The Pretty Reckless

All right my rock peers, here is the first band I want to introduce you to. The Pretty Reckless are a hard-core grunge band band that formed in New York, USA. This band had started little and is currently working there way up to the charts, The Pretty Reckless speaks to the youth of rock n roll and they express three opinions and expressions threw there music. The members of the band are Taylor Momsen (lead singer), Ben Phillips(lead guitarist and background vocalist), Mark Damon(bass), and Jamie Perkins(drums). Taylor Momsen use to be involved with modeling, acting, and did do music when she was younger. Taylor Momsen was on CW TV series, Gossip Girl as "Jenny Humphrey" and was in How the Grinch stole Christmas as "Cindy Lu Who". Taylor loved acting and modeling, but she had said in an interview that she did love to act but wanted to focus on music. Taylor had said, "music is more personal because you are writing it and your involved in every step of the way". Taylor loved music more because she said when your acting your playing another person, and she wanted to be her own person. Taylor met up with rock producer, Khandwala, and had had introduced to her to current guitar player, Ben Phillips. The two of them co-write songs together for the band and at the time, they had a line up for new members. The old members of the band were, John Secolo, Matt Chiarelli, and Nick Carbone. The three of them had played for a year with Momsen and Phillips, and in 2010 new members, Mark Damon and Jamie Perkins(present members) joined The Pretty Reckless and replaced John, Matt, and Nick. The Annex in New York was there first performance, May, 5th, 2009 (Mark and Jamie weren't in the band the first performance for New York.) The Pretty Reckless had recorded and released there first single "Make me wanna die" on December, 30th, 2009. Taylor, Ben, Mark, and Jamie's career just opened many doors for the band.


The Pretty Reckless had released there first ever EP on June, 22nd, 2010, and there second single "Miss Nothing" was released on August, 9th, 2010.Miss Nothing music video was premiered on July, 22nd, 2010.


 The Pretty Reckless had finally came out with there first album, "Light me up" on August, 31st, 2010.The band had toured with Wraped Tours and have been opening acts for many bands. A couple years later they started working on there second album, "Going to Hell". The band released there first single, "Going to Hell", off there album on September, 19th, 2013. Going to Hell music video was then released a month later, October, 16th, 2013. They then decided to release a second single, "Heaven knows" on November, 19th, 2013, and then there music video preimerd on February, 13th, 2014. Going to Hell was finally released on iTunes and in stores on March, 18th, 2014. The day the single, "Going to Hell" released they also announced that they would be doing a Going to Hell 2013-2014 Tour. They performed eighty shows on there tour. The Pretty Reckless speaks to the youth, speaks in music, they express the truth, and will express rock n roll threw out the world.

 

 

TOP SINGLES:

• Make me wanna die (2009)
• My Medicine (2009)
• Kill me (2010)
• Going to Hell (2013)
• Follow me down (2013)
• Heaven knows (2014)

TOURS:

• Light me up tour 2010-2012
• The medicine tour 2012
• Involved with warped tour 2010
• Opening act for Evanescence tour 2011
• Opening for Guns n Roses Chemistry Democracy tour 2011
• Opening act for Marylin Manson Hey cruel world tour 2012
• Going to Hell tour 2013-2014
• Opening act for Fallout Boy Save rock n roll European tour 2014
• Opening act for Nickleback No fixed address tour 2015
• Opening act for Halestorm Carnival Madness tour 2015

PERSONAL OPINION 

The Pretty Reckless is one of my favorite rock n roll bands of all time and I found out about them from one of my best friends and instantly I fell in love with them. I went to there Going to Hell tour in 2014 and it was probably the best concert I went to, out of a lot of concerts. They speak to me threw music language and o the rest of the youth of rock n roll. I am proud to say I am a TPR fan and will be till the day I die. Check out there top singles on iTunes and get hooked! I promise they will not let you down, I guarantee you will love there music, so go listen to them as soon as possible!