The Catholic Girls began when schoolgirls Gail Petersen and Roxy Andersen put their guitars together to form the first all-female band from New Jersey that would be signed to a major label. With the edition of Doreen Holmes on drums, The Catholic Girls released an album both in the USA and Australia and also on a special Armed Forces edition by Radio Free Europe. They embarked on 2 national tours and in 1999, Renaissance Records revived the original album in CD format. Its success in chains such as Borders and websites like Amazon.com led to rapid sales and an impressive ranking. Fans of the band from The 80s were thrilled to have the girls in plaid back, and many new fans were made along the way. In 2002, the band released Make Me Believe as their first indie CD, embarked on a tri-state tour (NY/NJ/PA), opened for acts like Dave Davies of the Kinks, Gene Loves Jezebel and performed at The Knitting Factory in Hollywood for The International Pop Overthrow Festival. In addition the Asbury Park Music Awards nominated them for Top Rock Band of the Year and their latest video for the title song Make Me Believe reached the charts in Billboard. In 2004 their CD single Summer Vacation/Rockn America (a tribute to Joey Ramone) was released nationally. It sold at a brisk pace and gained momentum with college and internet airplay and glowing reviews. This was followed by MEET THE CATHOLIC GIRLS. Their most recent release is an EP containing 3 new songs (including AIRPLAY and BROKEN RECORD) as well as a Euro re-edit of the first album's GOD MADE YOU FOR ME. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.