Be Your Own Pet

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be your own PET (often abbreviated to BYOP) are a four-piece post-punk group from Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

Formed in 2003 in the basement home studio/rehearsal space at Indie label Infinity Cat Recordings, their sound is basic, primal garage rock. They are often compared to popular New York group Yeah Yeah Yeahs, not just for their style, featuring heavy rock guitars with abrasive vocals and erratic, angular rhythms, but also in terms of their stage presence. Lead singer Jemina Pearl Abegg is the daughter of Christian artist/ photographer Jimmy Abegg, Guitarist Jonas Stein is the son of manager Burt Stein, Jamin Orrall is the son of producer/songwriter Robert Ellis Orrall, and Nathan Vasquez (who replaced band originator Jake Orrall, who left the band for a year in Iceland) is son of acclaimed Latin Jazz guitarist Rafael Vasquez. be your own PET generated a massive amount of press following the release of their debut single "Damn Damn Leash" on Infinity Cat (which was produced by Kings Of Leon producer Angelo and Infinity Cat's Robert Ellis Orrall, and mixed by Modest Mouse mix engineer Jaquire King) including an interview in Rolling Stone, and appearances at the Glastonbury and Reading/Leeds festivals, as well as successful appearances at SXSW and slots supporting bands such as The Kills. The band also appeared on the Queen tribute album, [[Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen]]. The band released their eponymous album in the UK in March 2006, with a US release on June 6th, 2006.

Contents

1 Members
2 Former Members
3 Discography

3.1 Singles
3.2 EPs
3.3 Albums

4 Appearances
5 External links

Members

Jamin Orrall – drums
Jemina Pearl Abegg – vocals
Nathan Vasquez – bass
Jonas Stein – guitar

Former Members

Jake Orrall - bass

Discography

Singles

"Damn Damn Leash" -September 2004 (Infinity Cat)
"Fire Department" - June 2005 (Rough Trade)
"Extra Extra" - November 2005 (Infinity Cat)
"Let's Get Sandy (Big Problem)" - January 23, 2006 (XL) #51 UK
"Adventure" - March 13, 2006 (XL) #36 UK
"Bicycle, Bicycle, You Are My Bicycle" - June 2006

EPs

"Summer Sensation" - April 18th, 2006 (Ecstatic Peace/infinity Cat)

Albums

be your own PET - March 27, 2006 (XL) June 2006 (Ecstatic Peace)

Appearances

Late Night with Conan O'Brien, June 13, 2006

External links

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