Might as well since I have been spamming here for a bit now.
I was one of the kids who stumbled upon Meat thanks to good old MTV blasting the music video for I Would Do Anything For Love back in... 199...3?!
Jesus, I just made myself feel ancient *facepalm*.
I am turning 27 this month - thanks Meat for the awesome Birthday gift! - so you can do the math how old I was back then. My parents eventually got me the album and became Meat Loaf fans as well. We missed the tour after Bat II was released but went to every single concert in Munich after that... right, I forgot to mention I am actually German.
My mother and I took an almost 2-year "break" when my father died - Meat's music had become too much of a painful reminder - but that only lasted until the next album release (Couldn't Have Said It Better). Again, we went to every concert since then, accompanied by my best friend and her Dad.
In January 2007 I took the plunge and moved over to Northern Ireland, where I am now sharing a house with an Australian, his English girlfriend and my two cats.
I am famous for discovering Meat albums in the most random ways possible.
- Bat II: Muted some weird boy band on MTV and went to the kitchen for a glass of milk. Returned and watched the (still muted) Anything For Love video for a while before I decided that it might be better with sound
- WTTN: Used to keep the radio on all night and could usually recall a good number of the songs that were playing. Stopped in the middle of an action-movie style dream thinking "Hey, why don't I know that song yet?!". It was I'd Lie For You.
- Bat III: Wikipedia of all places! I was looking up the release date for Bat II and they had already put a cross-reference to Bat III including the release date there.
- HCTB: At work, looking stuff up on Amazon for a customer. Thought: "Cool, Meat's on the front page... wait, what?!"
Well, that's me, nice to meet you all!