They're the rockin' twins from Brisbane who had no trouble grabbing our attention when they blasted onto the music scene with a killer debut album,
The Secret Life of the Veronicas. But, their lives are secret no more: here's everything you've ever wanted to know about the dynamic duo …
The stats
- Names: Jess and Lisa Origliasso
- Born: Christmas Day in 1984
- Debut album: The Secret Life of the Veronicas. Over 300,000 copies sold in Oz!
- Second album: Hook Me Up is out November 3
- Hit singles: include 4Ever, Everything I'm Not and When It All Falls Apart
- Began entertaining: At age five
- Count influences as: Everything from Roy Orbison to AC/DC to hip hop and R 'n' B!
The fast facts
- They have their own clothing range at Target
- They regulary finish each other's sentences
- Their single 4ever was played on an episode of The Hills, as well as on Laguna Beach
- They've worked with songwriters Shelly Peiken (who's worked with Christina Aguilera), Billy Steinberg (Madonna), John Feldmann (Good Charlotte) and Toby Gad (who co-wrote Fergie's Big Girls Don't Cry)
- Lisa dated Ashlee Simpson's ex, Ryan Cabrera, before dating Australian Idol star Dean Geyer
- Tickets for their Hook Me Up tour are on sale now!
Their quotes on ...
- Being famous: "I guess I thought I'd feel kind of different, but I don't at all" (Lisa). "I think that was from people saying 'Oh, you don't really know someone until they've had their first huge single'. I mean, we're up to our fourth huge single and we haven't changed. But then, we also have each other to keep each other grounded" (Jess).
- Sounding different: "It's been over two years since we wrote the first record so I guess over those two years our musical tastes had changed a little bit. We've been living in America and we got into the whole electro-pop/rock scene over there. Music-wise, we love all that stuff" (Lisa).
- On producing a great album: "It's definitely been a crazy ride and it can go so quick that you often need to take a look back to see what you've achieved to see how far you've come" (Lisa).
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