Pearl Aday
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Pearl Aday is an American female singer and adopted daughter of Meat Loaf
and his wife Leslie Aday. Pearl, whose biological father was the drummer for Janis Joplin’s band, Full Tilt Boogie, was adopted by Meat Loaf after he married her mother.
She toured as a backing singer in Meat Loaf
's touring band for nine years, Neverland Express
. She has appeared on numerous albums and in various tours and television performances with her father, both as backing singer and in a duet. She has also been a backing singer for Mötley Crüe
. She is currently the lead singer of her own band "Pearl" and has released her debut album on Megaforce/RED/Sony Music on January 19, 2010. Pearl has a half sister named Amanda Aday
by her mother's side of the family.
in Boston, Massachusetts
, majoring in creative writing
, but shortly thereafter began a music career.
In 1994, she was a backing singer for Meat Loaf's 1994 Bat out of Hell II
summer tour, as well as the follow-up tour in 1996, Born to Rock. She was a member of her father's backing band when they performed at the inaugural ball in 1997 for Bill Clinton
. She became a full-fledged member of Neverland Express, Meat Loaf's touring band, from 1998-2003. In 2003, she sang on Meat Loaf's album Couldn't Have Said It Better
on the duet "Man of Steel." Pearl supported Meat Loaf for an Oct 31, 2007 concert on his Seize the Night tour
.
She was portrayed in the 2000 TV movie To Hell and Back by Elisabeth Lund.
She was featured on an album by the band Filter
and was a backup singer for Mötley Crüe
on their "Maximum Rock" tour, featured on the DVD release of the tour, "Lewd, Crued, and Tattooed." She was also with a Los Angeles
-based band named Stella, fronted by Nancy Hower
(Star Trek: Voyager
), which broke up before releasing an album. She currently releases music with Pearl, a band in which she is the lead singer. The other musicians in the band are Mother Superior
, best known for their work in The Rollins Band with Henry Rollins
.
Aday is married to Anthrax
guitarist Scott Ian
. Her photographs appeared on Music of Mass Destruction: Live from Chicago released by Anthrax in 2004.
Aday now fronts the band Pearl which also features her husband Scott on guitar. In March 2008, they opened for Velvet Revolver in the UK.
Pearl opened for Meat Loaf's Casa de Carne Tour on July 4, 2008 (Bath, UK), July 11, 2008 (Castle Howard, York, UK), July 13, 2008 (Blickling Hall, Norfolk, UK), July 21, 2008 (Zitadelle Berlin, Germany) and on July 23, 2008 (Stadtpark Hamburg, Germany). In May 2009, she appeared on the FOX game show "Don't Forget the Lyrics" along with her father Meat Loaf
and his duet partner Patti Russo
. They won $500K for charity. She headlined her own 13-date 2010 U.S. tour before rejoining Meat Loaf as an opening act in support of the Hang Cool Tour in 2010. In support of her first album, she also appeared on the January 21, 2010 episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live
. Both she and her husband scheduled downtime from their musical careers, as the couple had a son named Revel Young Ian on June 19, 2011.
Pearl Aday has been featured on many different albums and compilations by various artists.
Meat Loaf
Michael Lee Aday , better known by his stage name, Meat Loaf, is an American hard rock musician and actor...
and his wife Leslie Aday. Pearl, whose biological father was the drummer for Janis Joplin’s band, Full Tilt Boogie, was adopted by Meat Loaf after he married her mother.
She toured as a backing singer in Meat Loaf
Meat Loaf
Michael Lee Aday , better known by his stage name, Meat Loaf, is an American hard rock musician and actor...
's touring band for nine years, Neverland Express
Neverland Express
The Neverland Express is the name for Meat Loaf's live band. The name is most likely taken from Jim Steinman's affinity for Peter Pan.This list does not contain guest members.-Current lineup:Paul Crook: Lead Guitars: Guitars, VocalsDanny Miranda: Bass...
. She has appeared on numerous albums and in various tours and television performances with her father, both as backing singer and in a duet. She has also been a backing singer for Mötley Crüe
Mötley Crüe
Mötley Crüe is an American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1981. The group was founded by bass guitarist Nikki Sixx and drummer Tommy Lee, who were later joined by lead guitarist Mick Mars and lead singer Vince Neil...
