Editing Divinyls (section)

{{Short description|Australian rock band}}
{{About|the rock band|the album|Divinyls (album)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Use Australian English|date=January 2014}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Divinyls
| image           = Divinyls.jpg
| caption         = Divinyls in 1982
| alias           =
| origin          = [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]], Australia
| genre           = [[New wave music|New wave]], [[Pub rock (Australia)|pub rock]], [[pop rock]]
| years_active    = 1980–1996, 2006–2009
| label           = [[Chrysalis Records|Chrysalis]], [[Virgin Records|Virgin]], [[RCA Records|RCA]], [[Warner Music Group|WEA]]
}}

'''Divinyls''' ({{IPAc-en|d|ɪ|ˈ|v|aɪ|n|əl|z}}) were an Australian [[Rock music|rock]] band that were formed in Sydney in 1980. The band primarily consisted of vocalist [[Chrissy Amphlett]] and guitarist [[Mark McEntee]]. Amphlett garnered widespread attention for performing on stage in a school uniform and fishnet stockings, and she often used an illuminated neon tube as a prop for displaying aggression towards both band members and the audience.<ref name="McF">{{cite book |title=Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofau00mcfa |last=McFarlane |first=Ian |author-link=Ian McFarlane |publisher=[[Allen & Unwin]] |year=1999 |isbn=1-86448-768-2 |access-date=30 May 2008 |url-access=registration }}</ref><ref name=pleasure>{{cite book
  | last = Amphlett
  | first = Chrissy
  | author-link = Chrissy Amphlett
  |author2=Larry Writer
  | title = Pleasure and Pain: My Life
  | publisher = Hodder Australia
  | year = 2005
  | location = Sydney
  | pages = 336
  | isbn = 0-7336-1959-2}}
</ref>
Originally a five-piece, the band underwent numerous line-up changes, with Amphlett and McEntee remaining as core members, before its dissolution in 1996.<ref name=pleasure />

In May 2001, the [[Australasian Performing Right Association|Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA)]], as part of its 75th-anniversary celebrations, named "[[Science Fiction (song)|Science Fiction]]" as one of the [[APRA Top 30 Australian songs|Top 30 Australian songs]] of all time.<ref name="Kruger">{{cite web|url=http://www.debbiekruger.com/pdfs/aprathirty.pdf |last=Kruger |first=Debbie |title=The songs that resonate through the years |publisher=Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) |date=2 May 2001 |access-date=30 October 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081030100404/http://www.debbiekruger.com/pdfs/aprathirty.pdf |archive-date=30 October 2008 }}</ref> The band was inducted into the [[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA) [[ARIA Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] in 2006<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ariahalloffame.com.au/inductees_listing.htm |title=ARIA 2008 Hall of Fame inductees listing |publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA)|access-date=25 May 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080615011737/http://www.ariahalloffame.com.au/inductees_listing.htm |archive-date = 15 June 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-award.php?awardID=36 |title=Winners by Award: Hall of Fame |publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]] |access-date=25 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090608063019/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-award.php?awardID=36 |archive-date=8 June 2009 }}</ref><ref name="ARIA2006">{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/news-ARIAhalloffame2006.htm |title=2006 ARIA Hall of Fame Awards |publisher=ARIA |access-date=31 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111013120427/http://aria.com.au/pages/news-ARIAhalloffame2006.htm |archive-date=13 October 2011 }}</ref> and in late 2007 Amphlett and McEntee reconvened to record a new single and begin working on a new album.<ref name="Herald">{{cite news |url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/fine-line-between-pleasure-and-pain-for-divinyls-chrissy-amphlett-and-mark-mcentee/news-story/f38371668a825f765f0de5f65c1df5fb |title=Fine line between pleasure and pain for Divinyls |newspaper=[[Herald Sun]] |date=16 November 2007 |last=Adams |first=Cameron |access-date=2017-02-26}}</ref> The band played a short series of live gigs in Australia in late 2007 and early 2008. Divinyls broke up in 2009, and Amphlett died in 2013.

Divinyls released five studio albums—four placed in the Top 10 Australian chart, while one (''[[Divinyls (album)|Divinyls]]'') reached No.&nbsp;15 in the United States (US) and No. 33 for 3 weeks in Canada. Their biggest-selling single "[[I Touch Myself]]" (1990) achieved a No.&nbsp;1 ranking in Australia, No.&nbsp;4 in the United States, No.&nbsp;10 in the United Kingdom (UK), and No. 13 in Canada.<ref name="McF" />