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Stage Name Stories: Meat Loaf

Born: Marvin Lee Aday

What's in a Name: The 'Bat Out of Hell' blockbuster's first band was called Meat Loaf Soul; he debuted, oddly, with Motown, as half of a duet called Stoney and Meat Loaf. Recently changed his given first name, which no one knew anyway, to Michael.




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Mark Garner

I thought it was because the initials of M~eat L~oaf matched those of Marvin Lee, and it there fore gave rise to the humourous name "Meat-Loaf-A-day".....

:?

April 20 2008 at 11:05 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
DEV

it was cus some football coach called him a meat loaf after he accidentally stepped on his foot

March 09 2008 at 10:00 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
rinkrat3869

smk, you couldn't have missed him - big guy on a motorcycle, name of Eddie; Columbia's main man; main course later that night. "Meatloaf again?"

March 01 2008 at 12:27 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Mary K

in answer to Jims post:: I dont, honestly remember hin in Rocky Horror... BUT I have been wrong before,and could be wrong in this.........

March 01 2008 at 5:16 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
jessica

["His Dad gave hime the nickname when he was a child. He cahnged his name to Michael because he hated the name Marvin due to an ad for Levi's jeans that stated "Everyone can wear Levi's...except Big Marvin"."]

exactly.
that's what it says in his autobiography.

March 01 2008 at 1:31 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Louise Liegel

His Dad gave hime the nickname when he was a child. He cahnged his name to Michael because he hated the name Marvin due to an ad for Levi's jeans that stated "Everyone can wear Levi's...except Big Marvin".

March 01 2008 at 12:19 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
jim

I thought it was when he was on ROCKY PICTURE HORROR SHOW, they said hey you dont let your meat loaf!

February 29 2008 at 11:54 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ryan pound

I though it was because he stepped on his coaches foot and he screamed "Get off of me you hunk of meatloaf!"

February 29 2008 at 9:26 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Carlton W.Burgess

that's what i remember hearing about 30 yrs. ago!

April 25 2009 at 2:11 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
mary anne

love him - huge fan of the big guy's music and movies - rock on meat

February 29 2008 at 8:44 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
saku

Irony of all ironies, meat loaf is a vegetarian

February 29 2008 at 8:23 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply