| Be Your Own Pet | |
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| Origin | Nashville, Tennessee, USA |
| Genres | Garage rock Garage punk Alternative rock Indie rock |
| Years active | 2004–2008 |
| Labels | Infinity Cat Recordings, XL Recordings, Ecstatic Peace |
| Website | www.beyourownpet.net |
| Members | |
| Jemina Pearl Jonas Stein Nathan Vasquez John Eatherly |
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| Past members | |
| Jake Orrall Jamin Orrall |
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Be Your Own Pet (also known as BYOP) was a four-piece punk/garage rock group from Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
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The band was signed to XL in the UK since 2005 and were later signed with Thurston Moore's label, Ecstatic Peace in the US. Be Your Own Pet originally released early singles and EPs with Nashville-based Infinity Cat Records.
All of the members of Be Your Own Pet are involved in various other musical projects. Jonas Stein and John Eatherly play together in a band called Turbo Fruits, along with their friend Max Peebles. Their debut album was released in 2006 in the UK and they also played at the Reading and Leeds Festivals in the summer of 2006. Nathan Vasquez plays in a band called Deluxin. Jemina Pearl also has side projects: although no longer a member of Cheap Time, she is notably a member of Rare Form. Former members Jake and Jamin play in JEFF the Brotherhood.
On August 1, 2008, the band announced on their website that after finishing a small tour of England, they would be breaking up.[1] The band posted the following message on their website; "To all of our fans, we are sad to bring you the news that our upcoming shows in the UK are going to be our last as a band. We thank you for all your love and support these past few years. It's been a blast, but the time has come for the four of us to go our separate ways.".[2]
During both the Dingwalls and Liverpool Carling Academy shows, there have been reports of "official looking cameras" in between the crowd and stage[3] which suggests the possibility of either a dvd or live video, reminiscent of the "Mini Tour Wrap Up" appearing in the near future. Their final show as a band was at Dingwalls in London on the 26th August 2008 (see here [1])
The debut album of Jemina Pearl, Break It Up, was released in on October 6, 2009 by Ecstatic Peace Records. The album is co-written by John Eatherly and has guest appearances from Thurston Moore, Iggy Pop, Dave Sitek and Derek Stanton.
| Release Date | Details | Chart Position | Notes | ||
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| UK[4] | UK Indie | ||||
| 2004 | Sep | "Damn Damn Leash" (Infinity Cat) | 68 | - | |
| 2005 | Jun | "Fire Department" (Rough Trade/Infinity Cat) | 59 | - | |
| Nov | "Extra Extra" (Infinity Cat) | - | - | ||
| "Extra Extra Handmade Edition" (Infinity Cat) | - | - | Limited to 100 copies | ||
| "Girls on TV" (Self Released) | - | - | Tour-only single | ||
| 2006 | Jan | "Let's Get Sandy (Big Problem)" (XL) | 51 | - | |
| Mar | "Adventure" (XL) | 36 | - | ||
| Jun | "Bicycle, Bicycle, You Are My Bicycle" (XL) | - | - | Download-only single | |
| 2008 | Mar 3 | "Food Fight! (XL) | - | 8 | 7" and Download-only |
| "Super Soaked (XL) | - | 5 | |||
| Mar 10 | "The Kelly Affair (XL) | - | 6 | ||
| Mar 17 | "Black Hole (XL) | - | 5 | ||