caption associated_acts years_active alias label article_title past_members background genre image origin name
died , ron peno , john hoey , robert warren , pretty brett myers . , 1992 , l-r : chris welsh the darling downs , noises and other voices 31st , the end , screaming tribesmen , 1983 -- 2002 , 2008 -- 2009 , 2012 final solution citadel mosque , festival , sony/columbia , rca , beggars banquet , what goes on , closer , blue died pretty
 see members list below group_or_band alternative died pretty.jpg sydney , new south wales , australia died pretty
died pretty

died pretty , sometimes the died pretty , were an australian alternative rock band founded by mainstays , ron peno as lead singer and brett myers as lead guitarist and backing vocalist , in sydney in 1983 -- briefly as final solution .
their music started from a base of early electric bob dylan with psychedelic influences , including the velvet underground and television .
they were managed by john needham , who is the owner of citadel records , their main label .
died pretty 's 1990s albums , `` doughboy hollow '' , `` trace '' and `` sold '' appeared on the australian recording industry association -lrb- aria -rrb- albums charts but they had more success on the alternate scene .
the group disbanded in 2002 to reform briefly during 2008 to 2009 and again in 2012 .
according to rock music historian , ian mcfarlane , they `` unashamedly plundered rock 's past to arrive at an original sound that was always passionate , atmospheric and uplifting ... produced some of the most inspirational rock music heard in australia '' .
