The Pests join forces with CrypticRock.com to premiere their new video for the song She Said Hi, the first single to come from the bands upcoming 2016 album. Based in NYC but originally from New Orleans the Pests are Steve Halprin - vocals/guitar, Chuck Diesel - bass/vocals and Mazz-1 – drums.

See the video for She Said Hi premiering now exclusively on CrypticRock.com: http://crypticrock.com/the-pests-premiere-she-said-hi-video-on-crypticrock

The video was written and directed by Caleb Michaelson of Dobie Media Productions, LLC.  “We have a unique relationship with Caleb and Dobie Media in that we totally trust their creative ability. Much like Steve Halprin is left alone to write the Pests music, I leave Caleb on his own for the video concepts. I want an outside idea untainted by the band's opinion. More often than not, I know nothing about the video until it's done. I believe in letting artists be artists. Caleb has been an unseen 4th honorary Pest for some time now. It all works because he has the same cynical and twisted view of the world that we do” explains Mazz-1.

"The inspiration for this video came at the 11th hour out of a bit of desperation coupled with exhaustion when the creative process really begins to flow without reservation. The band wasn't available for this video and when that's the case I usually create short narratives that loosely follow the song.  The original concept for the video wasn't going to work and I got together with my writing partner and I really felt the pressure to "out weird" the last music video (Pants On Fire) I did for The Pests.  We came up with this character Jay-Michael Dubois and as we were recalling the terrible infomercials of the 90's the idea came and I made the decision to make the video a long infomercial.  I sent a copy of it to Mazz-1 with the told him, "I may have just directed the weirdest music video ever. I completely understand if you want to fire me after this."  Fortunately he loved it" – says writer/director Caleb Michaelson

Mixing rock n roll with aggression, melody and first generation punk the band’s latest album A Damn Fine Mixture is 13 true punk rock songs, mastered by Scott Hull {Rage Against the Machine, Beastie Boys) out now on the bands own 60 Grit label.

The weekend of Thanksgiving in New Orleans the band will perform a special as part of the annual Rock Art Circus - Giving Thanks to Native Americans, to pay tribute to and recognize the American Holocaust of Native Americans in New Orleans.  This annual event continues in support of the United Houma Nation, where the United States Government will not recognize them as a Tribe!  504 Rock Art Circus is a movement of people supporting the underground art & music scene of New Orleans.

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