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More than a decade ago, Taylor Momsen shocked fans when she traded in her Gossip Girl character Jenny Humphrey's signature preppy beret and plaid school skirt for a smoky eye and fishnets as she started her band, The Pretty Reckless.

Her new look and rock and roll attitude led some to call her a wild child — a label Momsen, 27, now admits wasn't too far off from the truth. I was young, and I was going through my rebellious teenage years. At the time, people thought the band was just a phase for Momsen, who had spent much of her early life onscreen, gaining recognition for roles like Cindy Lou Who in the adaptation of Dr.

Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas. That was very much who I was and how I was comfortable dressing. Like anyone, I grew and I matured. But rock and roll was never a phase.

I didn't want to be Elvis Presley. Life is lonely in general, and I always wanted to have my best friends on my side. I'm really lucky that I found that. Though she secured her first national commercial at 3 years old and her role in How the Grinch Stole Christmas at 7, her heart was always in music. Jim Carrey's Wackiest Character Which actor's band would you be most likely to see live? Bad Things that ruin seeing a movie See more polls ».

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I started listening to records that I love and started from the beginning again. When he passed it became very relevant again, and so we finished it. The song starts with his footsteps walking down the hall. They chose to, eventually finding a kindred spirit in the producer Jonathan Wyman. He really helped us to accomplish something. The album itself is classic Pretty Reckless: big guitars, old school rock'n'roll influences, with touches of jukebox Americana.

On 25 , Momsen breathily sings of her disbelief that she made it this far: ' and all through my teens, I screamed that I may not live much past 21, 22, 23, Those moments of tenderness and reflection are wrapped up, of course, in the in-your-face rock and roll that Taylor Momsen has always loved. Cynics and critics have questioned her authenticity, and that of The Pretty Reckless. Nothing beats it. A true catharsis. It brings me to reality and completely takes me away, too.

Momsen is reflective, reckoning with thoughts she had long held.