Induct Jim Steinman into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

We, the undersigned, would like to nominate JIM STEINMAN to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a Non-Performer. He qualifies in that he is a songwriter and producer who has had a major influence on the development of rock and roll.

His first record, the legendary Bat Out of Hell with Meat Loaf, became the biggest debut album ever and the second best selling disc of all time, featuring such #1 hits as "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" and "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad."

Other #1's from his Seventies and Eighties period include "Dead Ringer for Love" for Meat Loaf, "Total Eclipse of the Heart" for Bonnie Tyler (which hit #1 again in 1995), "Making Love (Out of Nothing At All)" for Air Supply, and "Holding Out for a Hero" for Bonnie Tyler. In this same period, he made one platinum album as a solo singer, Bad for Good.

In 1993, 16 years after the original, Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell, again with Meat Loaf, topped the charts in 38 countries, spawning history's biggest rock single sales ever with "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)."

Other #1's from his Nineties period include "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" for Celine Dion (which was named the 1997 Song of the Year by BMI for having had the most broadcasts worldwide - 1.6 million), a song from her album Falling into You (for which Jim won a Grammy as producer of the Best Album of the Year), and "No Matter What" for Boyzone (England's Record of the Year for 1998, #1 in 18 countries).

His marriage of rock and roll with theatre includes Whistle Down the Wind, for which he wrote lyrics to Andrew Lloyd Webber's music. It's running again in London's West End, where it opened to rave reviews and rapturous audience response. He has also written the score for Tanz der Vampire, a musical staged by Roman Polanski which opened in Vienna in October 1997 to rave reviews and record box office, and is currently still selling out in its 9th year, now in Berlin. Tanz der Vampire productions are also now playing in Tokyo, Poland and Hungary, and there is an upcoming movie of Tanz der Vampire planned as well. He is currently working on a massive stage spectacle, to be staged in a theatre expressly designed and built for it. It will be moveable too. The show, which may be co-written with Terry Jones of Monty Python fame, will feature motorcyclists doing astounding stunts, BMX riders, skateboarders, and a corps of amazing dancers from all around the globe, including the most incredible flying ever seen by a troupe of Russian wizards. All Jim's songs will be chosen by Jim, and three major new ones too.

His marriage of rock and roll with cinema includes music for such films as Footloose, Streets of Fire, The Shadow, and Mask of Zorro. He also conceived and executive produced, and wrote songs and score for, the film Wuthering Heights in 2003 for MTV. There is also a new film musical being written by Stuart Beattie, of Collateral and Pirates of the Caribbean, using all Jim's songs. Jim has also created a new show for Disney TV, an animated show for the new JETIX channel, a "hipper" Disney animated format closer to anime. He will write a song a week and executive produce. The show, called Bikers of the Round Table, is developed to use the Orange County Choppers from TLC's top rated show Master Choppers.

Finally, Jim, along with Steven Rinkoff, has formed a new group, The Dream Engine, to deliver Jim's new songs and some classics in a unique and thrilling way. Steinman is also the president of Ravenous Entertainment, which includes Ravenous Records, and is distributed by Sony Records worldwide.

Our reasons are plentiful and are expressed in our signature messages. We simply ask that you read them and consider what we, his fans, have experienced with him throughout the years!