Meat Loaf Owned the Power Ballad
The late singer took the genre to unapologetically grandiose, glorious new heights.
Updated at 11:56 a.m. ET on January 25, 2022.
A perhaps unlikely figure dominated the stage of the Grammy Awards in 1994. Meat Loaf—who died on Thursday at the age of 74—was not young, hip, or alternative. Neither was he a critically adored veteran like Neil Young or Peter Gabriel, two of his fellow nominees in the category for best solo rock vocal performance. Meat Loaf had had one hit album about a decade and a half prior. His subsequent records and modest acting career had kept him
