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Full Name:	The Veronicas
Place of Birth:	Brisbane, Australia
Claim to Fame:	Debut album The Secret Life Of... (2005)

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The Veronicas
The Veronicas.
Background information
Born	December 25, 1984 (age 24)
Origin	Brisbane, Australia
Genre(s)	Electropop, pop rock, pop punk1
Occupation(s)	Actress, Singers
Years active	2004 – present
Label(s)	Sire, Warner Bros. Records, Pony Canyon
Website	Official Website
Members
Jessica Origliasso - Vocals, Guitar Lisa Origliasso - Vocal, Synths George "Jungle George" - Guitars Vik Foxx - Drums Mike Sherman - Bass

The Veronicas are an award winning electro pop-rock duo band based in Australia. The duo was formed in 2004, in Brisbane, by twin sisters Jessica Origliasso and Lisa Origliasso. They have their own line of clothing for all ages that they released beginning in 2007.

They have released two studio albums, the first being The Secret Life of... in 2005. The debut album peaked at #4 on the Australian charts and gain an ARIA certification of four times platinum, for 280,000+ sales. The Secret Life of... spawned five singles, including three top ten singles in Australia.

The Veronicas released their second album Hook Me Up in 2007. It peaked at #2 on the Australian charts, earning a certification of two times platinum. The album has had four Australian top ten singles released from it to date. The album's title track, "Hook Me Up", was The Veronicas' first number one single in Australia.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Early years 1.1.1 Band name 2 Music career 2.1 2005–2007: The Secret Life of... 2.2 2007-present: Hook Me Up 3 Personal lives 3.1 Piracy and copyright 3.2 Animal rights 3.2.1 Wildlife Warriors Worldwide 3.2.2 PETA 3.3 Gay marriage 3.4 Lisa 3.5 Jess 4 Discography 4.1 Studio albums 5 Awards and nominations 6 Tours 7 References 8 External links

History

Early years

Born to Italian-Australian parents Colleen and Joseph, they grew up in Albany creek. Jessica and Lisa also performed in small parts on various television shows, including a recurring role in the short-lived 2001 Australian children's series Cybergirl, where they portrayed twin sisters. Lisa played the character 'Sapphire', while Jessica appeared as 'Emerald'. On their 18th birthday, Jessica received her first guitar, at which time the sisters began writing and singing songs. They formed the group Teal with friends Tracy Woods and R. Viknes.² The group experimented with different sounds and genres, releasing a song called "Baby It's Over" which received minor airplay in Brisbane.²

In 2004, Lisa Origliasso and Jessica Origliasso were introduced to the Music Director of The Bell Hughes Music Group (BHMG), Hayden Bell. After producing some demo recordings with the twins, Bell invited them to sign a publishing agreement with Excalibur Productions (a subsidiary of BHMG). In the process, Bell helped facilitate their progression in musical style from acoustic pop to the more rhythmic rock pop approach that is now their trademark. On the strength of these demos, Bell took them to meet the executives at Engine Room (a subsidiary of PBL (Packer) Group) and they were immediately signed to a production deal.

To further develop their song writing skills, Bell connected them with internationally acclaimed songwriters and producers including Clif Magness (who has written for Avril Lavigne), Billy Steinberg (Madonna, Cyndi Lauper), Max Martin (Britney Spears, Katy Perry, P!nk), Eric Nova, Dead Mono and Vince DeGiorgio, where they created a catalogue of over 50 songs.³

Meetings were then arranged with Warner Bros. Records in the USA. Seymour Stein and senior executives recognized that Bell had indeed discovered and developed a musical talent, signing them quickly to a recording contract with Warner Bros. Records/Sire America, for a reported sum of 2 million dollars.⁴

Bell then took one of The Veronicas' songs titled "All About Us" and placed it with the Russian girl group t.A.T.u; it became a massive worldwide hit. In Australia, he placed the song "What's Goin' On" with Casey Donovan and the song "Faded" for Kate DeAraugo. Both of these artists were winners of the Australian Idol Competition.⁵ "What's Going On" was also placed by Bell on the Japanese pop singer Miz's album.²

