Pearl Aday is named for the nickname of Janis Joplin and is the daughter of Meat Loaf, so it should be no surprise she was exposed to music early in life. As a baby, she was sometimes brought to recording studios where her father was laying down tracks. After many years as a backup vocalist, she is now fronting a band with strong rock ‘n roll roots.

Pearl consists of Aday on vocals, Marcus Blake on bass, Andy Hurley on drums and Jim Wilson and Scott Ian on guitars.

Aday grew up in Connecticut. She sang in school plays and played cello in a school orchestra. During high school she was a member of a select choir that toured Europe.

After high school she joined her father’s band and sang with them for nine years.

Her father took her to a Mötley Crüe concert when she was 14. In 2000 she toured with the band as one of their backup singers. The job required five costume changes each concert.

“It was a dream come true,” she said. “I grew up being a huge Mötley Crüe fan.”

While launching her musical career she also earned a degree from Emerson College in Boston.

Assembling Pearl took some time, Aday noted. Her fiance is Scott Ian of Anthrax. He played in a band called Mother Superior with Wilson and Blake and he introduced them to Aday. In 2004 Aday began writing songs with the two and they recorded a demo.

The band began playing gigs on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles. They honed their set, dropping some songs they were not happy with and writing new ones.

Their songwriting process begins with Wilson and Blake coming up with riffs and melodies. Then the three of them flesh out the song, with Aday writing the lyrics. “The mood of the music will take me to a story, or evoke an emotion.”

When they were ready to record an album, they enlisted the services of producer Joe Barresi, who has worked with Tool, Queens of the Stone Age and Bad Religion. They entered a studio and recorded most of the album “Little Immaculate White Fox.”

When they finished, Aday thought the album needed a bit more diversity. She went back in the studio and recorded “Broken White” with producer Jay Ruston and a cover of the Tina Turner song “Nutbush City Limits” with Warren Riker producing.

Aday describes herself as a huge classic rock fan. She also has a strong connection to soul music of the 1960s and 1970s. “I am a big Tina Turner fan,” she noted. She feels the soul influence comes through in her vocals. “That music has a sense of honesty to it.”

Pearl went on the road as the opening act for Velvet Revolver. This past spring they did a tour headlining clubs. Next up is three weeks on the road opening for Meat Loaf. Aday said being his daughter did not mean the band got some automatic invitation. “It is not easy to get on his tours. He did not hand this to me,” she said, noting her father does like her music.

Aday noted the band’s musical diversity has its drawbacks. She knows an executive at a major record label who is a big fan of her music. He told her he would not sign the band because he would not know what to do with them in terms of marketing.

But she is unfazed. “This music is attractive to people. The response we are getting to the album is awesome,” she said. “It is kick ass rock ‘n roll.”

Pearl and Meat Loaf play Snoqualmie Casino in Snoqualmie on Aug. 15. Doors open at 5 p.m.