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Published on June 28, 2007

¨As luck would have it, setting up shop down here has been one of the best things to happen to us,¨ Lloyd maintains. ¨We´ve met some incredible people, people that have helped and supported us throughout every step. Without the support structure that we happened upon, we wouldn´t have been able to get nearly as much done. When we first moved here, a lot of people told us that you have to have a healthy catalog of cover songs to make any money in South Florida as a band. Most of these guys were either in cover bands or just didn´t write their own music, so we didn´t listen to any of them.¨

For the most part, Garulli attributes the Pets´ success to working hard, networking, and playing a lot of gigs as well as putting on live performances that made people want to come back and hear the group´s progress.

¨We´re not that local band that´s sitting around waiting for someone to tell us, Hey, you guys are really good you could take this music thing somewhere,´¨ he says. ¨We´re that band that´s grabbing people by the collar and saying, Hey! Check it out, we´re a great rock ´n´ roll band that´s really going places, and we´re gonna play some music that´s gonna make you smile.´¨

¨I believe that our music has a very wide appeal, and as we progress, we find it grows even wider,¨ Lloyd adds. ¨One of my favorite things to hear from a fresh listener is something like, I´m really not into your type of music, but I really love the band...´ I think what´s implied is that not every audience member is hip to instrumental jams or compositions. But with a certain respect for melody, you can get anyone jamming out.¨

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