Jemina Pearl Abegg (born June 20, 1987) is an American singer and the frontwoman of

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,Be Your Own Pet bio. Retrieved from
/ref> a punk rock band she started when she was 16. She appeared in the television series ''

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'', in a musical performance with

Thurston Moore Thurston Joseph Moore (born July 25, 1958) is an American musician best known as a member of Sonic Youth. He has also participated in many solo and group collaborations outside Sonic Youth, as well as running the Ecstatic Peace! record label. Mo ...

, covering the Ramones classic "

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". Her debut solo album, '' Break It Up'', was released on October 6, 2009. The album, co-written by John Eatherly, was released on Ecstatic Peace, and features guest appearances by

, Iggy Pop,

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, and Derek Stanton of Awesome Color. She is the daughter of musician/artist

Jimmy Abegg Jimmy Abegg (born December 29, 1954), also known as Jimmy A, is an American musician who grew up in Alliance, Nebraska and is currently living in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1985, Abegg was a founding member of the progressive rock band Vector (ban ...

. From 2012 to 2013, she was part of a band called Ultras S/C with Chetley "Cheetah" Weise and Ben Swank, which opened for The Black Belles in November 2011. In December 2021, Be Your Own Pet reunited, with Jemina participating to the reunion.

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