{{short description|Welsh rock band}} {{For|the album by The Struts|Pretty Vicious (album)}} {{Use British English|date=September 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Pretty Vicious | image = File:Pretty Vicious, Patterns, Brighton (Great Escape 2018) (42536515682).jpg | landscape = yes | caption = The group performing at Pattern, during The Great Escape Festival in Brighton | origin = Merthyr Tydfil, Wales | genre = {{flatlist| * Punk rock * alternative rock }} | years_active = 2014–2020 | label = EMI, Big Machine Records | associated_acts = | current_members = * Brad Griffiths * Elliot Jones * Jarvis Morgan * Tom McCarthy | alt = The group performing at Pattern, during The Great Escape Festival in Brighton }}
'''Pretty Vicious''' were a Welsh rock band originally from Merthyr Tydfil, Wales formed in 2014. The group received attention from publications including ''NME''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/festivals-blog/these-two-bands-want-to-be-the-next-oasis-are-pretty-vicious-or-dmas-reading-2015s-best-gallagher-su-764917|title=These Two Bands Want To Be The Next Oasis. Are Pretty Vicious Or DMA's Reading 2015's Best Gallagher Substitute?|date=29 August 2015|first=Talia|last=Soghomonian|work=NME|access-date=4 September 2019}}</ref> and ''Paste''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/01/pretty-vicious-the-best-of-whats-next.html|title=Pretty Vicious: The Best of What's Next|work=Paste Magazine|date=13 January 2016|access-date=2016-01-13}}</ref> The band signed to Big Machine Records<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://twitter.com/BigMachine/status/983372187162771457|title=Big Machine Records on Twitter|work=Twitter|access-date=2018-04-09|language=en}}</ref> in 2018. Singles "Move" and "Are You Entertained" were released under the label.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://highfivesnstagedives.com/2018/10/28/pretty-vicious-share-new-track-are-you-entertained/|title=High Fives and Stage Dives|access-date=2018-10-30|language=en}}</ref> Their debut album ''Beauty of Youth'' was released on 12 July 2019.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://twitter.com/prettyviciousuk/status/1149590246419394561|title=Pretty Vicious on Twitter|date=2019-07-12|work=Twitter|access-date=2019-07-12}}</ref>
In a statement issued on 23 October 2019, the band announced that they would be splitting up<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/pretty-vicious-announce-split-2560119|title=Pretty Vicious announce split|date=2019-10-23|website=NME Music News, Reviews, Videos, Galleries, Tickets and Blogs {{!}} NME.COM|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-01-17}}</ref> and then re-emerge as a new group in 2020,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.live4ever.uk.com/2019/10/pretty-vicious-will-come-to-an-end-and-reemerge-next-year-under-a-new-guise-and-with-another-singer/|title=Pretty Vicious will come to an end and reemerge next year 'under a new guise and with another singer'|date=2019-10-23|website=Live4ever Media|language=en|access-date=2020-01-17}}</ref> without frontman Brad Griffiths, who took a break from performing with the band in 2019, with health issues.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/225789/9|title=Pretty Vicious Announce Split - Stereoboard|last=Johnson|first=Laura|website=Stereoboard.com|language=en|access-date=2020-01-17}}</ref>
The band's last show took place at 17 January 2020, with Himalayas member Joe assisting in the show.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/prettyviciousuk/status/1218164466065592322|title=Last ever show tonight under the name Pretty Vicious... it's gonna be one to remember. Get down to the Globe in Cardiff tonight and have a dance with us, it's gonna be fun X (Massive thank you to Joe from @himalayas_band for stepping in and singing for us tonight)|author=Pretty Vicious|date=2020-01-17|website=Twitter|language=en|access-date=2020-01-18}}</ref>
==In popular culture== The song "Are You Ready For Me" was used for the soundtrack of the Square Enix game ''Life Is Strange: Before the Storm'', and the track "Ain't No Fun" is a part of the official soundtrack of ''Dirt 4''.
==Discography== ===Studio albums=== * ''Beauty of Youth'' (2019)
=== Singles === * "Are You Ready For Me" (2015) * "It's Always There" (2015) * "National Plastics" (2015) * "Just Another Story" (2015) * "Blister" (2016) * "Ain't No Fun" (2017) * "Move" (2018) - Released at 3 August,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://twitter.com/prettyviciousuk/status/1025788455576526849|title=Pretty Vicious on Twitter|work=Twitter|access-date=2018-08-04|language=en}}</ref> #30 Mainstream Rock Songs<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Mainstream Rock Songs |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-mainstream-rock-tracks |magazine=Billboard |accessdate=13 November 2018}}</ref> * "Are You Entertained?" (2018) - Released on 26 October <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://twitter.com/ElliotJones_x/status/1055826092295180288|title=Elliot Jones on Twitter|work=Twitter|access-date=2018-10-26|language=en}}</ref> * "These Four Walls" (2019) - Released on 25 January.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://twitter.com/prettyviciousuk/status/1088738307054489600|title=Pretty Vicious on Twitter|work=Twitter|access-date=2019-01-25|language=en}}</ref>
===EPs=== * ''Cave Song'' (2016)
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