Meat Loaf
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"Michael Lee Aday" is an American musician and actor better known by his stage name "Meat Loaf". He is noted for the Bat Out of Hell album trilogy consisting of Bat Out of Hell, Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell, and Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster is Loose. Bat Out of Hell has sold more than 43 million copies worldwide. After 35 years, it still sells an estimated 200,000 copies annually and stayed on the charts for over nine years, making it one of the best selling albums of all time. He is also known for his powerful wide-ranging operatic voice and theatrical live performances.

Although he enjoyed success with Bat Out of Hell and Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell and earned a Grammy Award for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance for the song "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)/I'd Do Anything for Love" on the latter album, Meat Loaf experienced some initial difficulty establishing a steady career within his native US. However, he has retained Cultural icon/iconic status and popularity in Europe, especially the UK, where he ranks 23rd for the number of weeks overall spent on the charts as of 2006. He ranked 96th on VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock".

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Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell.

Bat Out of Hell III.

Two Out of Three Ain't Bad.

But I never used it as a crutch, never-because you can't do that. Anybody that does that is wrong, because you have to take responsibility for your own actions. You can't blame everybody around you.

You know, getting on a bus or getting on a plane and doing whatever, that will just - it just kills me. I know it sounds stupid, but it's exhausting. You know, and then you've got to go back through customs and that's too much.

It may have made me stronger because I was forced to be on my own when I was not very old-18.

I listen to everything just to see what they're all doing. I really do. I listen to 50 Cent to Faith Hill. Because I want to know what everybody's doing, I just want to hear it.

I never fit in. I am a true alternative. And I love being the outcast. That's my role in life, to be an outcast.