Band name

Regarding how they chose their name, Jess Origliasso said "The name is something we thought about for a long time, and we wanted it to be a girl's name, but we didn't want it to be 'the Jesses.' We were very conscious of not wanting to make it a twin thing, because we think hello that's really tacky." "We didn't want it to be called 'the Lisas,' either," singer Lisa Origliasso added. "So one day we saw the movie Heathers, and there's a line where Christian Slater asks, 'Are you a Heather?' and Winona Ryder's character answers, 'No, I'm a Veronica,' and so we went with that, because she was this kind of cool, unique chick with an attitude."⁶

However, some believe that Archie Comics character Veronica Lodge had some influence on the naming, including people at Archie Comics themselves, who sued the group for trademark infringement.⁷ A settlement was reached that included a cross-promotion deal, including an appearance in an issue of their namesake Veronica's comic book. The issue (#167) featured a card with a code allowing a free download of their single "4ever" in MP3 form. A few months later, Archie and Friends (#100) featured The Archies meeting The Veronicas. The next issue of Archie and Friends (#101) also featured The Veronicas, with Archie as their biggest fan. They also starred in one episode of The Suite Life of Zack and Cody. The Veronicas dislike being called a female duo and every day they work to separate themselves from the music business. "We like being called a band or group. We don't want to be a pop duo group with two girls singing about relationships, we have everything that a rock band would have, so we are a band".

This sparked mild argument, when music critic Charlotte Burgess stated, "A repetitive beat and strumming three powerchords while dancing around in skimpy clothing is rock only in the world of AC/DC. They [The Veronicas] are a band...otherwise known as a pop-band."²

Music career

2005–2007: The Secret Life of...

The Veronicas debut album, entitled The Secret Life of..., was released in Australia on October 17, 2005, entering the ARIA Album charts at the position of #7.⁸ Since then, it has peaked at #2 and gone 4x Platinum.⁹ Due to the success of the album, five singles were released in Australia: "4ever", "Everything I'm Not", "When It All Falls Apart", "Revolution" and "Leave Me Alone". The song "4ever" was featured on the website of Curly Grrlz Skateboards.

The Secret Life of the Veronicas spent a year in the ARIA album charts without leaving the top 40.⁸ In September 2006, the album was nominated for three ARIA awards including; "Best Pop Release", "Highest Selling Album" and "Best Breakthrough Album".¹⁰ They won "Best Pop Release" but lost the other two to other nominees.¹¹ The girls also performed their 2nd single "Everything I'm Not" on the night.¹²

The album was released in the U.S. on February 14, 2006; it debuted at #133 on Billboard 200 and #3 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart.¹³ Only two singles were released in the United States off the album. A special DVD was released with the U.S. version as a limited edition exclusive. The limited edition included two extra songs and videos, and was only available online. However, copies have been found to have been shipped to several stores in Australia as well. Other releases in the U.S. include Sessions@AOL which features their songs "Heavily Broken" and "Revolution" live in the AOL studios, also released was The Veronicas: Mtv.com Live EP which also features live performances of their songs including a new song, entitled "Stay".

The album has also had success in other countries such as New Zealand where it debuted at #5, #75 on the Dutch Album Charts and #11 in Belgium.¹⁴ Due to their chart success in Belgium, they won the award for Best International New Artist at the TMF Awards of 2006. "When It All Falls Apart" spent a record of 17 weeks of MTV Asia's Pop 10 Chart, in which 7 of them were at the number 1 spot. The song was recorded in Simlish and is featured in the Sims 2 expansion pack Seasons.¹⁵ In early 2007, The Secret Life of... was released worldwide.

Lisa and Jessica are the faces of Choice Calvin Klein¹⁶ and Australian hair product company nu:u.⁵ Blender magazine named included them in their list of hottest women in rock in 2006.¹⁷ The sisters sang the title song on the short-lived television show Related which had featured songs from their debut album. They appeared in an episode that aired February 6, 2006.¹⁸ In March 2006, their debut single "4ever" was featured in the Amanda Bynes comedy She's the Man. It was featured in the promotional television spots, the film itself and the soundtrack.¹⁹ Their song "Revolution" appeared in another Amanda Bynes film, "Sydney White", in 2007

The girls also appeared on The Suite Life of Zack & Cody episode "The Suite Life Goes Hollywood" as guest stars and performed their song "Cry".²⁰ The twins also created a fashion line called The Veronicas for Target which was released in stores on August 25, 2007 in Australia.²¹²²

