That’s Why She Looks Like a Strung Out Rocker…

She is one!

We’ve been wondering why Gossip Girl star Taylor Momsen has begun resembling early Debbie Harry/Courtney Love/Sid’s Nancy and it’s because she’s harboring delusions of grandeur for her big rock career.

Why can’t successful actors leave well enough alone and be happy with their singular career (cough, Joaquin Phoenix)?

Why do they all want to be rock stars too (ahem, Kevin Costner)?

Now Taylor Momsen is joining in the unoriginality. 

The actress-turned-singer has been rehearsing her side project, a rock group called The Reckless.

“It’s really exciting,” she says. “We’re putting out our album this year and hopefully starting to tour around April."

“I [write the songs] all 100 per cent myself. I’m the lead singer and I play guitar and I totally oversee it. It’s a huge passion and totally important to me. It’s really exciting and probably not what people are gonna expect. Kinda dark, a little bit heavier. But we have our lighter, fun stuff too.”

We hate to burst your bubble, but “their music” was “totally important” to Eddie Murphy, Don Johnson, Brittany Murphy, Taryn Manning and plenty of others, including your castmate, Leighton Meester, too.

Good luck with that.

Nothing like 16-year-old angst rock.

 —Sasha Perl-Raver