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Divinyls
Sydney, Australia
Active from 1981 to 1996
AKA: Divinilys, Divinlys, The Divinyls
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Divinyls was an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1980 and featuring vocalist Christina Amphlett and guitarist Mark McEntee. As the focal point, Amphlett performed on stage wearing a school uniform and fishnet stockings, often using an illuminated neon tube as a prop and displaying aggression towards band members and the audience. The band, originally a five-piece, underwent numerous lineup changes with Amphlett and McEntee as the core members, before breaking up in 1996. In May 2001 the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA), as part of its 75th Anniversary celebrations, named "Science Fiction" as one of the Top 30 Australian songs of all time. The band was inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Hall of Fame in 2006 and in late 2007 Amphlett and McEntee reconvened to record a new single and begin working on a new album.

The band played a short series of live gigs in Australia in late 2007 and early 2008. Divinyls have released five studio albums, with four of them reaching the Top 10 in Australia and one, Divinyls, reaching No.

15 in the US. Their biggest-selling single, "I Touch Myself" (1991) achieved No.

1 in Australia, No. 4 in the US and No.

10 in the UK. Aged 53 years, Amphlett died on 21 April 2013 at her home in New York City, US after a protracted battle with breast cancer.

Amphlett had been unable to receive radiation treatment or chemotherapy as treatment for the cancer due to the multiple sclerosis that she concurrently suffered from.
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