On December 2, 2006 The Veronicas released a CD/DVD, entitled Exposed... The Secret Life of The Veronicas in Australia which features live performances from their Australian 2006 The Revolution Tour|Revolution Tour and a DVD featuring parts of the sisters' live performances throughout 2005-2006, including footage that had previously not been seen, and their music videos.²³ The album debuted at #6 on the ARIA DVD Charts accrediting platinum in its first week. The second week it rose to its peak of #3²⁴ and was accredited Double Platinum.²⁵

2007-present: Hook Me Up

In 2007, the Veronicas began work on their second album. The album was written and recorded in Los Angeles with Toby Gad, Billy Steinberg and John Feldmann.²⁶

Hook Me Up was released in Australia on November 3, 2007. The album debuted at number two on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart with sales of 9,531 copies in its first week, and was certified Gold.²⁷ It has since gone 2x platinum.²⁸ The album became the twenty-eighth highest selling album in Australia for 2007.²⁹

The lead single from the album, "Hook Me Up", was added to Australian radio on August 27, 2007, but was physically released on September 22, 2007. It debuted at number five, eventually reaching number one after seven weeks on the ARIA Singles Chart, making it their first number one hit in Australia.³⁰ Also in 2007, the Veronicas wrote a song released by Cosima De Vito, called "Left Waiting".

"Untouched", their second single from the album, was made available in stores and online on December 8, 2007, and became the first single to be released from their album in the United States, Europe and New Zealand. The song reached number 2 in Australia³¹ eventually reaching platinum accredation³², the song made its debut on the US Billboard charts at number sixteen on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles Chart,³³ but eventually dropped off the charts until December 3, 2008, when it rose to number sixty-two on the Hot 100 countdown, due to radio play, and became their first Hot 100 entry.³⁴ The song has since risen to number seventeen as of January 30, 2009. The single has been Certified Platinum with 1,000,000 paid downloads.³⁵

Their third single "This Love" was released on March 10, 2008 digitally and April 14 physically. It debuted at number 14 before reaching its peak at number 10³⁶ and was certified Gold.³²

"Take Me on the Floor", their fourth single, was released on July 26, 2008 as a digital download and peaked at number seven in its second week. The single has since been certified Gold.

On October 11, their fifth single, "Popular" was released digitally in Australia. It has only gained heavy airplay and peaked at #11 on the Australian Airplay Chart.³⁷

In support of the album, The Veronicas embarked on their third Australian tour The Hook Me Up Tour in 2007. The tour, which began on November 30 and concluded on December 12, was held in eight major cities around Australia.³⁸

On September 2008 the nominees for the 22nd annual ARIA Awards were announced, with The Veronicas receiving four nominations. Hook Me Up received 2 nominations for Best Pop Release and Highest Selling Album and Untouched and Hook Me Up (single) received a nomination for Highest Selling Single each. The Veronicas performed their hit single "Untouched" at the event, but left with no awards.³⁹

On October 16, 2008 The Veronicas announced the Revenge Is Sweeter tour,⁴⁰ which will be their first tour to extend into New Zealand, beginning on February 13, 2009 in Newcastle and continuing for 15 other dates concluding in Dunedin on March 7, 2009 with the show being supported by Metro Station, Short Stack and P Money.⁴¹⁴²

In 2008, The Veronicas hit single "Untouched" was chosen to be on the new FIFA 09 video game.⁴³ The Veronicas also performed and they were presenters with Ashley Tisdale at the Z100 Jingle Ball on December 13, 2008 due to their success on the station⁴⁴ and co-hosted MTV's New Year's Eve party with Miley Cyrus.⁴⁵

