Jemina Pearl Talks BYOP Split, New Band, "Gossip Girl"

Photo by Andrew Kesin When I saw Be Your Own Pet play Manhattan's Mercury Lounge last February, some dude tried to get a little too close to lead singer Jemina Pearl...so she slapped him across the fucking face. Then her band mates tackled him. It was great-- a perfect summation of this unruly punk band that never met a stage it didn't want to flop all over. So when they broke up last August, it sorta made sense. A band that wild isn't built to last. But what of 21-year-old Pearl, the group's un...

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