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Not long after New York rockers The Pretty Reckless released their third album, 2016âs bluesy âWho You Selling Forâ, the quartet â lead vocalist Taylor Momsen, guitarist Ben Phillips, bassist Mark Damon and drummer Jamie Perkins â were hit by the first of two tragedies that they would come to face.
In May 2017, while Momsen and co. were on tour with grunge pioneers Soundgarden, the latter band’s frontman Chris Cornell heartbreakingly took his life after a gig in Detroit. Then, 11 months later, The Pretty Reckless’ longtime producer Kato Khandwala died in a motorcycle accident. They retreated and created an album on which they explored their grief.
Album review: The Pretty Reckless – Death By Rock And Roll
Taylor Momsen mourns death, celebrates life and rallies against injustice on The Pretty Reckless’ excellent fourth album Death By Rock And Roll
Words: James Hickie
The first track The Pretty Reckless recorded for Death By Rock And Roll was 25, in recognition of singer Taylor Momsen reaching a quarter of a century. No-one, it appears, was more surprised she made it to that milestone than her. ‘
At 25, and still alive / Much longer than expected for a man’, sings Taylor, over a moody meeting of guitar and snare that resembles the opening theme from a James Bond film, right down to the franchise’s trademark musical motif. Perhaps it’s deliberate: a song about going the distance in a man’s world wearing the clothes of one of the most feted – and sexist – male characters in entertainment? Whether on purpose or not, it’s a great song. And one of many.
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The Pretty Reckless lead vocalist opens up about her struggles with depression in 2017 as she hit rock bottom after her friend and mentor passed away in tragic deaths. Feb 8, 2021
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Actress-turned-rocker
Taylor Momsen fell into a black hole of depression and substance abuse after a pair of shattering deaths in 2017.
The Pretty Reckless singer was just coming to terms with the suicide of her friend and mentor
Kato Khandwala died in a motorcycle accident, and the blonde beauty admitted she hit rock bottom afterwards.
The Pretty Reckless singer Taylor Momsen has been through a lot in the past three years. Her angst and are on full display on the band s triumphant new album