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The Besties

You are always rocking 200% of the time

About Me


The Besties are a punk band from Brooklyn. TimeOut Chicago says we sound like the Go-Go's on Epitaph Records. No argument here.

Get our records from these places:
"Rod'n'Reel" and "Man vs. Wild" 7 Inches on Hugpatch
Debut record "Singer" on Skipping Stones Records

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/15/2006
Band Website: thebesties.com
Band Members: Kelly Waldrop, Marisa Bergquist, RIKKY WALSH, Frank
Influences: Green Day, Archers of Loaf,the clash, Elvis Costello, R.E.M, The Replacements, Split Enz, Rancid

Sounds Like: 60's girl groups dry humping 90's pop punk
Record Label: Hugpatch {} Skippingstones
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Change in Plans.

Dudes, So due to some hold ups at the pressing plant amongst other things the new Besties records "Home Free" will not be out until January.  Don't worry it is still coming out. When we know th...
Posted by The Besties on Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:25:00 PST

Home Free- November 11th, 2008

So folks here it is..our new full length record "Home Free" will be released on November 11th, 2008 on Hugpatch records. You will be able to buy it from Hugpatch, from us, or on fine media outlets lik...
Posted by The Besties on Mon, 01 Sep 2008 10:21:00 PST

Holy crap you guys.

Our upcoming full-length release is currently a the pressing plant, where everyone's blood, sweat, tears, snot, etc are being transformed into a lovely little disc to listen to. Details (official rel...
Posted by The Besties on Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:43:00 PST

Want to get our new 7

If you are looking for our new 7" you can scoot right on over to the K records mail order department and pick it up. Thanks to K for putting it up on there! K Records Shop!...
Posted by The Besties on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 07:03:00 PST

Get ready.....

Hey Everyone.Just wanted to let you know to get ready for a really productive year from the Besties camp! We have a new 7" record coming out at the end of this month on Hugpatch Records (www.hugpatch...
Posted by The Besties on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 09:40:00 PST

People have been saying some things...

....about our new 7" Here are a few reviews if you like to read reviews.http://www.7inches.blogspot.com" 7 InchesDusted MagazineHttp://www.indiepop.it  This one is in Italian. You might have...
Posted by The Besties on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 06:11:00 PST

Erasing Clouds interview

Recently we did an interview for Erasingclouds.com. Part of their 100 bands get asked the same 10 questions series. Here is that interview. And if you want to actually check it out on their website he...
Posted by The Besties on Mon, 09 Oct 2006 02:22:00 PST

Frank E. Korn R.N!

Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls let me introduce to you Mr. Frank Korn the newest Bestie!! Since the Besties incarnation three years ago the Shit Kicker (aka Marisa's keyboard) has been providin...
Posted by The Besties on Sat, 20 May 2006 06:47:00 PST

Featured in Magnet!

Sweet, The Besties are featured in the April/May issue of Magnet in the "Fist Exposures" section!  They gave us a great writeup and included a picture of the album.  They compared us to Heav...
Posted by The Besties on Fri, 31 Mar 2006 09:31:00 PST

Profile Deleted... Ultimate Bummer

So our profile was randomly deleted by MySpace, which is AWESOME. We're sending out friend requests like mad and scramblling to rebuild our empire. Please help.
Posted by The Besties on Sun, 19 Mar 2006 03:11:00 PST