{{short description|American singer-songwriter}}
{{Infobox musical artist | name = Pink Nasty | origin = Wichita, Kansas | genre = Alternative Country | years_active = 2003-present | label = | image = Pinknasty.JPG | caption = Pink Nasty performing at SXSW in 2008 | image_size = | current_members = }} '''Sara Beck''', better known by her stage name '''Pink Nasty''', is an American singer-songwriter. She is from Wichita, Kansas and currently lives in Austin, Texas.<ref name="npr2006">{{cite web|last=Yu|first=Kathryn |title=A Cracked Power Ballad, Realistic and True|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6583196|work=NPR|accessdate=22 June 2010}}</ref> Pink Nasty has released three full-length albums. She performs with her brother, a rapper who goes by the stage name Black Nasty.<ref name="npr2006" />
Kathryn Yu of NPR described Pink Nasty as a "young and talented singer-songwriter whose quirky alt-country songs nicely complement her pretty but powerful voice".<ref name="npr2006" /> The song "Don't Ever Change" on her second album, ''Mold the Gold'' features Pink Nasty and Bonnie Prince Billy.<ref name="npr2006" /> She has opened for notable indie music acts Britt Daniel and José González.<ref name="amg_overview">{{cite web|last=Hopkin|first=Kenyon|title=Pink Nasty|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p656366|pure_url=yes}}|work=Allmusic|accessdate=22 June 2010}}</ref>
Pink Nasty's third album, ''Pink Nasty'' was released in 2010. Reviews on the ''Oxford American'' and ''Austin 360'' websites praise the album's blend of quirkiness and pop.<ref name=austin3602010>{{cite web|last=Daniel|first=Alex|title=CD review: Pink Nasty|url=http://www.austin360.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/music/entries/2010/10/14/cd_review_pink_nasty.html|work=Austin 360|accessdate=22 April 2011}}</ref><ref name=oxform2010>{{cite web|title=The Sunniest Albums for Spring|url=http://www.oxfordamerican.org/articles/2011/apr/06/recommended-albums-april/|work=Oxford American|accessdate=22 April 2011}}</ref>
Beck studied at Berklee College of Music, and cites Weezer, Stephen Malkmus and The Strokes as influences.<ref name="spinner_interview">{{cite web|last=Jackson|first=Jill|title=Pink Nasty Interview: SXSW 2010|url=http://www.spinner.com/2010/03/14/pink-nasty-interview-sxsw-2010/|work=Spinner.com|accessdate=22 June 2010|archive-date=3 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403002413/http://www.spinner.com/2010/03/14/pink-nasty-interview-sxsw-2010/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Discography== {| class="wikitable" ! style="width:3.5em;" | Year ! style="width:11em;" | Title |- valign="top" | 2003 | ''Mule School'' |- valign="top" | 2006 | ''Mold the Gold'' |- valign="top" | 2010 | ''Pink Nasty'' |}
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==External links== * {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p656366|label=Pink Nasty}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pink Nasty}} Category:American alternative country singers Category:Living people Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Berklee College of Music alumni Category:American women country singers Category:American country singer-songwriters Category:American women singer-songwriters Category:Musicians from Wichita, Kansas Category:Singers from Austin, Texas Category:Singer-songwriters from Texas Category:Country musicians from Texas Category:21st-century American women Category:Singer-songwriters from Kansas