The Divinyls
 | Formed |
| 1981 in Sydney, Australia | |
| Active Decades | |
| 19001020304050607080902000 | |
The Divinyls' Christina Amphlett is the most dynamic live female performer Australia has ever produced, let alone sent out into the world. With the help of an ever changing Divinyls lineup, Amphlett and guitarist Mark Mcentee have created a legacy of powerful pop records.
Amphlett's whole life seems to have pointed towards a lifetime in music. After running away from home to follow her favorite group, at 14 Amphlett joined her first band in Melbourne. In 1971 she turned up in Sydney as one of the featured singers in One Ton Gypsy, an ambitious country rock band. At 17 she left Australia to travel alone through Europe, spending some time living on the streets of Paris, and at one point ending up in a Spanish jail for busking.
Back in Sydney, Amphlett joined a church choir, purely to develop the upper register of her voice. During one choir performance, her stool fell over and became tangled up in her microphone chord. Watching her drag the stool across the stage while continuing to sing was Mark Mcentee, so enamoured by her performance he decided he had to meet this girl. It was the start of a long and robust professional relationship.
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Amphlett's whole life seems to have pointed towards a lifetime in music. After running away from home to follow her favorite group, at 14 Amphlett joined her first band in Melbourne. In 1971 she turned up in Sydney as one of the featured singers in One Ton Gypsy, an ambitious country rock band. At 17 she left Australia to travel alone through Europe, spending some time living on the streets of Paris, and at one point ending up in a Spanish jail for busking.
Back in Sydney, Amphlett joined a church choir, purely to develop the upper register of her voice. During one choir performance, her stool fell over and became tangled up in her microphone chord. Watching her drag the stool across the stage while continuing to sing was Mark Mcentee, so enamoured by her performance he decided he had to meet this girl. It was the start of a long and robust professional relationship.
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