Chat out of Hell
How did two massive dorks create some of the most bombastically stupid rock opera of all time? Join equally massive dorks Emma Crossland and Sam Wilkinson as they delve into the works of Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman.
Every episode our intrepid pair both brings one of Loaf or Steinman's works to the table to dissect in meticulously lazy detail, exploring the torrid lives of music's most on-again off-again best pals one week at a time.
Episodes
24 episodes
EXTRA Bat Musical Review Special
This is a very special extra bit of Chat out of Hell. If you're interested in our thoughts on the Bat musical currently touring the UK, this is the right place!If you're not, we totally get it and we'll see you on the 5th for a proper e...
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15:17
Episode 4.1 - The Dream Engine (Dream Engine) (Dreams) (Engines)
Chat out of Hell is back to go where other podcasts won't - in this case, to Jim Steinman's very first musical creation.This episode we dive into the Dream Engine - produced at Amherst College in 1969, burning a trail through rock and ro...
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45:42
SPECIAL FILM CLUB #3
Series four of Chat out of Hell is just around the corner, but first, it's FILM CLUB PART III!Our films this time are a real dichotomy - Meat Loaf plays both himself and his own obsessive fan in Dead Ringer, then he plays a sex-mad creat...
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54:35
Episode 3.6 - All Revved Up with No Place to Go | I'll Kill You if You Don't Come Back
Better late than never, it's Chat out of Hell!This episode Emma really opens up, generously unburdening herself in the name of amusement with a classic Meat Loaf Memory. Meanwhile Sam continues to fail to find any sincerity in himself, ...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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50:34
Episode 3.5 - 45 Seconds of Ecstasy | Requiem Metal
We open every episode of Chat out of Hell by asking "what is this" and it's never been more apt. Two baffling track choices hit the table today as we interrogate some of the shortest and least interesting songs in the Loaf / Steinman catalogue....
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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46:58
Episode 3.4 - Life is a Lemon and I Want My Money Back | Loving You's a Dirty Job (But Somebody's Got to Do It)
Big hair, big complaints and big feelings, it's Chat out of Hell!This episode Emma brings our favourite car karaoke hit Life is a Lemon and I Want My Money Back for our intrepid pair to interpret, while Sam's Bonnie Tyler obsession cont...
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49:31
Episode 3.3 - More | Los Angeloser
New year, the same Chat out of Hell.It's the turn of our lovely listeners to suggest songs this week to give our brains a good old rest. So with trepidation Sam reports on The Sisters of Mercy's More and Emma goes away to listen to Los ...
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38:26
Chat out of Hell's Christmas Horror
THIS IS NOT A NORMAL CHAT OUT OF HELLTHIS IS A HORRIBLE CHAT OUT OF HELL Please don't take time out of your Christmas Day to listen to this, it won't pay off.See you on January 6th, Loafers.
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43:28
Episode 3.2 - Total Eclipse of the Heart | Peel Out
Massive hair, massive covers and massive driving test errors, it's Chat out of Hell!We finally get to the pinaccle of Jim's 80s output in Total Eclipse of the Heart, while Peel Out takes us to its exact middle. This time, we solve the b...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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48:56
Episode 3.1 Wasted Youth | Nocturnal Pleasures | I've Been Dreaming up a Storm Lately | The Want Ad
Lonely hearts, sexy motorbikes and creeeeeeeepy mirrors! It's Chat out of Hell series 3!We start this series with a tour of Jim Steinman's weirdest monologues and take on a quadrology of loquacious nonsense. On the way we get to ask the...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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47:25
SPECIAL FILM CLUB #2
Chat out of Hell's autumn break is almost over but there's just time to squeeze in a quick round of Film Club.We dive into Meat Loaf's first big acting role in Fight Club, then just talk mostly about the admin involved in getting men to...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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49:18
Episode 2.6 - Bad For Good | Original Sin
Stage monsters, diva superspies and nicking your granny's apples! It's the end of Chat out of Hell series two!The questions everyone wants to know this time:- Has Jim Steinman ever actually been on a motorbike?- Did the ...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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55:53
Episode 2.5 - Rock & Roll Dreams Come Through | Couldn't Have Said it Better
Sexy saxophones, stirring songs and pseudo-Steinmans! It's Chat out of Hell!This episode we answer the key questions:- Where did Rory Dodd get his moustache ideas?- Where does Meat Loaf get his coats from?- What ...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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48:40
Episode 2.4 - Heaven Can Wait | Rock & Roll Mercenaries
Let's get down to it and talk business, ballads and bad 80s numbers inspired by the A-Team.This episode we'll answer questions like:- Who robbed Kermit the Frog in 1979?- Why did Bette Middler cuss out Jim Steinman so?
