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Series eight starts with a little treat as we let ourselves dive back into Bat out of Hell II for a bit with It Just Won't Quit, then it's back to reality when we swing over to Bat III for a bit before yammering on again about the Steinman Batman musical. PLUS a chat about sci-fi adventure with swearing Muppets in Farscape, some lovely news from the cast of the Bat musical and a welcome...

Time for another dive into Meat Loaf's interesting acting career before we kick off series eight! Wishcraft is a 2002 teen slasher flick with added SPOOKY MAGIC. Spooky magic that causes plot holes all over the place. Keep your comments, reviews and arguments flying in to chatoutofhell@gmail.com Chat out of Hell is a is a review podcast: all music extracts are used for review/illustrative pur...

The end of series seven is nigh! But not before we dive into the requests bin and find out why Meat Loaf ended up on South Park and where Jim pulled one last great song out for the Bat musical. PLUS we continue our aimless chat about the 90s, remember the time when we were cool and complain about the pains in our bodies. All in one episode. A real roller coaster. It's good stuff! Chat out of...

Chat out of Hell marches gleefully onward into a pair of quite forgettable mid-era Meat Loaf tracks. We chat Meat Loaf's love of adultery in Love You Out Loud, then take a quick trip into the realm of liner-note short stories in Peace on Earth. PLUS we pitch a sitcom about C-3P0's son, solve the mystery of David Balamezi's identity and find a country musician who looks like a tech b...

Time to pay tribute to the dear departed Bonnie Tyler with two song produced (but not written) by Jim Steinman and nary a Meat Loaf in sight. PLUS a bit of chat about why Shireen Davies would sound like a belly dancer, why Bonnie was much better than Meat Loaf and the absolutely nonsense that is Jim Steinman's video for If You Were a Woman. It's good stuff! Chat out of Hell is a is a rev...

Meat Loaf's attitude is up for discussion this episode. Is he a sulky teenager or a mean dad? PLUS Roger Daltrey pops up, a demand for new ukulele covers of the lesser Meat Loaf back catalogue and a reasonably introspective conversation about fan culture. It's good stuff! Chat out of Hell is a is a review podcast: all music extracts are used for review/illustrative purposes. To hear the...

Chat out of Hell dives into the soundtrack of the awful Jim Steinman / MTV Wuthering Heights movie this episode, and surfaces with something wonderful. But also a lot of dismay. The wonderful probably does outstrip the dismay but it is a close run thing. Oh, Jim. PLUS we finally find a decent link between Meat Loaf and Star Trek, Sam tries to remember how a Bajoran space pope died, and a considere...

We're back to discuss more of the works of music's 93rd most fractious duo. We open series seven with a chat about Jim Steinman's solo effort Stark Raving Love and manage not to insult him too hard for once, then it's off to see where Meat Loaf's ended up during the filming of the Razor's Edge video. PLUS some nonsense about Andy's Records (remember Andy's R...

Time for a quick film club before we dive into series seven! In a break from Film Club tradition we only interrogate one film this episode, to give us time to talk about something good (Emily Bronte's marvellous novel Wuthering Heights) before we crash into having to discuss something awful (Jim Steinman's MTV movie transplating Wuthering Heights to 2003 California). Oh dear. Keep your c...

From high-culture to the lowest of the low, it's Chat out of Hell! As we close out series six with listener requests, Sam pays attention to what Meat Loaf was up to when he sang with Pavarotti for the children of Bosnia, while Emma draws the short straw and has to listen to some sexist crap he did with Jack Black. But we still answer other Meat Loaf-adjacent questions, like: - What kind of so...

Justin Hawkins, Sean McDonnell and a whole load of Our Souls, it's Chat out of Hell! Time to get into the deep Meat Loaf adjactent questions, like: - How many early 2000s ITV celeb reality shows can you name? - What did Brian May think of Meat Loaf? - Honestly, what was that soldier dying on the battlefield actually thinking of? PLUS we get into it with Rednex's football anthem and all t...

Off we go again! Time for us to analyse the saddest Jim Steinman you've ever heard, the fairly saddest Barbra Streisand, and just a regular Meat Loaf.  And with those three gathered, we can get some answers. Answers to questions like: - What made the Everly Brothers fall out? - How many Steinman stage shows featured a motorbike in the big first act closer? - How many veterans of the UK milita...

