01-04-2014, 13:08
enters the Billboard chart this week at #4
Spotify online listen
4.0 of 5.0 from allmusic
SteveO alert, female fronted rock band
new artist for me, 2nd album
about half worthy of a listen for me
Paramore comes to mind or maybe Avril
claims Joan Jett and Courtney Love as influences
artist website - http://goingtohell.me/tour/
Bio - from allmusic
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Like her co-star Leighton Meester, Taylor Momsen rose to fame as an actress on the TV series Gossip Girl before launching a separate music
career. She formed the Reckless in 2009, later changing the bandâs name to The Pretty Reckless to avoid trademark problems. With Momsen on
vocals, John Secolo on guitar, Matt Chiarelli on bass, and Nick Carbone on drums, the group began finding a balance between hard rock and post-
grunge, taking cues from female-fronted bands like Hole and the Runaways along the way. They worked quickly, playing some initial shows in New
York City before landing an opening slot on the Veronicasâ North American tour several months later. The tour went well, and Interscope Records
signed the band before the year was up.
Pretty Reckless completely revised their lineup in 2010, with Momsen retaining her frontwoman role as guitarist Ben Phillips, bassist Mark
Damon, and drummer Jamie Perkins all replaced her previous bandmates. After spending several months in the studio, the group released its first
single, "Make Me Wanna Die," on the Kick-Ass soundtrack. The band's first album, Light Me Up, saw release in Europe and Australia in late summer
of 2010 and the record rolled out in North America in 2011.
Pretty Reckless toured steadily behind Light Me Up, releasing the Hit Me Like A Man EP in March of 2012. A year later, the group's second full-
length album Going To Hell appeared.
Album Review - from allmusic
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Rebellion is part and parcel of rock & roll, but few rockers have had it harder than Taylor Momsen. A child star who appeared in Ron Howard's
grotesque 2000 adaptation of How the Grinch Stole Christmas and came to stardom as Jenny Humphrey in the 2000s series Gossip Girl, Momsen needed
to work hard to be considered on her own merits, something that was especially difficult because she specialized in an overdriven '90s grunge
showcased in MTV's forgotten mid-decade show SuperRock. Momsen worships at the altar of Courtney Love but doesn't quite care to push buttons;
she rebels in a vacuum, pushing the buttons of parents who came of age in the '50s. That's part of the charm of the Pretty Reckless: they fight
battles long since settled but they believe it, man, and they're ready to rebel in a time-honored tradition they've learned through
retrospectives and word of mouth myths. The saving grace of the Pretty Reckless, especially on Going to Hell, which is way better than their
2010 debut Light Me Up, is that they act as if these long-settled battles are still fresh, so they rail against the dying of the light with
overdriven amps and stadium chants as they stumble into quite good bubblegum grunge hooks. It's hard to think of this as music that belongs to
2014 -- it's rooted in the '90s and doesn't want to move beyond it -- but there's nevertheless a twitchy teen rebellion that fuels the whole
enterprise, and that's why Going to Hell works: the group may be following a blueprint, but they believe they're following their own course, and
that conviction is convincing.
the single I think, but not my fav:
[video=youtube;bmtbg5b7_Aw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmtbg5b7_Aw[/video]
Track Listing
1. Follow Me Down
2. Going to Hell
3. Heaven Knows
4. House on a Hill
5. Sweet Things
6. Dear Sister
7. Absolution
8. Blame Me
9. Burn
10. Why'd You Bring a Shotgun to the Party
11. Censored World
12. Waiting for a Friend
Spotify online listen
4.0 of 5.0 from allmusic
SteveO alert, female fronted rock band
new artist for me, 2nd album
about half worthy of a listen for me
Paramore comes to mind or maybe Avril
claims Joan Jett and Courtney Love as influences
artist website - http://goingtohell.me/tour/
Bio - from allmusic
Like her co-star Leighton Meester, Taylor Momsen rose to fame as an actress on the TV series Gossip Girl before launching a separate music
career. She formed the Reckless in 2009, later changing the bandâs name to The Pretty Reckless to avoid trademark problems. With Momsen on
vocals, John Secolo on guitar, Matt Chiarelli on bass, and Nick Carbone on drums, the group began finding a balance between hard rock and post-
grunge, taking cues from female-fronted bands like Hole and the Runaways along the way. They worked quickly, playing some initial shows in New
York City before landing an opening slot on the Veronicasâ North American tour several months later. The tour went well, and Interscope Records
signed the band before the year was up.
Pretty Reckless completely revised their lineup in 2010, with Momsen retaining her frontwoman role as guitarist Ben Phillips, bassist Mark
Damon, and drummer Jamie Perkins all replaced her previous bandmates. After spending several months in the studio, the group released its first
single, "Make Me Wanna Die," on the Kick-Ass soundtrack. The band's first album, Light Me Up, saw release in Europe and Australia in late summer
of 2010 and the record rolled out in North America in 2011.
Pretty Reckless toured steadily behind Light Me Up, releasing the Hit Me Like A Man EP in March of 2012. A year later, the group's second full-
length album Going To Hell appeared.
Album Review - from allmusic
Rebellion is part and parcel of rock & roll, but few rockers have had it harder than Taylor Momsen. A child star who appeared in Ron Howard's
grotesque 2000 adaptation of How the Grinch Stole Christmas and came to stardom as Jenny Humphrey in the 2000s series Gossip Girl, Momsen needed
to work hard to be considered on her own merits, something that was especially difficult because she specialized in an overdriven '90s grunge
showcased in MTV's forgotten mid-decade show SuperRock. Momsen worships at the altar of Courtney Love but doesn't quite care to push buttons;
she rebels in a vacuum, pushing the buttons of parents who came of age in the '50s. That's part of the charm of the Pretty Reckless: they fight
battles long since settled but they believe it, man, and they're ready to rebel in a time-honored tradition they've learned through
retrospectives and word of mouth myths. The saving grace of the Pretty Reckless, especially on Going to Hell, which is way better than their
2010 debut Light Me Up, is that they act as if these long-settled battles are still fresh, so they rail against the dying of the light with
overdriven amps and stadium chants as they stumble into quite good bubblegum grunge hooks. It's hard to think of this as music that belongs to
2014 -- it's rooted in the '90s and doesn't want to move beyond it -- but there's nevertheless a twitchy teen rebellion that fuels the whole
enterprise, and that's why Going to Hell works: the group may be following a blueprint, but they believe they're following their own course, and
that conviction is convincing.
the single I think, but not my fav:
[video=youtube;bmtbg5b7_Aw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmtbg5b7_Aw[/video]
Track Listing
1. Follow Me Down
2. Going to Hell
3. Heaven Knows
4. House on a Hill
5. Sweet Things
6. Dear Sister
7. Absolution
8. Blame Me
9. Burn
10. Why'd You Bring a Shotgun to the Party
11. Censored World
12. Waiting for a Friend
