“The Grateful Dead? Man, they were abysmal. After 20 minutes half the audience had gone”: Meat Loaf’s wild tales of Iggy Pop, the MC5, The Who and more

Meat Loaf posing for a photograph in 1987.

The late, great Meat Loaf was one of rock’n’roll’ biggest characters. Even before Bat Out Of Hell rocketed him to superstardom, he was crossing paths with everyone from The Who to Iggy Pop. In 2010, the singer looked back at some of his more memorable encounters with his fellow musicians.

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