I remember my sister was mad on Meat around the time of Deadringer and the rest of the family thought she was a bit odd for liking a fat sweaty guy but we all watched the video for Deadringer on TOTP and we were all hooked instantly and I remember my dad bought Bat and Deadringer on vinyl and he made a cassette for me with Bat on one side and deadringer on the other and this was the only tape I had for years, so I listened to it a lot!
Then my dad went to see Meat on the Bad Attitude tour in 1985 but he said I wasn't old enough to go as I was only about 8 or 9 at the time but for the few years after I spent my pocket money on anything to do with Meat Loaf - Vinyl, cassettes and videos and I built up quite a collection.
Then my dad bought us both tickets to see Meat on the Lost Boys tour in 1988, which if you know anything about this tour, you'll know is a very special tour as Meat played a lot of songs from Bad For Good - What a show!
Ever since then I've always been a bit of a die hard fan and have gone to see him on every tour apart from the welcome to the neighbourhood tour as I was in hospital having surgery.
I feel like Bat Out Of Hell is a soundtrack to my own life as it's always been played through good times and bad times in my life.
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