 By the time Meat Loaf set about finally recording Bat II in the early 90s , the industry 's enthusiasm for the project had waned . According to the artist 's then manager , Tommy Manzi , in an interview with HitQuarters , " That project was considered a joke as far as the industry was concerned , " and Manzi 's management company Left Bank were " laughed at " for attempting to revive the fortunes of a well @-@ established act rather than focus on " the next hip band " . 
