The Pretty Reckless

The Pretty Reckless is a New York rock band that was formed and is fronted by Gossip Girl actress Taylor Momsen.

On starting Pretty Reckless, Taylor Monsen told Sebastiano Mereu of From Hero To Zero: "For me, music is - I say a 'passion,' but it's more than a passion, it's my identity. I've been writing songs and singing and playing guitar since my birth. I've been humming melodies since I was a child, so it was something I always did. I was in different bands. When I met this band, when I met Ben [Phillips] first and we started writing together, there was a magic 'click' there. It wasn't really a choice. It was out of desperation, the need to play music."

Their debut single, "Make Me Wanna Die," featured in the end credits of the movie Kick-Ass.