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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49:13
Episode 2.3 - Everything Louder than Everything Else | Dance in My Pants
Physical impossibilities, inexplicable bagpipes and Jim Steinman trying to be sexy? Sorry. Two out of three ain't bad.But we're not here for that! We're here for the big questions like:Can we have some free A1 Sauce?What...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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45:52
Episode 2.2 - Out of the Frying Pan (And into the Fire) | Hulk Hogan's Theme
A seven-minute catcall, a theme tune dashed off for an ungrateful wrestler and a horny Welsh lady making it her own! What's not to like? This episode we delve into the big questions, like:What was Jim Steinman's refridgerator-bed really...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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49:11
Episode 2.1 - I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)
Chat out of Hell 2: Chat into Hell kicks off here.We finally learn who won the cheeky bat mascot contest, Sam gets too involved in learning about A1 Sauce's "Sing For Your Beef" and we do get around to answering a few questions about I'...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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50:31
SPECIAL FILM CLUB #1
Chat out of Hell cruises to the end of its summer break with a special FILM CLUB edition.Emma has been dying to watch the Steinman-soundtracked 80s teen action flick Streets of Fire for months now. And Sam has never seen the Rocky Horro...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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46:08
Episode 1.6 - I'd Lie For You (And That's the Truth) | Train of Love
The Train of Love chugs us along to the end of the line. By which we mean, series one of Chat out of Hell. But there's a few more questions to answer first. Questions like:Who knew Meat Loaf was so big into Indiana Jones fan fiction?
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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39:33
Episode 1.5 - Paradise by the Dashboard Light | Nowhere Fast
Meat Loaf's sexiest song makes it to the table. Join Sam and Emma as they delive into Paradise by the Dashboard Light then Nowhere Fast, and have a stab at the real questions in life :Which is sexier, a woman on a motorbike or a girl ba...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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43:26
Episode 1.4 - It's All Coming Back to Me Now | Modern Girl
In the wake of Brighton Fringe we needed some slammin' music to stir us from our lethargy. And this episode provided it in spades. It's All Coming Back to Me Now and Modern Girl gave us all sorts of nonsense to chew over:Three different...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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44:48
Episode 1.3 - Martha | Where the Rubber Meets the Road
Comedians Emma Crossland and Sam Wilkinson know a bit about Meat Loaf but, as they're rapidly learning, not enough to do a review podcast. Still, they'll give it a good old go.This episode ventures into some lovely territory as we discu...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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30:00
Episode 1.2 - You Took the Words Right out of My Mouth | Midnight at the Lost and Found
The shallowest deep delve in to the works of Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman continues.Comedians Emma Crossland and Sam Wilkinson know a bit about Meat Loaf but, as they're rapidly learning, not enough to do a review podcast. Still, they'll ...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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36:20
Episode 1.1 - Bat out of Hell | Not a Dry Eye in the House
The shallowest deep delve in to the works of Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman begins here.Comedians Emma Crossland and Sam Wilkinson know a bit about Meat Loaf but, as they're rapidly learning, not enough to do a review podcast. Still, they'l...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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32:14