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To Hell and Back

by Meat Loaf, David Dalton · 1999

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Meat Loaf was rock music's unlikeliest success: a 300-pound white artist signed to Motown records. He boostrapped his way out of hell, fleeing an abusive past, overcoming the scorn and skepticism of nearly everyone, and—through raw determination—he beat all odds and conquered the world.

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To Hell and Backis his story.

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medium · 304 pages

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