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Died Pretty: Died Pretty are a formative band for many and have been a huge success in Australia and around the world. The band formed in 1983 in Sydney and created a sound most credit towards an early electric Dylan mixed with psychedelic influences. Died Pretty were formed under Ron Peno and Brett Myers and their first 5 performances were actually under the name Final Solution and all took place in Brisbane. The name Died Pretty came about as a reference to James Dean’s line “Live hard, die young, leave a beautiful corpse” to Die Pretty. They garnered Australian attention on the alternative music scene with a few big singles and split releases. It was their EP ‘Next To Nothing’ released in 1985 which set the band off in a big way. The EP was in the alternative charts for almost a year, with three Number 1. It was also released in the UK and France gathering them a considerable following. Died Pretty went on to release 8 albums in their time with some reaching high up in the ARIA charts and playing cons