About Me

COME TO THIS ROCK SHOW- WEDS 12TH NOV, BAR 122.
The Pretty Machine - Album Recording Video - Day One, Drum Tracking. Also, we are celebrating the 5 year anniversary! 02 / 02 / 08The Pretty Machine - Album Recording Video - Day Two. SHORT PREVIEW OF NEW RECORDING!The Pretty Machine - Album Recording Video - Day Three. Recording Mr. Janets Bass parts!The Pretty Machine - Album Recording Video - Day Four. Recording GUITARS with Richy! All in 60 seconds...The Pretty Machine - Album Recording Video - Blog Five. Recording Vocals for 'Sofa King'!BIOGRAPHY
Prepare yourself for unexpected delight. The Pretty Machine will blow your balls... off.

Out of the North of England come The Pretty Machine, forcing Ultimus Rockus down the throats of many boys and girls since the year 2003. The Pretty Machine's real names are:
Ben Janet - Vocals / Bass Guitar Richy Lloyd - Guitar / Backing Vocals Ash Pears - Drums / Backing Vocals

The Pretty Machine are a loud, fresh rock band, taking influence from a whole bunch of ripping British bands to the likes of The Wildhearts, 3 Colours Red, Kerbdog, Therapy? etc

Unlike Bill & Ted, who had a Bogus Journey, The Pretty Machine's travels around the UK have been awesome, and include storming visits to London, Manchester, Leeds and York, with awesome bands such as '[Spunge]', 'Billy No Mates', 'Babar Luck' and local wideboys 'Mr. Shiraz'.

The Pretty Machine over the last five years have independently financed and distributed a collection of 6 radical CDs, including "Covered in Fire" (2006), "School Children Need It" (2005) and "Rockin' Stockin' Filla" (2003). The band have also appeared on a selection of CD compilations, including "Rhythm Drum Magazine Issue 234", "A Place Inside Our Minds - The Official Feeder Tribute" and "Boot Music - Best of Leeds".

February 2008 sees The Pretty Machine celebrate five years of making music together, and is immortalized with the recording of their first full length LP proper. "Let's Do Battle" has been recorded and mixed by the band, and is due to be released through the bands own indy label, Def Granny, in July 2008.
Live shows are loud and rad and the music ejaculating from the stage sounds twice as epic as could ever be captured on some kinda record, but that is not to stop them from trying.

So, Let's do battle, ya?

REVIEWS

New reviews for the album coming very soon - but checkout what people have to say about us...
"The Pretty Machine have a keen ear for a tune and melody. Imagine 3 Colours Red and The Wildhearts with all the pop sense of Feeder being played with a big grin."
LeedsMusicScene, Jan 2005

"Huddersfield based rock band The Pretty Machine are a rebel rousing trio, conjuring up fiery rock and roll shenanigans from their drums, guitar and bass."
High Voltage Manchester, Nov 2004

"As The Wildhearts recent mini-resurgence has demonstrated there is still large crowds of sweaty lads willing to be entertained with good honest full throttle guitar like this."
LeedsMusicScene, Jan 2005

"This is a great band, who will never ever allow anyone to be bored."
Sandman Magazine (Live at The New Roscoe, Leeds) Feb 2005

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/6/2005
Band Website: theprettymachine.co.uk
Band Members: Ben Janet - Vocals / Bass Guitar / Santa
Richy Lloyd - Guitar / Backing Vocals / God
Ash Pears - Drums / Robin Hood
Influences: 3 Colours Red, Pixies, Sonic Youth, The Wildhearts, Ramones, Senseless Things, Everclear, Silverchair, Kerbdog, Therapy?, Foo Fighters, LIT, QOTSA. Ben loves Generation Terrorists while Richy prefers The Holy Bible and Ash loves something called Colour and the Shape?!
Sounds Like: Apparently this - "Imagine 3 Colours Red and The Wildhearts with all the pop sense of Feeder being played with a big grin..."
Taken from a review by Leeds Music Scene
Record Label: Def Granny Records (c) Its ours, hands off!
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Live Review - Halloween show at Bar 122

Review from Underhill - http://www.myspace.com/penwiz ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------- "Next up was a very cool band called 'The Pr...
Posted by The Pretty Machine on Thu, 06 Nov 2008 02:43:00 PST

UK Tour and Album

We have been busy recently producing this album ourselves - songs we have been playing live and developing for the past 5 years. It's going to be really awesome when the album is comple...
Posted by The Pretty Machine on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:36:00 PST

The Pretty Machine ALBUM!

The Pretty Machine have been busy over the last month recording the long awaited and massively over due album of songs. The drums have been recorded - now only the gtrs and vocal tracks need...
Posted by The Pretty Machine on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 08:51:00 PST

An album? Yup.

Hello everyone, We're going to record an album over winter. That's what we're going to do. We'll be back after that. Then we're going to dominate. Merry Christmas.
Posted by The Pretty Machine on Sat, 24 Nov 2007 10:37:00 PST