Pearl Aday

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Pearl Aday (born 1974) is an American female singer. Her most notable role is as a backing singer in Meat Loaf's (her stepfather) touring band Neverland Express. She has appeared on numerous albums and in various tours and television performances with her father, both as backing singer and in duets. She has also been a backing singer for Mötley Crüe. She is currently the lead singer of Mother Pearl, and is due to release a solo album.

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[edit] History

Aday went to Emerson College in Boston, MA, majoring in creative writing, but shortly began a music career.

In 1994, she was a backing singer for Meat Loaf's 1994 Bat Out of Hell II World Tour, as well as the followup 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, in 1998. In 2003, she sang on Meat Loaf's album Couldn't Have Said It Better on the duet "Man of Steel."

She was portrayed in the 2000 TV movie To Hell and Back by Elisabeth Lund.

Her work has not been limited to Meat Loaf, however. 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, who broke up before releasing an album. She currently releases music with Mother Pearl, a band she is the lead singer of. The musicians in the band were better known for their work in The Rollins Band with Henry Rollins.

In the late 1990s, she joined Los Angeles band Stella, which was fronted by Nancy Hower (Star Trek: Voyager).

Her first solo album is set to release in 2006, titled Broken Thorny Crown like her Mother Pearl release.

Aday is engaged to Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian. Her photographs appeared on the Music of Mass Destruction: Live from Chicago released by Anthrax in 2004.

[edit] Discography

Pearl Aday has been featured on many different albums and compilations by various artists.

[edit] Meat Loaf

[edit] Filter

[edit] Mother Pearl

  • Broken Thorny Crown (lead vocals)

[edit] External links

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