It’s hard to believe that one of the original rock masterpieces was released in 1977. The microphone master was an overweight talented musician/actor from Texas with a very unlikely name: Carne Loaf. The basic album is titled “Bat From Hell”. The release, composed by master dictionary Jim Steinman, contained the jukebox staple, “Paradise By The Dashboard Light,” and the tear jerking “Two Out Of Three Ain’t Bad,” and in my estimation one of the best rock songs ever “for crying out loud.” It doesn’t matter where you’re from or where you’re going, if you happened to be at a bar in the late 1970s (and still are today) or karaoke (help us) you had to hear the voice of the meat loud and clear as the bridge of “Paradise.”
What many people didn’t notice was that “Bat” became the third biggest selling album of all time, behind Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” and Eagles “Greatest Hits”. To this day, it continues to sell a million CDs a month. Although Caro Loaf released many CDs after the original “Bat”, it wasn’t until 1993, and with Steinman re-joining, that they made history together again. Release: “Bat From Hell 2: Back In Hell.”
This was the first time in Carno’s illustrious career that he released the number 1 song “Anything I’d Do For Love (But I Won’t Do It)”, which later hit the coveted number one spot in 28 countries around the world. For his passionate effort, he won a Grammy Award for “Best Rock Vocal Solo Performance for the song .
On October 31, 2006, the trilogy will be complete. Bat Out of Hell 3: Monster will be released on Virgin Records. It’s a major achievement again for Esca and Steinman. Track title “Unleash the Monster”
ball to the wall rock and roll hammer to the head. From the beginning of the guitar riff and the beat of the beast, we can already tell that we are in for one hell of a wild ride.
This time around, Eska got some heavy hitters in her corner. Bat 3″ by Desmond Infante (Aerosmith, Cher, Bon Jovi, Kiss. Arrangements by Todd Rundren (producer of the first ” “Bat From Hell”). restoration of Steinman’s poem “Bad For Good.” like this song) and Marion Raven, her first female recording artist duet with Cher (“Dead Ringer For Love”) on the Steinman classic “All Back to Me Now” performed by Celine Dion himself He did it to his own.
But don’t fear, if your food tastes sweeter, that’s covered too. Some of the best songs on the cd are “Blind as a Bat,” the very pinyin “Cry Over Me,” and “If God Could Talk.” Flesh’s vocals have never sounded better or stronger, never worn harder. Many rock fans and critics are in for a shock. This is one rock star who is not afraid to take chances and is passionate about his art as he was in the beginning, maybe even more. October 31 may be known as Halloween, but rock music fans will remember it for a completely different reason: The monster unleashed…
BY TINA MRAZIK
