Who are members of The Pretty Littles and what are their roles?
Jack – YELL
Will – BANG
Simon – SHRED
Jono – SLAP
How long have you been playing together? Can you tell us how you originally formed? Where did your name come from?
Been playing together in the current form for a couple of years now. We formed cause Jack and Simon wanted to play louder music and ask Will and Jono who were in another band if they wanted to play in The Pretty Littles too. We sucked for a little while, but then we became buddies and the songs got way better. Now we are all heaps happy. The name doesn’t really come from anywhere. Heaps of people don’t like it. Some do though. It’s from I Am The Walrus where Mr Lennon describes a ‘pretty little policeman’.
How would you describe your sound?
Ummmm. A bit rough. With a lot of heart and smiles. Rock and roll?
Who are your influences?
The Vasco Era!! The Fumes! Big Scary! Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Mess Hall, Paul Dempsey, Nirvana, Joe Neptune, Knitting For Gran, The Delta Riggs.
Have you had many gigs recently?
Lots. Nearly got beat up by another drummer last Saturday night. He thought I jumped into his drumk kit in some sweet rock n roll move. In reality, I just had a stumble. Then greased me off for the next 35 minutes. Good bloke.
If you could share a stage with any band in the world who would you choose?
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and The Vasco Era. And like, The Rolling Stones or something.
What is The Pretty Littles career highlight so far?
Fluking a gig at The Forum is right up there. And a rad house party at Rubo, our mates house.
If a crowd comes to see The Pretty Littles perform live what will they go away remembering?
Ummmm not a lot. Hopefully they were heaps wasted and wake up in a haze and can only just remember this super sweet band playing.
You’ve just released a new EP. What can people expect to hear on it?
Rock and roll. Some songs about assholes and girls and stuff.
What was the process like putting together the EP
It was very enjoyable. Mr Tom Iansek did some pre-production stuff with us, which was so so so so so helpful. He would make this subtle changes to songs and it would make them so much better. So all we really had to do was press record. We did it all live too, which was the best. Id say probably the only way we’ll ever do recording stuff.
Where do you hope The Pretty Littles end up in 2012? What are you short term goals? What are your long term goals?
I’m not too sure. Kinda scary being to ambitious cause music seems like such a fickle lady. More of the same hopefully. I would love to go on a tour with a sweet band.
Where do you play live so people can come to see you?
Play live anywhere and everywhere. The Espy is a pretty regular haunt I suppose. Just find us on Facebook and you’ll be inundated with shows ha!
Is there anything else you would like people to know about The Pretty Littles?
We are carbon neutral.
Do you have a website people can check out?
Sorta! Jump on facebook.com/theprettylittles. We would be very appreciative. And theres a bandcamp too I think.