# Pink Nasty

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{{short description|American singer-songwriter}}

{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Pink Nasty
| origin          = [Wichita, Kansas](/source/Wichita%2C_Kansas)
| genre           = [Alternative Country](/source/Alternative_Country)
| years_active    = 2003-present
| label           =
| image           = Pinknasty.JPG
| caption         = Pink Nasty performing at [SXSW](/source/SXSW) in 2008
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| current_members = 
}}
'''Sara Beck''', better known by her stage name '''Pink Nasty''', is an American singer-songwriter.  She is from [Wichita, Kansas](/source/Wichita%2C_Kansas) and currently lives in [Austin, Texas](/source/Austin%2C_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](/source/rapper) who goes by the stage name Black Nasty.<ref name="npr2006" />

Kathryn Yu of [NPR](/source/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](/source/Bonnie_Prince_Billy).<ref name="npr2006" />    She has opened for notable [indie music](/source/indie_music) acts [Britt Daniel](/source/Britt_Daniel) and [José González](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Gonz%C3%A1lez_(singer)).<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](/source/Oxford_American)'' and ''[Austin 360](/source/Austin_360)'' websites praise the album's blend of quirkiness and [pop](/source/Pop_music).<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](/source/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](/source/Oxford_American)|accessdate=22 April 2011}}</ref>

Beck studied at [Berklee College of Music](/source/Berklee_College_of_Music), and cites [Weezer](/source/Weezer), [Stephen Malkmus](/source/Stephen_Malkmus) and [The Strokes](/source/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''
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p656366|label=Pink Nasty}}

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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

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