Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose
Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose is the title of the seventh studio album of the rock musician Meat Loaf. It is to Bat Out of Hell (1977) and Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell ( 1993), the latest step album of the series. The album was released on 20 October 2006, in the UK three days later.
The album was produced by Desmond Child and includes pieces by various other composers including Diane Warren, James Michael, Desmond Child, Nikki Sixx, John 5, and Jim Steinman. Guest musicians have included Todd Rundgren, Marion Raven, Jennifer Hudson, Patti Russo, Brian May, John Shanks and Steve Vai involved.
Controversy surrounding the trademark " Bat Out of Hell"
Work on the album began in November 2005, the Desmond Child produced. At a concert in Jones Beach, New York, Meat Loaf sang the song Only When I Feel, and he promised Jim Steinman, the sole composer, producer and arranger of the previous parts of the series Bat out of Hell was that it was on the new album will appear. Also during a concert in Durham, New Hampshire, he wrote the piece Jim and announced that the two would work on a new album. However, Meat Loaf took the song, whose full title ( It Hurts ) Only When I Feel is not on; It was published by The Dream Engine. However, part of the piece had already been published in 2003 as If It Is not Broke (Break It) by Mike Vogel as part of the soundtrack for the MTV movie Wuthering Heights.
In a BBC Radio 2 radio interview that aired in April 2006, said Meat Loaf, Jim Steinman that will not collaborate on the album Bat Out of Hell III. Meat Loaf marketed the album, however, continue under the trademark Bat Out of Hell, where Steinman since 1995 has the rights. Meat Loaf recorded the album without Steinman's involvement and requested 2005, the task of the trade mark by Steinman to transfer it to himself. His reasoning was, you would bring Meat Loaf with the expression Bat out of Hell connected even when Steinman was the composer of the album. The case ended up before the hardware and Board of Appeal for trademark until a compromise was reached out of court in July 2006. The conditions are as follows:
- Jim Steinman remains the official owner of the trademark in the United States.
- Meat Loaf Bat Out of Hell III must: publish The Monster Is Loose.
- Meat Loaf is forbidden to publish in the future material under the trademark Bat Out of Hell.
- Jim Steinman can use the name Bat Out of Hell in the future, for example as a stage musical or film.
- Jim Steinman is forbidden, negative comments about Meat Loaf album Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose to comment.
In a federal procedure on 26 May 2006, Meat Loaf said, the term Bat Out of Hell will open to the public since 1977, brought in contact with him. The court found that the defendant Jim Steinman, who wrote the original song of the same name, falsely call the ownership of this term. According to the court Steinman and his manager David Sonenberg have tried to disrupt the October publication of the third Bat Out of Hell album, claiming that Meat Loaf had no rights to use this expression.
In another radio interview, Meat Loaf confirmed the end of the dispute with Steinman. Available on the website of Steinman's group The Dream Engine that " Jim is NOT involved in the recording of Bat Out of Hell III, with the exception that Meat Loaf is covering some of his songs ." Despite the fact that Steinman has not cooperated with the recording and production, the album includes seven songs that were written by Jim Steinman, five of which are cover versions of already released songs. Despite the debate Meat Loaf Bat Out of Hell III Jim Steinman devoted ( in Cover of the album is to be read: "For thirty years of friendship and inspiration, Bat Out of Hell III is dedicated to Jim Steinman ").
Album Cover
The album cover is by Julie Bell and takes his motives ( hero on a motorcycle who fights against a bat ) explicit reference to the cover of the first two Bat Out of Hell albums.
Title list
All Steinman songs were written for other projects. Just like Bat Out of Hell II also contains two songs of this album, probably the original from the album Original Sin, Steinman's 1989 concept album with the band posted to a Pandora 's Box. Other Steinman songs were for the unpublished musical Batman: The Musical written.
A ' Limited Edition' was released with a companion DVD that contains a short ' Making Of' feature an animated trailer, a montage video of The Monster is Loose and a photo gallery and the video of It's All Coming Back To Me Now.
Contributors
- Meat Loaf - vocals
- Patti Russo - Vocals ( What About Love? ), Backing vocal
- Marion Raven - Vocals ( It's All Coming Back to Me Now)
- Jennifer Hudson - Vocals ( The Future Is not What it Used to Be)
- Eric Bazilian - guitar
- Paul Crook - Guitar
- Randy Flowers - Guitar
- Corky James - Guitar
- John 5 - Guitar
- David Levita - Guitar
- Brian May - guitar
- John Shanks - Guitar
- Steve Vai - Guitar
- Clint Walsh - Guitar
- Dan Warner - Guitar
- Rusty Anderson - Guitar
- Eric Sardinas - slide guitar
- Kasim Sulton - bass, backing vocals
- Matt Rollings - piano, Hammond organ
- Mark Alexander - piano, organ
- Victor Indrizzo - drums
- John Micelli - drums
- Lee Levin - percussion
- Kenny Aronoff - percussion, drums
- Lee Levin - percussion
- Doug Emery - Programming
- Harry Sommerdahl - Programming
- Chris Vrenna - Programming
- Holly Knight - Programming
- Stephanie Bennett: Harp
- Bettie Ross: Organ
- Eric Rigler: Tin Whistle
- Graham Phillips boy soprano ( Seize the Night, Cry to Heaven )
- Background vocals: Patti Russo, Todd Rundgren, Eric Troyer, Storm Lee, Jeanette Olsson, Carolyn "CC" Coletti - Jablonski, Diana Grasselli Storm Lee, Jason Paige, Camille Saviola, John Gregory, Marti Frederiksen, Becky Baeling, James Michael, John Gregory, Brett Cullen, Andreas Carlsson, Desmond Child & Maria Vidal.