The late great Meat Loaf may look like he’s having a good time in this photo… but maybe it was only him having a good time.
In 2011, the American rocker behind one of the world’s best-selling albums of all time headed down to Australia to perform a 12-minute medley of his greatest hits.
The trouble, however, apparently began before he even set foot on the stage, telling Billboard later: ”We did a thing called the AFL, I thought it was like halftime in the middle of a field, which I’ve done for NFL and World Football League finals … These were the cheapest people I’ve ever seen in my life. They said, ‘We’re gonna have 100 motorcycles’, they had three.”
In the uproar that followed his infamously pitchy performance, however, he did end up taking ownership of what critics took issue with – though he did note that, despite having damaged vocal cords, the AFL also did not provide a live piano or offer enough time for a sound check.
