It was two summers ago that I first encountered the sound of The Pretty Reckless at the 2010 edition of the Van’s Warped Tour in West Palm Beach. My editor and I had just arrived to a stage where we caught about half of the bands set, and were mutually impressed by tunes that would make their appearance on the debut disc, Light Me Up. Now two years later, I have to say that said disc has to be one of my favorite debut albums released in recent memory, and now have the privilege to sit down with the group’s front woman herself.
At the end of their headlining tour, the band is about to head out with one of South Florida’s
favorite dark sons, Marilyn Manson, on what is sure to be one of their most interesting tours to say the least. In light of this, and their headlining date at Ft. Lauderdale’s Culture Room, we had to discuss track her down to talk about the band’s beginnings, touring and the band’s latest EP, Hit Me Like A Man.
The Pretty Reckless is one show you don’t want to miss!

In the latest inaugural issue of SFL Onstage there is a three page interview with Taylor, and also a review of the Hit Me Like A Man EP.
The magazine is a free online pdf that’s available at www.sflonstage.com.
You can also check out the website’s Facebook page located here.

The feature is on page 15-18, and a review of the Hit Me Like A Man EP is on page 33.
The next issue will also have a live review of the band’s performance at Ft. Lauderdale’s Culture Room. I will be posting about that also.

Thanks to Matthew from SFL Onstage Magazine for sending this infomation my way.

Taylor Momsen has joked that Marilyn Manson told her to “worship Satan”.

The teen star is currently supporting the iconic goth rocker on tour and explained that while she is a huge fan of his music, she didn’t ask him for any career advice.

The Pretty Reckless singer prefers to make her own mistakes rather than living by someone else’s rules.

“Yeah, he told me to worship Satan!” she joked when asked by Kerrang! if he had imparted any wisdom on her.

Taylor also revealed that she made some sacrifices to tour with Manson.

The former Gossip Girl actress cancelled a series of gigs with her own band to support the provocative goth artist.

“I’ve been a fan since I was very young so to get that call asking us to open was so exciting. We actually had our own dates planned but we cancelled a lot of them so we could do it. It’s motherf**king Marilyn Manson after all,” she said. “It’s great seeing him off stage because he’s always Marilyn Manson – what you see is what you get. I don’t think he’s playing a character.”

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Alright. So I just interviewed Taylor Momsen of The Pretty Reckless backstage at The Masquerade. Not gonna lie…I had no idea what to expect when I went into this interview. However, besides the fact that we had to do the interview backstage during the opening act (where is the soundproof room?!), it all went down pretty smoothly.

Based on what I have read about Taylor, the last thing I expected was for her to be friendly (nice, sure…but downright friendly?). She welcomed us (my friend/videographer, Katie, and I) backstage and comfortably chatted with us while we got set up. To put it simply, I really enjoyed myself during this interview.

As for the show…dude. Ok. Everyone talks about what Taylor does and wears onstage. A lot of the buzz seems to be about how scandalous she gets. However, people seem to keep forgetting to talk about the actual music. Which, after having seen them live, I now find absolutely astonishing.

The girl can sing. She gets up there and does whatever moves she does and wears whatever she wears to get the audience going, but the real “wow” moment for me was when she opened her mouth. Undeniable voice. Truly, truly talented. For me, he pure talent of the band and her voice completely overshadowed her stage personality (which, in my opinion, is how it should be).

Go ahead and check out our interview below. Bear with me on the dang sound issues.

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