The world has lost an amazing talent. Michael Lee Aday, better known as Meat Loaf, passed away on Thursday night 20 January 2022 at the age of 74.  

A statement on his official Facebook page reads:

 

 

Herewith a list of his achievements (Wikipedia).

Discography

Main article: Meat Loaf discography

• Bat Out of Hell (1977)
• Dead Ringer (1981)
• Midnight at the Lost and Found (1983)
• Bad Attitude (1984)
• Blind Before I Stop (1986)
• Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
• Welcome to the Neighbourhood (1995)
• Couldn’t Have Said It Better (2003)
• Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose (2006)
• Hang Cool Teddy Bear (2010)
• Hell in a Handbasket (2011)
• Braver Than We Are (2016)

 

Tours

• Bat Out of Hell Tour (1977–1978)
• Dead Ringer Tour (1981)
• In Europe ’82 (1982)
• World Tour ’83 (1983)
• Bad Attitude World Tour (1984–1985)
• 20/20 World Tour (1987)
• Lost Boys and Golden Girls / Bat Out of Hell 10th Anniversary World Tour (1988)
• World Tour ’89 (1989)
• World Tour ’90 (1990)
• Off Tour (1991–1992)
• Bat Out of Hell II Tour (1993)
• Everything Louder Tour (1994)
• Born to Rock World Tour (1996)
• German Festival Tour (1997)
• The Very Best of World Tour (1999)
• The Storytellers Tour (1999–2000)
• Night of the Proms (2001)
• Just Having Fun Summer Tour (2002)
• Just Having Fun Winter Tour (2002–2003)
• The Last World Tour (2003–2004)
• Hair of the Dog Tour (2005–2006)
• Bases Are Loaded Tour (2006)
• Seize the Night Tour / Three Bats Live Tour (2007)
• The Casa de Carne Tour (2008)
• Hang Cool Tour (2010–2011)
• Guilty Pleasure Tour (2011)
• Mad Mad World Tour (2012)
• Last at Bat Farewell Tour (2013)
• Rocktellz & Cocktails (2013–2014)
• In Concert Tour (2015–2016)

 

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1962	State Fair	Boy In Stands	Uncredited
1975	The Rocky Horror Picture Show	Eddie
1979	Americathon	Roy Budnitz
1979	Scavenger Hunt	Scum
1980	Roadie	Travis W. Redfish
1981	Dead Ringer	Meat Loaf / Marvin
1986	Out of Bounds	Gil
1986	The Squeeze	Titus
1991	Motorama	Vern
1992	Wayne’s World	“Tiny”
1992	The Gun in Betty Lou’s Handbag	Lawrence
1992	Leap of Faith	Hoover
1995	To Catch a Yeti	Jake “Big Jake” Grizzly	TV Movie
1997	Spiceworld: The Movie	Dennis
1998	Gunshy	Lew Collins
1998	Black Dog	“Red”
1998	The Mighty	Iggy Lee
1998	Outside Ozona	Floyd Bibbs
1999	Crazy in Alabama	Sheriff John Doggett
1999	Fight Club	Robert “Bob” Paulsen
1999	The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man (hu)
2000	Blacktop	Jack	TV Movie
2001	The Ballad of Lucy Whipple	Amos “Rattlesnake Jake” Frogge	TV Movie
2001	Face to Face	Driver
2001	Rustin (drama directed by Rick Johnson)	Coach Trellingsby
2001	Trapped	Jim Hankins	TV Movie
2001	Focus	Fred
2001	The 51st State	“The Lizard”
2001	Polish Spaghetti	Food Critic
2002	The Salton Sea	Bo
2002	Wishcraft	Detective “Sparky” Shaw
2003	Learning Curves	Timmons
2004	A Hole in One	Billy
2005	Extreme Dating	Marshall Jackson
2005	Chasing Ghosts	Richard Valbruno
2005	Crazylove	John
2005	BloodRayne	Leonid
2006	The Pleasure Drivers	Dale
2006	Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny	Bud Black	Uncredited
2007	Urban Decay	Rick “Zero”
2007	History Rocks	Himself
2008	Meat Loaf: In Search of Paradise	Himself
2009	Tiger Force Forever: Unleashed
2009	Citizen Jane	Detective Jack Morris	TV Movie
2010	Burning Bright	Howie	Uncredited
2010	Beautiful Boy	Motel Manager
2010	Polish Bar	Joe
2011	Absolute Killers	Dan
2013	The Moment	Sergeant Goodman
2013	All American Christmas Carol	Ross	[136]
2014	Stage Fright	Roger McCall
2014	Wishin’ and ‘Hopin’	Monsignor Muldoon

 

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1978	Saturday Night Live	Musical Guest	Guest host Christopher Lee 03/25/78
1981	Saturday Night Live	Musical Guest	Guest host Tim Curry 12/05/81
1981	Strike Force	Adams Family In 1971	Episode: “MIA”
1985	The Equalizer	Sugar Fly Simon	Episode: “Bump and Run”
1987	The Grand Knockout Tournament	Himself	Television special
1988	Monsters		Episode: “Where’s the Rest of Me?”
1992	Tales from the Crypt	Mr. Chumley	Episode: “What’s Cookin’?”
1997	The Dead Man’s Gun		Episode: “The Mail Order Bride”
1997	Nash Bridges		Episode: “Wild Card”
1998	South Park	Himself	Episode: “Chef Aid“
2000	The Outer Limits	CSA Colonel Angus Devine	Episode: “Gettysburg“
2006	Masters of Horror	Jake Feldman	Episode: “Pelts“
2007	Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve
2007	Private Sessions
2007	Go-Phone Commercial	Singing Father
2008	The F Word	Himself
2009	Hannity	Himself	Panel member
2009	Tiger Force Forever: Unleashed
2009	Masters of Horror	Jake	Episode: “Pelts”
2009	House	Eddie	Episode: “Simple Explanation“
2009	Bookaboo
2009	Don’t Forget the Lyrics	Himself	He won $500,000 for The Painted Turtle
2009	Ghost Hunters	Himself	Episode: “Bat Out of Hell”
2009	Monk	Reverend Hadley Jorgensen	Episode: “Mr. Monk and the Voodoo Curse”
2010	Popstar to Operastar	Himself	Judge
2010	Spicks and Specks	Himself
2010	WWE Raw	Himself
2010	Glee	Barry Jeffries	Episode: “The Rocky Horror Glee Show“
2010	Ghost Hunters	Himself	Episode: “Sloss Furnaces”
2010	This Week	Himself
2011	The Celebrity Apprentice	Himself
2012	Fairly Legal	Charlie DeKay[137]	Episode: “Kiss Me, Kate”
2017	Elementary	Herman Wolf	Episode: “The Ballad of Lady Frances”
2017	Ghost Wars	Doug Rennie	Main cast

 

Books

• Meat Loaf (1999). To Hell and Back: An Autobiography. ReganBooks. ISBN 0-06-039293-2.