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An American songwriter, composer, arranger and [[Record Producer]] famed for his love of both ''[[Peter Pan]]'' and [[Rock and Roll]] [[Cliché Storm|clichés]], Jim Steinman claims that he became enamoured of rock music at an early age when he heard a Fender Telecaster overloading a Marshall amplifier. His work, which he describes as "[[Richard Wagner|Wagnerian rock]]", is characterised by a sound that is simultaneously massive and low-key, combining influences ranging from [[Phil Spector]]'s "Wall of Sound", to [[Bruce Springsteen|Springsteen]]-influenced anthems of [[The Who|Townshendian]] teenage angst.

Steinman got his start in musical theatre, scoring, arranging and playing piano in a number of productions. He met [[Meat Loaf]], then an aspiring singer and actor, when he auditioned for an off-Broadway musical composed by Steinman called ''More Than You Deserve'' and they began a partnership that leadled to the massively successful album ''Bat Out of Hell''.

Since then, he has worked as a prolific producer and composer. While more inclined to be involved in the behind-the-scenes aspects of the music business either as a composer or a producer, he does perform on occasion; in 1981 he released a solo album called ''Bad For Good'' (composed of material he originally intended for Meat Loaf, who was recovering from damaged vocal cords at the time), and has been a "special guest star" in a number of Meat Loaf's tours. Less directly, he assembled and guided the all-female rock group Pandora's Box in the late 1980s, and produced their one album, ''Original Sin''.