a nineteen city North American tour at Detroit's Fox Theatre this November following an eagerly anticipated return engagement at Toronto's Ed Mirvish Theatre. Bat Out Of Hell - The Musical is currently playing an extended smash hit engagement in London's West End where it won the 2017 Evening Standard Award for Best Musical.
- 8/27/2018
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Songwriter-producer Jim Steinman announced a massive North American tour behind Bat Out of Hell – The Musical, the theatrical adaptation of his album trilogy with singer Meat Loaf. The jaunt launches October 16th with a stint in Toronto, Ontario then heads to the U.S., closing July 7th with the last of several dates in Dallas, Texas. Additional cities will be announced.
The musical premiered in 2017 at the Manchester Opera House in Manchester, England then moved to the Coliseum in London, England and the Mirvish Theatre in Toronto, Ontario. The production...
The musical premiered in 2017 at the Manchester Opera House in Manchester, England then moved to the Coliseum in London, England and the Mirvish Theatre in Toronto, Ontario. The production...
- 8/20/2018
- by Ryan Reed
- Rollingstone.com
Jim Steinman's Bat Out Of Hell - The Musical is hitting the road The critically acclaimed new musical based on one of the best-selling albums of all time, will launch a nineteen city North American tour at Detroit's Fox Theatre this November following an eagerly anticipated return engagement at Toronto's Ed Mirvish Theatre. Bat Out Of Hell - The Musical is currently playing an extended smash hit engagement in London's West End where it won the 2017 Evening Standard Award for Best Musical.
- 8/20/2018
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
There's another post-apocalyptic jukebox coming to theaters across the United States. Jim Steinman's Bat Out Of Hell - The Musical kicks off a Us national tour in Detroit this November. But, you don't have to wait for the show to tour to your neck of the woods to hear its score. Recently, Ghostlight Records released the rollicking Bat Out Of Hell - The Musical Original Cast Recording, giving audiences the world over unprecedented access to the potentially epic musical.
- 7/22/2018
- by David Clarke
- BroadwayWorld.com
Jim Steinman's Bat Out of Hell is coming back to London next month, with performances beginning April 2.This will be a return to West End for the rock opera. It played a limited run at the London Coliseum earlier in 2017, in addition to runs at the Manchester Opera House and Toronto'sEd MirvishTheatre. The show is also said to be eyeing a potentialBroadway runas well.
- 3/14/2018
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Meat Loaf might end up with a lot less bread by the time is all over. A legal beef has emerged over Meat Loaf’s 1993 smash hit “I’d Do Anything for Love (but I Won’t Do That)” via a copyright infringement lawsuit filed Wednesday. In the lawsuit, filed in federal court in California, Enclosed Music says that “I’d Do Anything for Love” copies the 1989 song “ Anything for You,” by Jon Dunmore Sinclair and Mike Molina, which Enclosed claims the copyright to. Also Read: Meat Loaf's Collapse Blamed on 'Severe Dehydration' Jim Steinman, who also penned the Meat Loaf tune,...
- 10/5/2017
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
Bat Out Of Hell The Musical features Jim Steinman and Meat Loaf's Greatest Hits Dead Ring for Love, Two out of Three Ain't Bad, Paradise by the Dashboard Light, I'd do Anything For Love But I Won't Do That, and Bat Out Of Hell.
- 10/3/2017
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
People will tell you Tom Waits’ best album is Rain Dogs. This is not strictly true. It is perhaps the most Waits-ian of Tom Waits albums, by virtue of having a Waits lookalike on the cover and a song selection that ranges across virtually every genre of music (and combinations thereof) Waits could wrangle. But the best Tom Waits album is not Rain Dogs. Instead it’s Bone Machine (which netted Waits his first Grammy in 1993), and it turns 25 years old today.
Waits explained Rain Dogs’ titular inspiration to Spin in 1985: “You know, dogs in the rain lose their way back home.
Waits explained Rain Dogs’ titular inspiration to Spin in 1985: “You know, dogs in the rain lose their way back home.
- 9/12/2017
- by Alex Heigl
- PEOPLE.com
Jim Steinman'sBat Out of Hell- The Musical is a romantic adventure about rebellious youth and passionate love, set against the backdrop of a post-cataclysmic city adrift from the mainland. Strat, the forever young leader of The Lost, has fallen for Raven, daughter of Falco, the tyrannical, ruler of Obsidian. The show made its world premiere tonight at the London Coliseum and the critics are weighing in.
- 6/21/2017
- by Review Roundups
- BroadwayWorld.com
Jim Steinman'sBATOUT Of Hell - The Musical begins performancesat Manchester Opera House tomorrow, Friday 17 February, running to 8 April, with a world premiere at the London Coliseum from 5 June to 22 July. Batout Of Hell - The Musical stars Andrew Polec as Strat and Christina Bennington as Raven, with Rob Fowler as Falco and Sharon Sexton as Sloane. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast rocking out onstage below...
