The Pretty Reckless review

Gossip Girl star Taylor Momsen has a pretty big job on her hands convincing us she is not just a mediocre pop singer dressed up as Courtney Love with just as much attitude and a hell of a lot more black eyeliner.

(Her band) The Pretty Reckless’ new single ‘make me wanna die’ entered the UK charts at number 16 and everything is looking promising for this young ‘rock-star’ with an album due to be released in June.

The dark sound of the lyrics and the hoarse voice of the lead singer makes this song a world away from pop (for that reason, solely, it gets a thumbs up in my books) but is it really rock? Or a wanna-be replica of Courtney Love’s band Hole (who Momsen cited as an inspiration)? Is it really wanna-be-rock-but-really-pop, just like Avril Lavinge?

During an interview on This Morning she apologised for swearing, realizing she wasn'y allowed to. What happened to the good old days, ey? When The Sex Pistols wouldn’t give a ‘s**t’ and swear live on TV and Pete Townshend would smash up his guitar on stage for real (and not just a music video).

Is The Pretty Reckless the start of a new wave of rock bands bringing hard/grunge rock back into the mainstream? I guess we’ll see in time, but I sure hope so!