In an interview with Rolling Stone Magazine in 2008, they mentioned that they have begun writing for their new album but haven't been in a studio yet.⁴⁶ Before the commencement of their "Revenge is Sweeter tour" they announced that they would travel to Japan in August⁴⁷ and have released a two disc compilation album called The Veronicas Complete featuring all their songs from their first and second albums as well as three bonus tracks on March 18, 2009.⁴⁸ On February 26, 2009, "Untouched" was certified platinum in the U.S. with one million digital downloads, making them the first ever Australian act to accomplish this.⁴⁹ As of March 13, 2009, they have wrapped up their Revenge is Sweeter Tour and have returned to the U.S to film an episode of 90210⁵⁰ and are also planning to tour Asia and Europe.⁵¹. They have also completed a European promotional tour which included France, Germany, United Kingdom⁵² and Italy On April 8, 2009, it was announced on their official website that their Revenge Is Sweeter tour would extend to the US and Japan including festival gigs and the Miss USA 2009 pageant⁵³. On June 2nd, Hook Me Up will be re-released in the US featuring a bonus track titled "Change The World" along with their first single "4ever". Hook Me Up was set for its first UK release on June 8th but it has been push back with a supposed release date on the 21st of September now.⁵⁴

In a recent interview, singer Kelly Clarkson stated that The Veronicas will be the opening act during the US leg of her fall tour.

On the 1st of July 2009, Jess announced on her Twitter page that they are re-filming the music video for "4Ever", quoting "It's going to be the best video ever".

They performed "Untouched" on an episode of "Gossip Girls" in season two.

Personal lives

Currently both members live in Los Angeles, California and in their hometown of Brisbane, Australia, when not travelling in the U.S.⁵⁵

Piracy and copyright

The band was featured in an Australian public service announcement campaign against music piracy targeting schools, labeled Australian Music In Tune. Other successful Australian artists included were Powderfinger, Jimmy Barnes and Silverchair.⁵⁶

Animal rights

Wildlife Warriors Worldwide

In 2006, The Veronicas joined the late Steve Irwin's Wildlife Warriors Worldwide, a charity that deals with the protection of animals and their natural environments.⁵⁷ Work for this charity has included a texting competition to reach two-thousand text messages in the hopes of raising one thousand dollars.⁵⁸

PETA

In January 2009, it was suggested Jess would pose nude for PETA after getting attention from a member of the organization.⁵⁹ However, the photo shoot never eventuated.

Gay marriage

Lisa also marched alongside Drew Barrymore, Pete Wentz, Kathy Griffin, Janice Dickinson and other celebrities in support of gay marriage in California at a May 2009 march in Los Angeles protesting the 26 May 2009 decision of the California Supreme Court ruling upholding Proposition 8.⁶⁰

Lisa

Lisa dated singer Ryan Cabrera in 2006, though their relationship ended that year. She dedicated a song to him called "Revenge Is sweeter", where she sings in the second verse "...you're on the way down..." as in Ryan Cabrera's hit "On the Way Down". However, she sang this in a mocking manner.⁶¹ In April 2007 she began dating former Australian Idol contestant Dean Geyer and they announced their engagement in April 2008. Lisa's relationship with Geyer, including their engagement, ended abruptly in June 2008 due to "difficulties with long distance and with their career paths going in different directions".She also dated the mexican collaborator Yon Garfias. She is currently dating actor/singer Reeve Carney of the band Carney.⁶²

Jess

In 2008, Jess was caught in a controversy when she was seen kissing MTV Australia VJ Ruby Rose Langenheim at the 2008 Cleo Bachelor of the Year Awards after party.⁶³ Although the Australian media has described the pair as "genuinely keen on one another,"⁶⁴ Langenheim denied a romantic relationship in a live blog, stating that the two are "really good mates."⁶⁵ There was also speculation that she had a 2 year long romance with a college student name Jade Modeste, however this came to an end when it was reported that certain information was leaked to the press. To this day, neither have confirmed their romance, however they were seen kissing at the posh London eatery Nobu. In August 2008, Jess had images of her leaked onto the internet through US porn site Fleshbot.com. The "series of four photographs, taken three years ago, has also been sold to two local gossip magazines," with a Warner Music publicist telling the celebrity department of the Herald Sun, Confidential, "The portrait photograph of the girl looking at the camera is obviously Jess but, although the photos appear to have similarities in style and setting, I'm confident that the girl in the topless photograph is not her."⁶⁶ Legal action has been taken against a former lover of hers, who allegedly sold the photos.⁶⁷ Prior to the Australian ARIA Music Awards in 2008, Origliasso noted, "We are not up there (on stage at the ARIAs) because my boobs were flashed all over the world".⁶⁸

Discography

Studio albums

• 2005: The Secret Life of...
• 2007: Hook Me Up

Awards and nominations

Tours

References

External links

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