- 2/16/2017
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
This month will see the release of Meat Loaf’s 13th studio album, Braver Than We Are. Coming nearly 40 years after the release of his cult classic Bat Out of Hell, the album is a continuation of what’s been a long, strange, and successful career in theatrics for the 68-year-old Texas native. (It’s also a reunion with his most successful collaborator, songwriter Jim Steinman.) As a sort of counter-culture polymath, Meat Loaf’s music and acting careers have more or less been one and the same since his breakthrough role as Eddie/Dr. Everett Scott in both the stage and film versions of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. His unlikely success since then has, in many ways, resembled the same kind of theatrical story arc of his music and its rock-opera characteristics.
Though that’s not to say it hasn’t been a long, hard, bat-ride out ...
Though that’s not to say it hasn’t been a long, hard, bat-ride out ...
- 9/28/2016
- by Jonathan K. Dick
- avclub.com
Meat Loaf has a cold. That voice - superhuman, louder than a locomotive, able to leap tall octaves in a single bound - sounds hoarse and congested over the telephone today. He's convinced it's allergies. I offer my apologies, which he quickly dismisses. "You don't control the pollen. Or Do You!?" He's joking, but I'm momentarily terrified. To be on the receiving end of Meat Loaf's roar, even at half blast, can be intimidating. It'll take a hell of a lot more than a case of sniffles to enfeeble that larynx, an instrument that's unleashed rock arias for more than four decades.
- 9/16/2016
- by Jordan Runtagh, @jordanruntagh
- PEOPLE.com
Meat Loaf has a cold. That voice - superhuman, louder than a locomotive, able to leap tall octaves in a single bound - sounds hoarse and congested over the telephone today. He's convinced it's allergies. I offer my apologies, which he quickly dismisses. "You don't control the pollen. Or Do You!?" He's joking, but I'm momentarily terrified. To be on the receiving end of Meat Loaf's roar, even at half blast, can be intimidating. It'll take a hell of a lot more than a case of sniffles to enfeeble that larynx, an instrument that's unleashed rock arias for more than four decades.
- 9/16/2016
- by Jordan Runtagh, @jordanruntagh
- PEOPLE.com
Meat Loaf is opening up about his recent health scare, and says he's "positive" his latest album will be his last.
During a Tuesday appearance on the Today show, the 68-year-old singer addressed concerns about his health, particularly his collapse mid-show at a concert in Canada in June.
"It was nothing but dehydration. It shocked me that it went around the world like that," he said. "I'm going, 'There's a lot more news in the world than me' ... I'm fine."
In a Facebook video uploaded by a fan, Meat Loaf was seen falling to the floor while singing "I'd Do...
During a Tuesday appearance on the Today show, the 68-year-old singer addressed concerns about his health, particularly his collapse mid-show at a concert in Canada in June.
"It was nothing but dehydration. It shocked me that it went around the world like that," he said. "I'm going, 'There's a lot more news in the world than me' ... I'm fine."
In a Facebook video uploaded by a fan, Meat Loaf was seen falling to the floor while singing "I'd Do...
- 9/13/2016
- by Char Adams, @CiCiAdams_
- People.com - TV Watch
Meat Loaf is opening up about his recent health scare, and says he's "positive" his latest album will be his last. During a Tuesday appearance on the Today show, the 68-year-old singer addressed concerns about his health, particularly his collapse mid-show at a concert in Canada in June. "It was nothing but dehydration. It shocked me that it went around the world like that," he said. "I'm going, 'There's a lot more news in the world than me' ... I'm fine." In a Facebook video uploaded by a fan, Meat Loaf was seen falling to the floor while singing "I'd Do...
- 9/13/2016
- by Char Adams, @CiCiAdams_
- PEOPLE.com
Meat Loaf is opening up about his recent health scare, and says he's "positive" his latest album will be his last. During a Tuesday appearance on the Today show, the 68-year-old singer addressed concerns about his health, particularly his collapse mid-show at a concert in Canada in June. "It was nothing but dehydration. It shocked me that it went around the world like that," he said. "I'm going, 'There's a lot more news in the world than me' ... I'm fine." In a Facebook video uploaded by a fan, Meat Loaf was seen falling to the floor while singing "I'd Do...
- 9/13/2016
- by Char Adams, @CiCiAdams_
- PEOPLE.com
Photo Coverage: Josh Young, Emerson Steele & More Sing Whistle Down The Wind at Feinstein's/54 Below
Feinstein's54 Below just presentedAndrew Lloyd Webber and Jim Steinman's Whistle Down The Wind In Concert, featuringJosh Young, Justin Matthew Sargent, Emerson Steele, Brian Charles Rooney, Jessica Waxman, Gregory Sullivan, Melissa VanPelt, Joshua Colley, Peyton Ella and The Shapiro Sisters.Produced by Van Dean, Whistle Down The Wind included musical direction by Jacob Carr and direction by Pat Cerasaro.Check out photos from the big night below...
- 12/14/2015
- by Genevieve Rafter Keddy
- BroadwayWorld.com
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