The Pretty Things

The Pretty Things
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Other Names	Electric Banana
Group Members	Phil May Dick Taylor Frank Holland George Perez Mark St.John Jack Greenwood
Former Members	Viv Andrews Viv Prince Brian Pendleton John Stax Skip Alan Jon Povey Wally Waller John C. Alder Vic Unitt Peter Tolson Stuart Brooks Jack Green Gordon Edwards Hans Waterman Roelf ter Velt Barkley McKay Tom Sowell Darrell Barfield
Genre	British Invasion garage rock rhythm and blues beat
Genre Links	Pop/Rock
Origin	London, England
Year(s) Active	1963–present
Music Style	Rock & Roll, Hard Rock, Prog-Rock, British Invasion, Psychedelic, British Psychedelia, Freakbeat, Album Rock
Music Mood	Freewheeling, Energetic, Confident, Fiery, Brooding, Visceral, Theatrical, Aggressive, Reckless, Rowdy, Rousing, Intense, Raucous, Dramatic, Druggy, Acerbic, Thuggish, Passionate, Menacing, Complex, Ambitious
Labels	Fontana Columbia (UK) Laurie Rare Earth Harvest Warner Bros. Records Swan Song Snapper Cote Basque

The Pretty Things are an English rock and roll band from London, who originally formed in 1963. They took their name from Bo Diddley's 1955 song "Pretty Thing" and, in their early days, were dubbed by the British press the "uglier cousins of the Rolling Stones". Their most commercially successful period was the mid 1960s, although they continue to perform to this day. David Bowie covered two of their songs on his album Pin Ups.