The first sound we hear on Bat out of Hell II is exactly what one would expect: a motorcycle revving its engine. I presume that it’s a guitar just with a better version of the motorcycle effect than what Rundgren had back in 1977, though it could easily be a synthesizer instead. When Roy Bittan’s…

Bat out of Hell was impossible to follow up. Steinman and Meat Loaf both proved it. Steinman found some other success for several years and Meat Loaf established himself as a concert attraction in Europe and Australia, but neither ever came close to the success of their first collaboration. It was definitely unfair to expect…

Following the commercial failure of Original Sin, Steinman took on a number of producing jobs while working on songs for a sequel to Bat out of Hell with Meat Loaf. During the four-year span between the release of Original Sin and Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell, he only released one new song.…