I donīt think it was up to Meat then to decide wether going on touring or taking a break. That said just imagine yourself standing in front of thousands loving what you do and how you do it. You feel the stress is ruining your voice but you still want to deliver and of course itīs getting worse every night. In the end you try everything no matter how bad it is and how hard it is.
> On the other side: thatīs the nature of many of Jims
> songs. Still think there are not many others out there
> being able to do Jims songs like Meat did over 20 years.
>
> > It isn't about singing 6 days a week. Plenty of
> > professional singers do that. The problem is that Meat
> > didn't sing properly. He screamed and screeched, and tore
> > up his voice.
> >
> > > To prevent Meats voice from going out during the first Bat
> > > out of Hell gig was to go on tour for a couple of weeks at
> > > a time and then take time off. That way, he could have
> > > taken about another couple of weeks to let his voice heal
> > > as well as his body. He would have been able to keep
> > > focused and on track way better than singing 6 days a
> > > week-every week!! Then maybe, just maybe things could have
> > > turned out alot differently. He could have sang on Bad for
> > > Good, never had that weird break-down that he did,
> > > possibly had a better relationship with Steinman, Bat 3
> > > could have been the 'Real Deal' etc. etc.
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