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Bat Out of Hell is a Heavy metal and Progressive rock act. Their sound grew out of Bruce Springsteen, Eagles, The Who, Elvis Presley and Phil Spector. Those roots explain a lot about how Bat Out of Hell arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Boston, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band, Journey, Cliff Richard and Whitesnake, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Meat Loaf, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 26 connections around Bat Out of Hell, reaching back through Bruce Springsteen and forward to Meat Loaf. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Bat Out of Hell is the debut studio album by American rock singer Meat Loaf. Composed by Jim Steinman, the album was developed from the musical Neverland, a futuristic rock version of Peter Pan which Steinman wrote for a workshop in 1974. It was recorded during 1975 and 1976 at various studios, including Bearsville Studios in Woodstock, New York. The album was produced by Todd Rundgren, and released in October 1977 by Cleveland International Records and Epic Records. Bat Out of Hell spawned two Meat Loaf sequel albums: Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993) and Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose (2006).
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Bat Out of Hell connections
Bat Out of Hell grew out of Bruce Springsteen, Eagles, The Who and Elvis Presley, shares an orbit with Boston, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band, Journey and Cliff Richard, went on to shape Meat Loaf. 26 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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