The Pretty Reckless’ frontwoman, Taylor Momsen, has recently shared her thoughts on the gender divide in the rock industry. As a little girl, Momsen’s musical idols all happened to be male, but as she tells The Forty-Five, it wasn’t because of what “was going on in their pants.” She worshiped John Lennon, The Beatles, and Chris Cornell because she “connected to what they were saying and what they were emoting.”
She continues saying, “You should judge music simply on what’s the best song/who’s the best singer. That should have nothing to do with your sex or gender… Good people are good people, and good musicians are good musicians — it’s as basic as that.”
Momsen claimed that she has been through plenty of “fucked up encounters” throughout her career. She claims, “People have been telling me for years that there is misogyny and sexism in music. I think the older I’ve gotten, the more I can look back on certain situations… Maybe someone said something to me that I took as a compliment at the time, and I look back and realize that it was a misogynistic comment that wouldn’t be considered PC now, but I never felt that in an aggressive way.”
Memsen’s band is set to release their fourth album ‘Death By Rock And Roll’ on February 12. They have previewed the work with its title track, ‘Broomsticks’, ’25’ and the Tom Morello-featuring ‘And So It Went’.
