PHOENIX — Editor's Note: The above video is from an earlier broadcast.
Alice Cooper said he lost a friend this week after the announcement that the singer Meat Loaf had died Thursday night. He was 74.
The Valley resident and rock icon said Meat Loaf, known for the 1977 album "Bat Out of Hell," was his "closest friend" in the music business.
"There was nobody, and I mean nobody like Meat Loaf. His shoes can never be filled," Cooper wrote in a statement.
Cooper said Meat Loaf had one of the greatest singing voices and always maintained a powerful stage presence.
"We worked together many times over the years and he was always a force," Cooper added. "He was a real theatrical character like I was so our shows went really well together."
Cooper and Meat Loaf acted alongside each other in the 1980 film "Roadie," a musical comedy featuring cameos from Roy Orbison, Hank Williams, and the band Blondie.
Meat Loaf additionally appeared in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show," "Wayne's World," and "Fight Club."
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