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Music snobs be damned – Jim Steinman was the Wagner of rock  Creator of some of the most magnificently overblown anthems in pop history, for Jim Steinman nothing succeeded quite like excess Underrated legend: Jim Steinman Credit: Sony Music Archive Rest in Peace does not really seem an appropriate phrase to commemorate the passing of Jim Steinman, the American rock composer who has died aged 73. If there is any cosmic justice, Steinman is currently pulling up at the pearly gates on a 1800cc Harley-Davidson motorcycle in a cloud of smoke from a backfiring exhaust, whilst massed ranks of ang...

A Toast to Jim Steinman: The Songwriting Powder Keg Who Kept Giving Off Sparks RIP to the self-proclaimed "Little Richard Wagner" who redefined rock melodrama Rob Sheffield, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail 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 be...

Rolling Stone Menu A Toast to Jim Steinman: The Songwriting Powder Keg Who Kept Giving Off Sparks RIP to the self-proclaimed “Little Richard Wagner” who redefined rock melodrama By Niels van Iperen/Getty Images 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, ...

Jim Steinman Dead: 10 Great Songs To Remember Him By On 4/21/21 at 5:47 AM EDT Jim Steinman, the songwriter and producer behind one of the biggest hits of the 1970s, has died aged 73 of kidney failure, his brother confirmed to The Associated Press. The Grammy-winning producer and songwriter was known for his bombastic, over-the-top rock songs, which he perfected with Meat Loaf's 1977 Bat Out of Hell. That album was one of the behemoths of the 1970s, selling over 50 million copies and staying on the U.K. record charts for over 10 years. Though Steinman will be best remembered with his collabo...

‘Everyone hated Bat Out of Hell’: how Jim Steinman and Meat Loaf made a misunderstood masterpiece Rolling Stone gave it zero stars. But its 'Springsteen on Broadway on steroids' excess paved the way for 80s bombastic rock 21 April 2021 • 10:08am '10-minute Wagnerian explosive anthems sung by a 350-pound guy with a huge voice': Jim Steinman on Bat Out of Hell, his collaboration with Meat Loaf New York in the mid-1970s was the crucible of two emerging music scenes. Nightclubs such as The Loft, The Gallery and – from 1977 – Studio 54 were playing disco music, while CBGB was home to the...