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Infobox musical artist| name = The Spazzys| image =| caption =| background = group_or_band| origin = Melbourne , Australia | genre = Pop punk , punk rock|Punk | years_active = 2000–present| label =| website = http://www.angelfire.com/punk3/thespazzys/index.html Official website| current_members = Kat Spazzy Lucy Spazzy Ally Spazzy| past_members = The Spazzys is an all-girl pop punk band from Melbourne , Australia .
History
The three girls went to school together and Kat (guitar, lead vocals) and Lucy (bass) are also twins. They formed in 2000 and played their first show as a support for Mach Pelican .cite news|url= http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/16/1095320902549.html |title=Rock the Spaz bar|date=September 17, 2004|work= The Age
Their first three singles ''Paco Doesn't Love Me , Hey Hey Baby and My Boyfriend's Back'' all charted with the latter reaching No. 24.cite web|url= http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp? interpret=Spazzys& titel=My+Boyfriend%27s+Back& cat=s |work=Australian-Charts.com|title=SPAZZYS - MY BOYFRIEND'S BACK (SONG) Their debut album Aloha& #33; Go Bananas entered the AIR independent chart at No. 1cite news|work= The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury |date=12 April 2007|title=Tearing up venues and reached the top 40 of the ARIA national albums chart. They have received significant radio airplay - mostly on Triple J . http://www.theharbouragency.com/artist-profile/spazzys-the The Spazzys, The Harbour Agency deadlink|date=January 2012 Their song "Paco Doesn't Love Me", written about the drummer of an Italian punk band called Retarded,cite news|work= The West Australian |date=9 September 2004|title=Three chords, two minutes, one passion: the Ramones|author=Simon Collins was No. 75 in the 2004 Triple J Hottest 100 .cite web | title=Hottest 100 2004 | url= http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/history/2004.htm | work= Triple J | accessdate=2007-06-11
They have played several major music festivals, such as the Big Day Out ,cite news|work= The West Australian |date=25 January 2007|title=Spazzys back, more diverse|author=Simon Collins Falls Festival and Queenscliff Music Festival , Pyramid Rock Festival and have toured with bands such as You Am I , Grinspoon , Butterfingers (Australian band)|Butterfingers and Hard-Ons .
The band has also supported international acts such Blondie (band)|Blondie , The Distillers , The Hives , http://www.rockwiz.tv/2_15.shtml RocKwiz Series 2: Episode 15 The 5.6.7.8's , http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/news/local/304/5678s-Bomb-The-Rocks-Australian-Tour.htm FasterLouder "5.6.7.8s Bomb The Rocks Australian Tour!"Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson http://www.dbmagazine.com.au/423/cd-MM.shtml dB Magazine Marilyn Manson, The Spazzys. Thebarton Theatre and Marky Ramone . http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/05/07/1083881478385.html? from=storyrhs The Age Marky Ramone They were poorly received by the crowd during their support tour with Marilyn Manson in September and October 2007. Commenters noted it was not due to a poor performance, rather their style of music was not favourable with Marilyn Manson fans. The band was praised for how they handled the jeering crowd, repeatedly mocking the audience with statements like "This next song is called my parents don't understand me so I cut myself" and "The last city hated us even more than you do!"
They played with Marky Ramone on an Australian visit, Ally (drums) made way for Marky on the drums. The Age , 10 May 2004, "Brain Surgery Not A Part Of This Brief" by Michael Dwyer Marky also features in their video clip for "Hey Hey Baby".Geelong Advertiser, 4 September 2004, "Fun-time Spazzys" They are heavily influenced by The Ramones , Herald Sun , 16 September 2004, "spazzys' pass marky" by Shane O'Donohue and have similarly adopted the band's name as a surname.
In 2005, Ally guest starred on the game show Spicks and Specks (TV series)|Spicks and Specks , and Kat on RockWiz .The Sydney Morning Herald, 5 December 2005, TV previews by Tony Davis
Australian pop punk band Batfoot released a song titled Ally Spazzy in 2012, which has been played on radio station Triple J Unearthed program.
Members
Kat Spazzy ( guitar )
Lucy Spazzy ( bass guitar )
Ally Spazzy ( drum s)
All three members have contributed lead and backing vocals, although Kat is the lead singer for most of their songs.
http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/photos/040502-markyramone/aai Marky Ramone playing with The Spazzys photos
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/09/23/1095651452847.html? from=moreStories Sydney Morning Herald Young punks
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