Artist Profile

The Casanovas

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, as well as a healthy dose of irony, (none of them were getting laid!).

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.

A diet of constant gigging built strong rock muscles as the band's profile began to build with a growing reputation as a bona fide live rock band. In 2003, The Casanovas were invited by New Zealand's ‘The Datsuns’ to join them on a nine week tour of Europe and America. After a run of around 40 shows around the world and a coveted slot on the SXSW festival in Texas, the band returned to more and more touring back in Australia and a reputation as one of the most hard working and exciting live rock acts in the country.

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