Allison Jones and Derek Fieth formed the duo known as Pets in the summer of 2003. Since their inception, they've amassed a sizeable loyal following due to their energetic live shows, and shared the stage with such notable, national acts as The Gossip, Matt & Kim, Dead Meadow, and Spindrift.

Thrasher Magazine featured a number of Pets songs on two of their skateboarding DVDs; Rocket Science and King of the Road.

The danceable Pets single, Pretty Pretty, reached #10 on KDVS' (UC Davis CMJ-reporting station) top 30 song rotation playlist. Pets' 7-inch record, STEP, also charted, reaching #62 on KDVS’ Top 90 releases of 2004.

The duo used a crunchy, distorted bass, fuzzed-out reverb and effect-drenched guitars, along with arpeggiated keyboards, and a ready-to-rock drum machine to create the sound on their 2006 Americans Are Coming Recordings release Pick Up Your Feet. On this release Derek and Allison traded off vocal duties as their songs necessitated. When Derek sings, Pets has been compared to The Jesus and Mary Chain, B.R.M.C., and Sonic Youth. Allison's singing has drawn comparisons to The Kills, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Le Tigre. Since the release of Pick Up Your Feet they, with drum machine in tow, have enjoyed playing nearly all of the venues in Sacramento and have successfully toured the Northwest a couple of times.

In 2010 Pets won the Sacramento Area Music Award (The Sammie) for "Outstanding Pop."

In the Summer of 2010 Pets' headed out on their first U.S. tour with the Kepi Ghoulie Band. The three week tour was a great success. Pets, with Kepi on drums, found new fans at all the stops along the way. They are eager to head out on the road again in 2011.

They spent most of 2010 working on their latest full length recording, titled Ready the Rifles, with Sacramento recording engineer, Ira Skinner, at his Alley Avenue Studios. The drum machine and synthesizer were set aside in favor of a leaner, louder, distorted rock sound on these 10 tracks. The album features the same distorted bass and effects laden guitar that have defined Pets' sound, along with drums played by Ira. Vocally, the duo trade verses within the songs and often harmonize together throughout the album. Ready the Rifles is a collection of fuzzed-out rock songs that uses distortion and feedback as the weapons to kill your boredom.

Ready the Rifles will be released independently by the band, and available in stores and at all on-line retailers in January of 2011.