Both had been hanging out at the punk clubs and watching guys start bands, noting that most of them couldn't play.

They recruited her sister Rhonda Ross as the drummer and Lucasta's friends Renee Schilhab and Xenia Holiday (nee Splawinsky) on guitar.

[4] Using gear borrowed from The Diodes, the four women began practicing in a basement in the Toronto suburb of Thornhill, working to hone a sound like The Ronettes or The Crystals.

When they had six songs, they made their debut opening for The Viletones at Toronto's famed gay bar Club David's.

"[6] The band soon became a fixture on the Toronto punk scene, playing clubs alongside Teenage Head, The Curse, The Poles, the Diodes and the Viletones.

They opened for Elvis Costello, The Heartbreakers, The Stranglers, Sham 69, Crowded House, The B-52's, The Romantics, Levi and the Rockats, Nikki & the Corvettes, Richard Hell, Lee Dorsey, The Cramps, Joey Ramone, Joan Jett, Johnny Thunders, and even Allen Ginsberg.

They made one trip, to play the Whisky a Go Go in Los Angeles; while there, they sang (uncredited) back-up vocals on Blondie's hit song "The Tide Is High" and Bator's solo album, Disconnected.

"Boys Are Drinking") and they created several demos, produced by Harry, Mick Jones, Craig Leon, and Liam Sternberg.

After the break-up, Lucasta formed a new band called Minutes From Downtown who had a hit with "Wrapped In Velvet".

[17][18] Cynthia Ross took time off to raise a family, then formed a band called New York Junk.