Pink Nasty

{{short description|American singer-songwriter}}

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| name = Pink Nasty

| origin = Wichita, Kansas

| genre = Alternative Country

| years_active = 2003-present

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| image = Pinknasty.JPG

| caption = Pink Nasty performing at SXSW in 2008

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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.{{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}} Pink Nasty has released three full-length albums. She performs with her brother, a rapper who goes by the stage name Black Nasty.

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". The song "Don't Ever Change" on her second album, Mold the Gold features Pink Nasty and Bonnie Prince Billy. She has opened for notable indie music acts Britt Daniel and José González.{{cite web|last=Hopkin|first=Kenyon|title=Pink Nasty|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p656366|pure_url=yes}}|work=Allmusic|accessdate=22 June 2010}}

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.{{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}}{{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}}

Beck studied at Berklee College of Music, and cites Weezer, Stephen Malkmus and The Strokes as influences.{{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}}

Discography

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| 2003

| Mule School

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| 2006

| Mold the Gold

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| 2010

| Pink Nasty

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