be your own pet broke up
 

rad

I'm crushed.

The question to end all questions:



Who cares about BYOP?

i didn't see it coming.

Not rad.
They were awesome.

Oh well. I am sad that I never saw them play live.

They were always at the very least fun.
One of the times I saw them the vocal amps were all screwed up and you could barely hear jemina on some songs.

once again, thank god.

i alway shad a sneaking suspicion that thurston was banging her.

there's worse bands, their first album is good.

and it's not like good charlotte broke up, fuck i don't need to see those douchebags ever again in my life.

I agree. their first album was OK. the second one was a bit shit, but then they always struck me as one of those bands that had one good album in them (which is one more than 90% of bands out there).

Yay!

Smell those sweet young things.
Looky here, this one's got black hair.
She's like a death metal queen...
Struttin' sluts all through that whorehoppin' scene.
Makes me say...

(*chorus) Shit, goddamn! I'm a Man? I'm a man?
Yes!
I said Shit goddamn! I'm a Man!!

Ride lightning fast for fuel.
Cross the desert at the speed of sound!
I've got the night and I've got my gun.
I can't lose cos I'm the Devil's favourite son.
Make's me say...

(chorus)

We're the kids of the blazing sun!!
We've got the desert, got the sand, and our guns!
We love the whorehoppin, that ain't no lie...
You could tell by the devilish look in our eyes!!...

Goddamn! I'm a Man. I'm a Man? I said, Shit Goddamn !! I'm a man!

No one REALLY cares about this band anyway, who cares, move on...

That's what I felt. I thought that first album was solid, but their future looked pretty bleak after the second.
Y'know. There didn't seem like there was anything they could develop into.
^I sincerely hope that made sense to someone^

Am I the only one who is sad to see them go...? XD
but yeah I'll agree that they had pretty much hit a creative brick wall... eh with those sorta bands brevity is usually for the best.

I'd have liked to have seen them get bigger and, even if it meant toning their sound down a bit, getting more mainstream success. i just don't think they had the scope or imagination for that. They were a decent whirlwind for about six months.

THey were like paramore's evil and more fun cousins.

I'm sad to see them go. Not very sad, but I wish they'd stayed together. I really thought they were gonna get a lot bigger. But I think Jemina still has a ton of potential if she tries her luck in a more innovative group.

I think she needs some time off.
She was starting to look rather.. worn?
But yeah I think we'll see her again.

She should front Meshuggah.

I do think Jemima was the reason for what success they had. Not just in the obvious sense, but she was a great front person and I'm sure she'll be around in some capacity or another. Preferably as my wife.

Yeah, she had an awesome stage presence and she completely understands the crowd-band dynamic. I met her a couple times, and she was very sweet offstage. She knew what she was doing.

I met her once and she hugged me.
Haha I've met all of them at least once, they were all pretty friendly

Word to the demonrail, etc. They were a GREAT band live.

Word.

i actually laughed out loud!

Honestly, be your own pet is paramore for "indie" kids.

Hey, there's nothing wrong with Paramore. Their last album is pretty decent in its own way. 'Hallellujah" especially is as addictive as crack. I was obsessed with it about a month ago, much to the annoyance of my housemate - who I'm sure was on the cusp of stabbing me to death if I played it any more while he was around. Quality tune, nonetheless.

Paramore always gets pulled into Be Your Own Pet discussions. They're in just about every BYOP YouTube comment. I don't see the similarity at all.

Actually, that was me playing the Ting Tings, and blaming you for it! :D;)

You really don't see or hear any similarities between the two bands, acousticrock? To each their own...

First of all, both are female fronted "punk rock" (that's how they're described at least) for kids shit bands. And so on.

But hey if people like other band, cool. I just don't at all.

They're about as similar as Coldplay and Sigur Ros. If you really want to you can hear plenty of similarities, but to me the differences are overpowering.

Which is why I said be your own pet is paramore for "indie" kids. I didn't say they sounded exactly alike or anything.

Just that they're both pretty embarassing bands.

I fear we will never agree on the subject. We must settle this the only way we can.

Alcohol.

Well yeah, both are bands that, let's face it, would likely not even have record deals were it not for their singers. Which isn't saying they wouldn't deserve one but, the simple fact is that they both trade almost exclusively on the glamour factor - whether either band admit it or not. In that way they're both Blondie minus the genius.

I dunno, it's like saying Pavement is the Weezer for "indie" kids. Obviously both bands have a very slackerish self-referential collegiate melodic pop style but obviously also Pavement aren't necassarily power pop and Weezer aren't exactly slacker rock. But, still, I think it's a fair statement.

And even though I don't personally think BYOP and Paramore sound identical, that wasn't my original point anyway; just kind of a "lack of a better thing to say"... I was just saying that they're an embarassing band to like. :) Both bands have shitty music and are only popular because their lead singers are somewhat above decent in prettiness. It's all image.

Perhaps, but I do think that BYOP is talented enough to be considered a worthy musical force. They aren't incredible by any means, but they managed to have a distinguished sound. Paramore is pretty flush with other bands of whatever scene you want to call that. Melodic Emo-Rock.

Paramore are the Jimmy Eat World you can wank along to.