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Go Betty Go are four self-proclaimed ‘chiquitas picantes' who create based on a combination of pride, self-respect and empowerment. Their five-song SideOneDummy Records debut, Worst Enemy was produced by the label's Joe Sib and Bill Armstrong, and engineered by Flogging Molly's Ted Hutt at El Dorado Studios and EMG in Los Angeles. The EP is the culmination of three years of steady playing from the Sunset Strip to a Tecate, Mexico pool hall, where they've sold upwards of 5,000 of their three-song EP. The group has also been the subject of glowing articles in papers from the cover of Music Connection to La Opinion to the L.A. Weekly. Last summer, the foursome appeared at several California Warped dates and will go out on the blockbuster tour again this year. Aixa and Nicolette, who are sisters, have been in bands since they were nine, forming early groups like the Eeries and later, The Nerd Vomits. Both now in their early 20s, Aixa, the oldest, was born in Argentina, her mother's native country, while Nicolette is a native Californian; their father's from Uruguay, so they grew up with one foot planted in both worlds. They listened to local rock radio while speaking both English and fluent Spanish around the house. That bilingual heritage is maintained in set staples like "Mis Locuras" ("My Craziness") on Worst Enemy, and "No Hay Perdon" ("You Are Not Forgiven"), which was one of the three songs on their indie CD. When they began writing songs together in their teens, Aixa and Nicolette joined up with Betty Cisneros, Go Betty Go's guitarist, who is darkly mysterious and says that she only learned to play guitar because she had to take an elective in junior high. Now that the band is doing its first official recording for influential independent SideOneDummy, the ladies could not be more excited. They say they wouldn't have gone to a major, even if they had been offered a deal. They are not in a rush and they definitely do not want to be molded into something else. In the end, Go Betty Go is looking to evolve as a band and have fun. They're enjoying how far they have already come and with Worst Enemy, Go Betty Go is poised to go even further!