. She is currently the lead singer of her own band "Pearl" and has released her debut album on Megaforce/RED/Sony Music on January 19, 2010. Pearl has a half sister named Amanda Aday
Amanda Aday
Amanda Lee Aday is an American actress. Born in New York City, Aday is best known for her recurring role as Dora Mae Dreifuss on the first season of the 2003-2005 HBO series Carnivàle....
by her mother's side of the family.
History
Aday went to Emerson CollegeEmerson College
Emerson College is a private coeducational university located in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1880 by Charles Wesley Emerson as a "school of oratory," Emerson is "the only comprehensive college or university in America dedicated exclusively to communication and the arts in a liberal arts...
in Boston, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
, majoring in creative writing
Creative writing
Creative writing is considered to be any writing, fiction, poetry, or non-fiction, that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, journalistic, academic, and technical forms of literature. Works which fall into this category include novels, epics, short stories, and poems...
, but shortly thereafter began a music career.
In 1994, she was a backing singer for Meat Loaf's 1994 Bat out of Hell II
Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell
Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell is a 1993 studio album by Meat Loaf and was written and produced by Jim Steinman. It was released sixteen years after Meat Loaf's second solo album Bat Out of Hell. It reached #1 in the US, the UK and Australia...
summer tour, as well as the follow-up tour in 1996, Born to Rock. She was a member of her father's backing band when they performed at the inaugural ball in 1997 for Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...
. She became a full-fledged member of Neverland Express, Meat Loaf's touring band, from 1998-2003. In 2003, she sang on Meat Loaf's album Couldn't Have Said It Better
Couldn't Have Said It Better
Couldn't Have Said It Better is a 2003 album by Meat Loaf.Only for the third time in his career, Meat Loaf released an album without any songs written by Jim Steinman...
on the duet "Man of Steel." Pearl supported Meat Loaf for an Oct 31, 2007 concert on his Seize the Night tour
Seize the Night tour
Seize the Night is a 2007 world tour by Meat Loaf to promote the Bat out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose album....
.
She was portrayed in the 2000 TV movie To Hell and Back by Elisabeth Lund.
She was featured on an album by the band Filter
Filter (band)
Filter is a rock group formed in 1993 in Cleveland by singer Richard Patrick and guitarist/programmer Brian Liesegang. Filter has released five studio albums, the most recent being The Trouble with Angels, which was released on August 17, 2010....
and was a backup singer for Mötley Crüe
Mötley Crüe
Mötley Crüe is an American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1981. The group was founded by bass guitarist Nikki Sixx and drummer Tommy Lee, who were later joined by lead guitarist Mick Mars and lead singer Vince Neil...
on their "Maximum Rock" tour, featured on the DVD release of the tour, "Lewd, Crued, and Tattooed." She was also with a Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
-based band named Stella, fronted by Nancy Hower
Nancy Hower
Nancy Hower is an American actress, director, screenwriter and producer.-Early life:Nancy Hower grew up in Wyckoff, New Jersey, U.S., and is one of nine children. She appeared onstage for the first time as a senior in high school...
(Star Trek: Voyager
Star Trek: Voyager
Star Trek: Voyager is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe. Set in the 24th century from the year 2371 through 2378, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet vessel USS Voyager, which becomes stranded in the Delta Quadrant 70,000 light-years from Earth while...
), which broke up before releasing an album. She currently releases music with Pearl, a band in which she is the lead singer. The other musicians in the band are Mother Superior
Mother Superior (band)
Mother Superior is a Los Angeles based rock band, consisting of guitarist/vocalist Jim Wilson, bassist Marcus Blake and drummer Matt Tecu. In addition to playing live with the Rollins Band and U2 producer Daniel Lanois, the band has done session work with Daniel Lanois, Henry Rollins, Tony...
, best known for their work in The Rollins Band with Henry Rollins
Henry Rollins
Henry Rollins is an American singer-songwriter, spoken word artist, writer, comedian, publisher, actor, and radio DJ....
