- He was offered lead vocalist position in the rock band Foreigner, but wanted to stay with Jim Steinman.
- His 1970s album, 'Bat out of Hell', is the third highest selling album of all time, with an estimated 30,000,000 copies sold worldwide. It spent over 470 weeks in the UK charts - an all-time record.
- Fell off the stage and broke his leg during a concert at Toronto in 1978 - he finished the tour in a wheelchair.
- According to "The Guiness Book Of World Records 2000" Meat Loaf's "Bat Out Of Hell" is the biggest selling album in the UK ever.
- When President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas (Nov. 23, 1963), he was taken to Parkland Memorial Hospital. Meat Loaf and some friends were at the hospital when the limo arrived and witnessed Jacqueline Kennedy being escorted into the hospital.
- Was offered the title role in "Phantom Of The Opera" but turned it down
- Favorite songs: "Hotel California" by Eagles, "Drift Away" by Dobie Gray.
- His favorite place to play concerts was Ireland.
- Had told numerous contradictory "official" stories of how he got his stage name.
- His dent in the 90s music scene with "Bat Out Of Hell 2: Back Into Hell" went all the way to number one and with over 22,000,000 copies sold worldwide. It is considered one of the biggest musical comebacks in music history.
- Played 300 sold-out concerts between 1987-1991.
- 17 November 2003 - Collapsed whilst performing on stage in London. Doctors said it was Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome is a syndrome of pre-excitation of the ventricles of the heart due to an accessory pathway known as the Bundle of Kent. This accessory pathway is an abnormal electrical communication from the atria to the ventricles.
- Was the producers' second choice to play "Bluto" in National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) if John Belushi was unavailable.
- Won a Grammy for the song "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)"
- Was starring Off-Off Broadway in Paul Foster and John Braden's "Silver Queen" at La Mama E.T.C. when he was offered the role of "Eddie" in the American stage premiere of "The Rocky Horror Show". He had to leave "Silver Queen" a week before closing. His role was taken over by "Silver Queen's" director Robert Patrick, who had to wrap Meat Loaf's costume's trousers around him twice.
- When he first started rehearsals for the stage version of The Rocky Horror Show neither he nor the rest of the cast were aware of the sexual content of the play. It was only relatively late into the rehearsal stage that they found out, when Tim Curry (whom they had never met, he had been brought over from the London production) turned up on stage in full Frank-N-Furter costume and make-up singing "Sweet Transvestite." It was then that they realized what the show was really about. Meat Loaf walked out of the rehearsals and refused to do the show, but was talked into doing one performance to see how it went. When he saw how much the audience loved the show he agreed to stay on for the entire run.
- Despite his famous moniker, Marvin didn't like to eat meatloaf.
- Despite being known as a singer, Meat Loaf has only sung in two films - The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) and Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny (2006). The reason for this is because he wanted to be taken seriously as an actor and not get typecast into singing roles.
- Only single to chart in the United States for Meat Loaf in the 1980s was "I'm Gonna Love Her For Both Of Us" which peaked at #84 (He charted in the UK 4 times: in 1981 with Cher for "Dead Ringer for Love" (reaching #5), in 1983 for "Midnight at the Lost and Found" (#17), in 1984 for "Modern Girl" (#17) and in 1986 with John Parr for "Rock 'N' Roll Mercenaries" (#31)).
- Daughter Pearl Aday is a back-up singer with his band.
- Is the host of an original game show in DirecTV call Rock and a Hard Place. The show pits teams composed of musicians/groups playing various games to raise monies for charities. (March 2008)
- Got his start in show business in a traveling stage production of the infamous play, "Hair".
- In addition to songs from his own albums, his concerts usually included the song "Hot Patootie", which he sang as Eddie in The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975).
- Desperate for money and out of work, he went down for a parking lot job at the Aquarius Theatre in Hollywood. He ended up auditioning for the play Hair, and got the part. The parking lot job did pay more than the acting gig, and that's how Meatloaf got his start in show business.
- Had a massive standing ovation at the CBS convention in New Orleans in 1977-78
- He was the son of Wilma Artie (Hukel), a teacher and gospel singer, and Orvis Wesley Aday, a police officer, who also sold a homemade cough remedy.
- Mentioned on the Celebrity Apprentice that he has suffered 18 concussions and a fractured skull over his lifetime. (May 2011)
- He was acknowledged as a Distinguished Alumni by the Thomas Jefferson High School Alumni Association on March 6th, 2015. He visited the campus to receive the reward presented by Robert Wilonsky, a previous recipient of the same award.
- He was one of the most commercially successful rock performers who had been consistently ignored by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He became eligible for induction in 2002 (25 years from the release of his first solo album, the legendary "Bat out of Hell").
- Had played in two movies with Richard O'Brien, The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), and Spice World (1997).
- Owned a production company called Yellow Rose, Inc. with actor Brett Cullen.
- Father-in-law of Scott Ian.
- According to his autobiography, "To Hell and Back" (2000), he once picked up a hitchhiker by the name of Charles Manson.
- Inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame on March 8, 2012 in Austin, TX.
- He was brought in as a temporary replacement for Derek St. Holmes on Ted Nugent's second album "Free-for-All". He sang lead vocals on "Writing on the Wall", "Street Rats", "Together", "Hammerdown", and "I Love You So I Told You a Lie".
- His first obscure single with local Michigan band Popcorn Blizzard, "Hello/Once Upon A Time" sold 5,000 copies!
- Went to Thomas Jefferson High School in Dallas, Texas.
- Made a very special appearance in Ann Magnuson's Cinemax comedy movie special Vandemonium Plus (1987) - he played Steve The Piglet.
- Attended Lubbock Christian university before transferring to North Texas State University (now University of North Texas).
- Admitted to being a fantasy sports junkie.
- Occasionally hosted VH1 show The List (1999).
- Well known as a singer. His song "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" was a major hit in the late 70s. The album from which this song came was a top seller as well.
- Lived in Freeland, Michigan for a few years with a family.
- His movies Blacktop (2000) & Trapped (2001) and his special appearances in TV series Lightning Force (1991), The Outer Limits (1995), John Doe (2002) & Masters of Horror (2005) were all filmed in Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
- Prepared for the release of the eagerly anticipated Bat Out Of Hell III (release date Halloween, 31-Oct-2006) and its accompanying world tour. (August 2006)
- Performed at the Australian NRL grand final on 5 October, 2003.
- Finished off his promo tour for his new album and planned the first leg of his world tour. (May 2003)
- Toured the UK until early January. (December 2003)
- Born on exactly the same date as Denis "Wedge" Lawson (of "Star Wars" fame).
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