The Veronicas are a band composed of identical twin sisters Jessica Louise Origliasso and Lisa Marie Origliasso (born December 25, 1984 in Brisbane Australia) The Veronicas currently lives in Los Angeles, California, USA
Contrary to popular belief, the band's name does not actually come from a character in Archie Comics In an interview with MTV sisters explicitly stated that if the band name: "The name is something we thought long and we wanted that it is a maiden name, but we did not want to be" Jesse, we were very conscious of not wanting to do it a twin thing, because we think it's really tacky Then one day we saw the movie "Heathers" and there is a line where a girl asks, "Are you a Heather?" ochWinona Ryder character replies "No, I'm Veronica" and sowe went with that because she was this kind of unique cool chick with an attitude "
Born to Italian (Sicilian) parents on Christmas Day 1984 they grew up in Albany Creek (northwest of Brisbane, Australia), where they attended Ferny Grove State High School and Wavell State High School At an early age the girls expressed interest in performing, they participated in small local papers in shows on television and radio horses
The girls were picked up by Warner Bros. Records / Reprise Records Sire Records in 2004 for a reported 2 million U.S. dollars The girls write their own songs and has also written songs for other artists like tATu "All About Us" and Australian Idol winners Casey Donovan's "What's Going On" & Kate DeAraugo's "Faded"
The Veronicas dislike being called a female duo, "We TYCker that is called a band or a group, we do not want to be a pop duo group with two girls singing about relationships, we have everything a rock band would have so we are a band says Lisa rest of the band consists of:
The Veronicas debut album entitled "The Secret Life Of ... was released" in Australia on October 17, 2005 in ARIA album chart at position # 7 Since then, it reached # 2 and gone 4x Platinum Due to the success of the album, five singles have been released in Australia
ΜΆ0 band's lead single, Hook Me Up "from their second album was added to Australian radio August 27, 2007" Hook Me Up "was produced by Greg Wells (Timbaland Mika OneRepublic) The Veronicas' second album, also titled "Hook Me Up" was released inNovember 3 2007 contains 12 tracks the album in its entirety has been leaked on the internet 8 days before the first edition "Untouched" is the second single from the album and was made available in stores and online December 8, 2007
Lisa has previously dated singer Ryan Cabrera and his recent engagement to former Australian Idol contestant Dean Geyer was broken
Jess is currently dating Azaria from Sydney band follow but has been seen kissing with MTV VJ Ruby Rose, although it reported that it was only TunT
