The Casanovas are an Australian hard rock band, which formed in 1999 by Patrick Boyce on drums, his brother Tommy on lead vocals and guitar, and Jimmy Lewis on bass guitar. They have released an EP Keep It Hot (2002), and five albums, The Casanovas (2004), All Night Long (2006), Terra Casanova (2015), Reptilian Overlords (2020) and Backseat Rhythms (2023).

History

The Casanovas were formed in late 1999 in Melbourne as a hard rock trio by brothers Patrick "Paddy" Boyce on drums and Tommy Boyce (a.k.a. Tommy Love) They released their debut single, "10 Outta 10", in August 2000. They added another guitarist, James Saunders shortly after. Carly Sticpewich of Oz Music Project described it as "hip-shaking rock turned up to 11 that you can get drunk to while you figure out how you're going to become as cool as singer/guitarist Tommy Love. Which, of course, is impossible because rock stars as cool as this are damn hard to imitate. Eat your heart out." Campbell explained "It was long time coming and everyone is still on good relations but Paddy just wanted to go and do other projects... We had to train [Stanley] up nice and quick. His first two shows were in Sydney with the Darkness and then The Big Day Out. That's putting the pressure on."

AllMusic's Eduardo Rivadavia observed that they "not only succeed at pulling off mirror-image AC/DC blues bombers like 'Livin' in the City', 'Shake It', and evergreen first single, '10 Outta 10', with remarkably little evident guilt; they also know how and when to step out of the box without embarrassing themselves." They went on to play some dates in New York City in July and then a tour of Japan in September 2004.

A second album, All Night Long was released in 2006, from which they have released two singles, "Born to Run" and "California". Born to Run was featured on the soundtrack of video game publisher EA Sports' title, Rugby 06, as well as being the main song for Melbourne-based video game developers IR Gurus' title, AFL Premiership 2006, whilst Shake It was used in three Videogames: F1 2011 (Codemasters), WRC 4 (Evolution Studios) and This is Football 2005 (London Studio) .

Their third Album Terra Casanova was released in 2015, their fourth, Reptilian Overlord, in 2020, and their fifth Backseat Rhythms in August 2023.

In late 2024, Damian Campbell parted ways with the band and was replaced by original member Jimmy Lewis.

Band members

;Current

  • Tommy Boyce – vocals, guitar
  • Jimmy Lewis - vocals, bass
  • Brett "Wolfie" Wolfenden – drums

;Former

  • James "Fatty" Saunders&nbsp;– guitar, vocals <small>(2000–2001)</small>
  • Patrick Boyce&nbsp;– drums <small>(1999–2003)</small>
  • Jordan "Jaws" Stanley&nbsp;– drums <small>(2003–2019)</small>
  • Damian Campbell&nbsp;– bass, vocals <small>(2002–2024)</small>

Timeline

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Discography

Studio albums

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! scope="row"| The Casanovas

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  • Released: April 2004
  • Label: Rubber Records <small>(RUB161)</small>
  • Format: CD

| 72

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! scope="row"| All Night Long

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  • Released: July 2006
  • Label: Rubber Records <small>(RUB217)</small>
  • Format: CD

| 85

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! scope="row"| Terra Casanova

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  • Released: 30 July 2015
  • Label: Rubber Records <small>(RUB288)</small>
  • Format: CD

| -

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! scope="row"| Reptilian Overlord

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  • Released: 28 August 2020
  • Label: Rubber Records
  • Format: CD, Vinyl

| -

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! scope="row"| Backseat Rhythms

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  • Released: 25 August 2023
  • Label: Rubber Records
  • Format: CD, Vinyl

| -

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Extended plays

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! scope="row"| ... Keep It Hot

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  • Released: September 2002
  • Label: Rubber Records <small>(RUB147)</small>
  • Format: CD

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Singles

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! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"| Year

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| rowspan="2"| 2004

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| rowspan="3"| The Casanovas

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! scope="row"| "Livin' in the City"

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! scope="row"| "Heartbeat"

| 2005

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! scope="row"| "Born to Run"

| rowspan="2"| 2006

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| rowspan="2"| All Night Long

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! scope="row"| "California"

| 24

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! scope="row"| "The Most Hated Man in Melbourne"

| 2011

| -

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! scope="row"| "Hollywood Riot"

| 2019

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| Reptilian Overlord

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! scope="row"| "Red Hot"

| 2020

| -

| Reptilian Overlord

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! scope="row"| "The Devil In Me"

| 2023

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| Backseat Rhythms

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! scope="row"| "The Lover"

| 2023

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| Backseat Rhythms

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! scope="row"| "When You Want Something From Me"

| 2023

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| Backseat Rhythms

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Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987.

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| 2002

| "Shake It"

| Breakthrough Artist - Single

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References