Marie Hoy began as a musician in the Melbourne punk band, Thrush and the Cunts, in 1978. One of their tracks, "Diseases",
Dogs in Space (1986), which depicts the local
little band scene from the late 1970s. She was also a member of Too Fat to Fit Through the Door, alongside Marcus Bergner, Michael Buckley, Tom Hoy, Dave Light and Stuart Grant. They issued a track, "Flintstones Meet the Flintsones", on a four-track
split extended play,
Little Band (1979), with one track each by Morpions, the Take, and Ronnie and the Rhythm Boys. In the same year she appeared in another short,
Etrusco Me, directed by Bergner. Hoy also appeared in
Dogs in Space, as front woman of Marie Hoy and Friends, to perform
the Boys Next Door's track, "
Shivers". Tim Groves of
Senses of Cinema observed "Nick Cave fans will appreciate a snippet of the Boys Next Door's version of their classic 'Shivers' (but pine for the rest of the clip, especially when Hoy performs the song at a gig)." In 1984, Hoy joined post-punk band,
Orchestra of Skin and Bone, on lead vocals and keyboards with Arnie Hanna on guitar, David Hoy on cello, Tom Hoy on saxophone, Lochie Kirkwood on vocals and saxophone,
Ollie Olsen on lead vocals and guitar, Dugald McKenzie on vocals and autoharp, John Murphy on drums, James Rogers on trumpet and Peter Scully on guitar. They issued a self-titled album in 1985 before disbanding in the following year. Hoy on keyboards, vocals and samples with Olsen formed another post-punk band,
No, in 1987 including Kevin McMahon on bass guitar and
Michael Sheridan on lead guitar. They released two albums,
Glory for the Shit for Brains (1987) and
Once We Were Scum, Now We Are God (1989), before disbanding in 1989. ==References==