The Veronicas: Biography

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Genres:

Rock Music, Punk and Hardcore Rock Music

Decades Active:

2000's

Popularity

Low

Ratings Guide

The hookfilled, rocking pop of the Veronicas comes from Brisbane, Australia's Jess and Lisa Origliasso, twin sisters who have been working in show business since they were five years old. Born on Christmas Day, Jess and Lisa were first known simply as the Origliasso Twins. Singing at events and award shows made the young twins comfortable in front of an audience and drew the attention of agents and talent agencies. In their teens, the twins released three teenpop albums as Lisa and Jessica. In 2001 the girls landed reoccurring roles in the Australian children's series Cybergirl. Songwriting was already playing an important role in the sister's lives and their style was changing from teenpop to teenrock. They became Teal and released the single "Baby It's Over", a hooky number that made the twins sought after songwriters. American Idol's down under cousin Australian Idol employed the twins and one of the Origliasso's compositions appeared on Australian Idol winner Casey Donovan's 2004 debut album For You, while another of their tracks was landed on JPop singer Miz's album Say It's Forever the same year. The girls were now entirely focused on becoming an internationally successful band and were traveling the globe to shop their demos and collaborate with veteran hitmakers. They moved to Los Angeles, changed their name to the Veronicas, turned 20 years old, and landed a deal with the Warner Brothers associated label Sire. Sire released the Veronicas' fulllength debut in 2005.

- David Jeffries, All Music Guide