.
Aday is married to Anthrax
Anthrax (band)
Anthrax is an American heavy metal band from New York City, formed in 1981. Founded by guitarists Scott Ian and Danny Lilker, the band has since released ten studio albums and 20 singles, and an EP featuring Public Enemy. The band was one of the most popular of the 1980s thrash metal scene...
guitarist Scott Ian
Scott Ian
Scott Ian Rosenfeld , better known by the stage name Scott Ian, is an American musician, best known as the rhythm & lead guitarist for the heavy metal band Anthrax. Ian is also the guitarist and a founding member of the crossover thrash band Stormtroopers of Death...
. Her photographs appeared on Music of Mass Destruction: Live from Chicago released by Anthrax in 2004.
Aday now fronts the band Pearl which also features her husband Scott on guitar. In March 2008, they opened for Velvet Revolver in the UK.
Pearl opened for Meat Loaf's Casa de Carne Tour on July 4, 2008 (Bath, UK), July 11, 2008 (Castle Howard, York, UK), July 13, 2008 (Blickling Hall, Norfolk, UK), July 21, 2008 (Zitadelle Berlin, Germany) and on July 23, 2008 (Stadtpark Hamburg, Germany). In May 2009, she appeared on the FOX game show "Don't Forget the Lyrics" along with her father Meat Loaf
Meat Loaf
Michael Lee Aday , better known by his stage name, Meat Loaf, is an American hard rock musician and actor...
and his duet partner Patti Russo
Patti Russo
Patricia "Patti" Russo is an American singer/songwriter/actress. She is perhaps best known as Meat Loaf's female lead vocalist, touring the world with his Neverland Express band for eighteen years.-Career:...
. They won $500K for charity. She headlined her own 13-date 2010 U.S. tour before rejoining Meat Loaf as an opening act in support of the Hang Cool Tour in 2010. In support of her first album, she also appeared on the January 21, 2010 episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.The nightly hour-long show made its debut on January 26, 2003, following Super Bowl XXXVII. Jimmy Kimmel Live! is produced by Jackhole Productions in association with ABC Studios...
. Both she and her husband scheduled downtime from their musical careers, as the couple had a son named Revel Young Ian on June 19, 2011.
Pearl
- Little Immaculate White FoxLittle Immaculate White FoxLittle Immaculate White Fox is the debut album of American rock singer Pearl Aday, released in January 2010 on Megaforce Records. The album deviates from the style of Pearl's father Meat Loaf's operatic rock, and leans more towards classic rock sound with a strong resemblance to the music of Janis...
(2010)
Pearl Aday has been featured on many different albums and compilations by various artists.
Meat Loaf
- Welcome to the NeighborhoodWelcome to the NeighborhoodWelcome to the Neighbourhood is Meat Loaf's seventh studio album, released in 1995 as follow-up to the popular album Bat out of Hell II: Back Into Hell. The album went platinum in the US and UK....
(backup vocals) - Live Around the World (backup vocals)
- The Very Best of Meat LoafThe Very Best of Meat LoafThe Very Best of Meat Loaf is a 1998 album spanning the first 21 years of Meat Loaf's recording career. Although not reaching the top ten in the UK, it recently went platinum, and was already platinum around the rest of the world just after its release...
(backup vocals) - VH1 StorytellersVH1 StorytellersStorytellers is a television music series produced by the VH1 network.In each episode artists perform in front of a live audience, and tell stories about their music, writing experiences and memories, somewhat similar to MTV Unplugged...
(backup vocals) - Couldn't Have Said It BetterCouldn't Have Said It BetterCouldn't Have Said It Better is a 2003 album by Meat Loaf.Only for the third time in his career, Meat Loaf released an album without any songs written by Jim Steinman...
(backup vocals, duet on "Man of Steel," which was also a UK single release)
External links
- Pearl's Official Website www.cheersloverock.com.
- An interview with Meat Loaf and Pearl Aday, from the Times in the UK.
- Pearl Aday multimedia — News, multimedia clips, biography
- [ Allmusic.com article on Pearl Aday]