Don't tell anyone, but Emma went on holiday and Sam forgot to schedule the publishing date of the episode this week. Bit awks. BUT not half as awks as what Meat Loaf gets up to this episode! Man of what? - Why is he like this? - Why is Jim the way he is? - Why are Heck's sausages so delicious? PLUS a pretty flawed way of wedging in Rednex, and some other sundry nonsense. Keep your commen...

We give Jim Steinman a rest on the bench this week, and instead discuss Meat Loaf's Divorced Dad era as he warns us about how you can't trust women in You Never Can Be Too Sure About the Girl then just sort of gently shouts a bit in Rock N Roll Hero. And while we're here, he answers questions like: - What paranormal creature is Midnight at the Lost and Found really about? - What pos...

Here we go, diving into series six! Two delicious slices of Meat Loaf are served in the forms of Read 'Em and Weep then Going All the Way. And why we enjoy them, we'll mull over the big questions like: - What's the opposite of pearls? - What did the doctor say to the famous sad clown Barry Manilow? - Is there a finer sausage than Heck's Sausages? #thechickenonesarereallynice PL...

Behold, it's Chat out of Hell's Christmas Surprise! Rory Dodd, lovely man and centrepiece of the Steinman Sound, was kind enough to sit down and chat with us about his life, work, and secrets of finding good bargains in Ontario. It was an absolutely lovely conversation and we hope you like it too. See you January 12th for the next series of Chat out of Hell! Let us know what you thought...

Ho ho ho! Time for a most festive Film Club! We'll be diving into Meat Loaf's worldliest of movies as we take a look at Spice World then realise we've talked for a normal length episode but still have to cover Wayne's World. Truly, our labours never cease. BUT THAT'S NOT ALL THE FESTIVE CHAT! Come back on Christmas Day for a very special episode indeed, we're super ex...

An end of term vibe delayed by a bit of illness brings us to this, the true end of term - Chat out of Hell series five, episode six. Meat Loaf gets all classy and covers Gershwin in the first half, then Emma has to explain that Good Girls go to Heaven is actually about self-enjoyment and ruins it for everyone. But we still have time to dive into the important questions, like: - Which Vaudeville pe...

As we cruise towards the end of series five, we’ve time to visit more of Jim’s dodgy musical past, but then cleanse our palate with a very modern dodgy cover of an absolute classic. And while we’re there, let’s ask some questions like: - Is Emma more of a Bert or an Ernie? - Is Jim Steinman more of a 70s Kermit the Frog or the rubbish modern one? - What did Bob Mortimer think of Mr Blobby? PLUS so...

Chat out of Hell moves as close as it's ever been to boy band territory this episode as we check in with Jim Steinman's collab with Andrew Lloyd Webber, which somehow led to a single from Boyzone. Meanwhile Meat Loaf rocks the heck out to a track from the never-seen Batman: The Musical and we all wonder if it was a good idea. But while we do, we answer the big questions, questions like:...

We call back in to see what Diane Warren's been up to this episode, as we listen to the third of her Meat songs in Cry Over Me, before Sammy Hagar barges in with the hard-rockin' Amnesty is Granted. But during all that, we get to answer the big questions: - How good a video can you make in four hours? - What was the deal with Bat out of Hell III? - Is A Very Merry Muppet Christmas any go...

Continuing the theme of doing themes, this episode we take a look at two rockin' songs about heroes. And somehow made it through the whole thing without once talking about Cadbury's Heroes. Well done us. But we did discuss the big questions, questions like: - What on earth was going on at Marvel comics in the late 80s? - What's gone wrong with nerds lately? - Is it wise to dance on...

Five alive! But not the delicious soft drink of the 1980s. We're back for the first proper episode of series five with an exploration of Meat Loaf's sad origins. And really, they are sad. Poor bloke. But we still managed to find some fun in there, as we also get answers to the big questions. Questions like: - Is there anything Michael Bay can't wedge an explosion into? - Is there an...

It's nearly time for new Chat out of Hell, but first there's a summer blockbuster film club! And what a blockbuster it is, as we watch 13 episodes of the SyFy original series Ghost Wars. Don't say we never do anything for you. Chat out of Hell returns for series 5 on Monday 25th of August, where we'll dive into Meat Loaf's early days with Objects in the Rear View Mirror fr...