The Casanovas | en

The Casanovas were originally formed in 1999 with all three original members hailing from Melbourne, Australia.

The Casanovas was the brainchild of brothers, Tommy and Patrick Boyce and original bassist, Jimmy Lewis. The Boyce brothers met Jim while working together scrubbing pots & pans in the back kitchen of Pattersons cake shop in Windsor, Melbourne.

The idea of the name ‘The Casanovas’ was partly inspired by the look of the ‘Casablanca’ records logo that featured on early Kiss vinyls that they all grew up listening to.

Early on, their sound was described as AC/DC meets KISS with leanings to the 70’s New York punk sounds of such names as The Dictators and The Ramones. Although individually, they had many other influences that helped mould their sound. The Stooges, MC5, The Rolling Stones, The Saints, Dead Boys & Turbonegro just to name a few.

Armed with only a handful of songs after five rehearsals, The Casanovas were quick to start gigging around the venues of suburban Melbourne. Supporting seminal local rock acts such as The Powdermonkeys, The Monarchs and Tim Rogers as well as the now massive White Stripes on their first tour of Australia.

In mid 2000, The Casanovas cut their debut single, ‘10 Outta 10‘. An anthemic, fist pumper that was released on 7" vinyl through local Melbourne punk label ‘Full Toss’ Records. This release established them on local community radio stations such as PBS and RRR as well as national radio on JJJ.

The Casanovas were quick to gain their own local following and started grabbing peoples' attention with their ‘balls to the wall’ rock n’ roll sound, along with an entertaining live show with their sometimes tongue in cheek style histrionics. .