Performed at the Australian NRL grand final on 5 October, 2003.

Has had 17 concussions.

He was offered lead vocalist position in the rock band Foreigner, but wanted to stay with Jim Steinman.

Had a massive standing ovation at the CBS convention in New Orleans in 1977-78

Owns a production company called Yellow Rose, Inc. with actor Brett Cullen.

Made a very special appearance in Ann Magnuson's Cinemax comedy movie special Vandemonium Plus (1987) (TV) - he played Steve The Piglet.

Is diabetic.

In addition to songs from his own albums, his concerts usually include the song "Hot Patootie", which he sang as Eddie in The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975).

Received a fan letter from a Swedish fan named Jerker, which has been widely regarded as the greatest joke ever in the Swedish fan base with the phrase: "Don't let your meat loaf, jerker!".

His movies Blacktop (2000) & Trapped (2001) (TV) and his special appearances in TV series "Lightning Force" (1991), "The Outer Limits" (1995), "John Doe" (2002) & "Masters of Horror" (2005) were all filmed in Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

When he first started rehearsals for the stage version of The Rocky Horror Show neither he nor the rest of the cast was aware of the sexual content of the play. It was only relatively late into the rehearsal stage that they found out, when Tim Curry (who they had never met, he had been brought over from the London production) turned up on stage in full Frank-N-Furter costume and make-up singing "Sweet Transvestite" that they realized what the show was really about. Meat Loaf walked out of the rehearsals and refused to do the show, but was talked into doing one performance to see how it went. When he saw how much the audience loved the show he agreed to stay on for the entire run.

Has told numerous contradictory "official" stories of how he got his stage name.

Lived in Freeland, Michigan for a few years with a family.

Was offered the title role in "Phantom Of The Opera" but turned it down

Daughter Pearl Aday is a back-up singer with his band.

Was starring Off-Off Broadway in Paul Foster and John Braden's "Silver Queen" at La Mama E.T.C. when he was offered the role of "Eddie" in the American stage premiere of "The Rocky Horror Show". He had to leave "Silver Queen" a week before closing. His role was taken over by "Silver Queen's" director Robert Patrick, who had to wrap Meat Loaf's costume's trousers around him twice.

His 1970s album, 'Bat out of Hell', is the third highest selling album of all time, with an estimated 30,000,000 copies sold worldwide. It spent over 470 weeks in the UK charts - an all-time record.

His first obscure single with local Michigan band Popcorn Blizzard, "Hello/Once Upon A Time" sold 5,000 copies!

17 November 2003 - Collapsed while performing on a London stage. Doctors said it was Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome is a syndrome of pre-excitation of the ventricles of the heart due to an accessory pathway known as the Bundle of Kent. This accessory pathway is an abnormal electrical communication from the atria to the ventricles.

Played 300 soldout concerts between 1987-91.

Well known as a singer. His song "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" was a major hit in the late 70s. The album from which this song came was also a top seller as well.

According to the Encyclopedia of Rock Stars, Meat Loaf began a Slim Fast plan in 1990 and lost 84 pounds. This made him $1,000,000 richer

Has an extensive line of theatre credits including "Hair" and it's sequel "Rainbow", "More Than You Deserve" which collaborated him with his future lyricist Jim Steinman, William Shakespeare's "As You Like It" and the theatre production of "The Rocky Horror Show", later to reprise his role in the film version The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975).

Went to Thomas Jefferson High School in Dallas, Texas.

According to "The Guiness Book Of World Records 2000" Meat Loaf's "Bat Out Of Hell" is the biggest selling album in the UK ever.

Has two daughters: Pearl Aday and Amanda Aday.

Despite his famous moniker, Marvin doesn't like to eat meatloaf.

Has played in two movies with Richard O'Brien, The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), and Spice World (1997).

Got his start in show business in a traveling stage production of the infamous play, "Hair".

Along with Derek St. Holmes, Meat Loaf handled lead vocals on Ted Nugent's 1976 'Free For All' record.

Was a vegetarian for 15 years but then decided to eat meat. His favorite meat is pork chops.

Admits to being a fantasy sports junkie.

Occasionally hosts VH1 show "The List" (1999).

His dent in the 90s music scene with "Bat Out Of Hell 2: Back Into Hell" went all the way to number one and with roughly 18,000,000 copies sold worldwide, it is considered one of the biggest musical comebacks in music history.

Won a Grammy for the song "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)"

Fell off the stage and broke his leg during a concert at Toronto in 1978 - he finished the tour in a wheelchair.

Was the producers' second choice to play "Bluto" in Animal House (1978) if "John Belushi" was unavailable.

Only single to chart in the United States for Meat Loaf in the 1980s was "I'm Gonna Love Her For Both Of Us" which peaked at #84 (He charted in the UK 4 times: in 1981 with Cher for "Dead Ringer for Love" (reaching #5), in 1983 for "Midnight at the Lost and Found" (#17), in 1984 for "Modern Girl" (#17) and in 1986 with John Parr for "Rock 'N' Roll Mercenaries" (#31)).