'Everyone hated Bat Out of Hell': how Jim Steinman and Meat Loaf made a misunderstood masterpiece
‘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...