The Devotchkas

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This article is about the New York punk band The Devotchkas. For information about the Denver indie rock group DeVotchKa, see their page.

The Devotchkas were a four-piece American street punk band from Long Island, NY. Their name was derived from the popular film and novel A Clockwork Orange, Devotchka in the Clockwork Nadsat language meaning "girl".

An all-girl group, the band was formed by three friends in 1996. The early period saw drummers come and go, including Jon from The Krays. Wanting a regular drummer, they eventually recruited Gabrielle in 1999 to complete the line up.

In 1998 they were signed to Punk Core Records for the release of their debut ep, which sold in excess of 5,000 copies, a surprisingly high number for a band's debut ep, especially on vinyl format. After the release of their second ep, Annihilation, in 1999 singer Stephanie left the band to be replaced by JJ. JJ sang on their 2001 full-length album Live Fast, Die Young. At that point, with original singer Stephanie out of the fold, the band decided to change their name to the 99's. However, new singer JJ left the band shortly thereafter and was replaced by Jessica. At that point the band reverted their name to The Devotchkas but split up soon after.