Spazzys

The Spazzys
Performing at the Australian Open, (L to R): Kat, Ally and Lucy Spazzy, January 2006
Background information
Origin	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Genres	Pop punk
Years active	2000–present
Labels	Shock
Website	Official website
Members	Kat Spazzy Lucy Spazzy Ally Spazzy

The Spazzys are an all-girl pop punk trio formed in 2000 by twins Kat Spazzy (a.k.a. Katarina Ljubicic) on guitar and lead vocals, and Lucy Spazzy (a.k.a. Lucy Ljubicic) on bass guitar and vocals, with their school mate, Ally Spazzy (a.k.a. Alice McNamara) on drums and vocals. Their cover version of "My Boyfriend's Back" (February 2005) peaked at number 24 on the ARIA Singles Chart.

Kat Spazzy (a.k.a. Katarina Ljubicic) and Lucy Spazzy (a.k.a. Lucy Ljubicic) are twins sisters. For Years Nine and Ten they attended Melbourne Girls' College alongside Ally Spazzy (a.k.a. Alice McNamara). The Spazzys formed in Melbourne in 2000, after Ally's 18th birthday with Kat on guitar and lead vocals; Lucy on bass guitar and vocals; and Ally on drums and vocals. One of their influences were The Ramones, and in homage they each adopted the band's name as their performance surname.

Kat recalled that initially "we couldn't play, so we just did it. I was told I was the one who would be playing guitar – I didn't know if it was serious and I didn't want to spend any money, so I borrowed a guitar, and after six months I realised that maybe we could do this." The group played their first show as a support for fellow punk band, Mach Pelican.

Their first three singles, "Paco Doesn't Love Me" (April 2004), "Hey Hey Baby" (July) and "My Boyfriend's Back" (February 2005), all charted, with the latter reaching No. 24 on the ARIA Singles Chart. At a gig at the Gaelic Club they played in May 2004 with Marky Ramone on his Australian visit, Ally made way for Ramone on the drums. Ramone also appears in their video clip for "Hey Hey Baby". By July that year the trio had supported gigs in Melbourne by visiting artists: The Buzzcocks, The Datsuns, The D4, Gerling and Blondie.

Their debut album, Aloha! Go Bananas (20 September 2004), entered the AIR independent chart at No. 1 and reached the top 60 of the ARIA Albums Chart. They received significant radio airplay – including on national youth radio station, Triple J. Their track, "Paco Doesn't Love Me", written about the drummer of an Italian punk band, Retarded, was listed at No. 75 in the 2004 Triple J Hottest 100. In 2005, Ally guest starred on the game show Spicks and Specks, and Kat appeared on RocKwiz.