He once guest-starred in an episode of House playing a guy named Eddie.
He also popped up in Glee's Rocky Horror episode (alongside Barry Bostwick) as a Network executive trying to expose how damaging Rocky Horror is.
In Spice World, he states "I'd do anything for those girls, but I won't do that."
Banned in China: In his autobiography, Meat Loaf lamented how hard it was to perform his "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" number in Muslim countries, since he was not allowed to touch any of his female back up singers on stage. Also, the female back up singers had to cover their shoulders and midriffs to conform with Islamic Dress.
Career Resurrection: Meat lost his voice after the enormous success of 1977's Bat Out of Hell, and then fell out with songwriter Jim Steinman, which stymied the success of his second album. The 80s as a whole were a long downhill slope for him; going through drug addiction, bankruptcy, lawsuits from many of his former associates (including Steinman), and a string of moderately to poorly received albums, he reunited with Steinman in 1993 to record Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell, an album frequently credited as facilitating one of the greatest comebacks in popular music history.
Meat went on record (see here, for instance) as saying that he hated performing "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)", mostly due to its massive success forcing him to overperform it.
He wasn't the biggest fan of Dead Ringer as he was going through many personal issues while recording it. Most of the tracks from the album weren't performed for decades due to this. However, he still loved "Dead Ringer for Love", which he continued to play at almost every show and got added to Bat Out of Hell for its various Updated Rereleases.
He also openly bashed Midnight at the Lost and Found, calling it "that stupid album" and admitting that he only threw it together to please his label at the time.
He regretted making Bat Out of Hell III, and particularly the decision to record it without the involvement of Jim Steinman. He toldRolling Stone, "There is no Bat Out of Hell III. That should have never happened. To me, that record is nonexistent. It doesn’t exist."
Died During Production: He was apparently planning a new album that would have begun recording in January 2022; at the time of his death, recording had not begun.
Fatal Method Acting: Several close aversions. His weight and improper singing techniques were infamously counterproductive to his bombastic performing style, which put enormous strain on his heart. During one concert, he had to be rushed to the hospital after a particularly brutal performance of "I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)" which caused his heart rate to skyrocket to nearly 300 BPM! On another tour, he'd have an oxygen mask hidden backstage to be used whenever he felt lightheaded.
Keep Circulating the Tapes: Stoney & Meatloaf has never been made available on streaming services and has only received vinyl releases (though unofficial CDs exist).
Canadian ice dancers Natalie D'Alessandro and Bruce Waddell performed to "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" for their free dance during the 2019-2020 competitive season.
Television Without Pity: In a recap of an episode of The Sopranos, the recapper imagines Alan Ball and David Chase asking him which show (both of which he recapped) he prefers, that show or Six Feet Under, to which the recapper responded, "Can I sleep on it? I'll give you an answer in the morning."
Screwed by the Lawyers: Thanks to various lawsuits and legal troubles which forced him to declare bankruptcy not long after Bat Out Of Hell was released, Meat didn’t get any royalties from the album until 1997, nearly 20 years after the album’s release.
He once auditioned to be the singer for Ted Nugent's band.
In his autobiography, Meat tells of having to convince a band member to stay with him instead of accepting an invitation to join another, newer group.
Jim Steinman’s album Bad For Good was intended to be a Meat Loaf album, but the damage Meat did to his voice and body on the initial Bat Out Of Hell tour, coupled with Meat’s distaste for the songs (he claimed several of them were just lesser imitations of songs from Bat), so Steinman did the album himself. Meat later sang the songs he liked on future albums.
During the tour for the first Bat Out Of Hell, someone broke into Jim Steinman’s dressing room and stole his lyric book, in which he had begun compiling songs for their follow-up album, Renegade Angel. Steinman suffered a Creator Breakdown over it, and while he was able to rewrite some of the songs from memory, he was so desperate in his attempt at reassembling songs rather than creating them that the album itself never eventuated. He eventually came up with the solo album Bad For Good (see above), the songs that Steinman managed to recreate all appeared on future Meat Loaf albums, and the duo eventually followed up with the album Dead Ringer.
In the early 80s, his main songwriter, Jim Steinman, offered him two songs, "Total Eclipse of the Heart" and "Making Love Out of Nothing At All". However, due to payment disputes with Meat Loaf's record label, Jim took back the songs and gave them to Bonnie Tyler and Air Supply, respectively.
Meat had stated in late 2021 that he preparing a new album, scheduled to record in January 2022. Sadly the album never eventuated as Meat passed away that same month, prior to any recording taking place.
Michael Bay directed the music videos for the singles from Bat Out of Hell II. Yes, that Michael Bay.
A young Angelina Jolie appeared as the protagonist of the "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through" video.
) as saying that he hated performing "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)", mostly due to its massive success forcing him to overperform it.