Editing Divinyls (section)

===1980s: Formation, ''Desperate'', ''What a Life!'', and ''Temperamental''===
Amphlett was the first cousin of 1960s Australian pop icon [[Little Pattie|Patricia "Little Pattie" Amphlett]].<ref name="McF"/><ref name="LittlePattie">{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/talkingheads/txt/s1838867.htm|title=Patricia Amphlett – Little Pattie|work=Talking Heads with Peter Thompson – transcripts|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] (ABC)|date=12 February 2007|access-date=24 September 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003224230/http://www.abc.net.au/talkingheads/txt/s1838867.htm|archive-date=3 October 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> In her autobiography ''Pleasure and Pain'' (2005), Amphlett described breaking into the music scene from the age of fourteen, being arrested for [[busking]] when seventeen and travelling in Spain, and how her performances drew upon childhood pain.<ref name="Chrissie">{{cite book |last=Amphlett |first=Christina |author2=Larry Writer |date=November 2005 |title=Pleasure and Pain: My Life |location=Sydney |publisher=Hachette Livre Australia |isbn=0-7336-1959-2 }}</ref>

Amphlett and guitarist Mark McEntee were introduced by Jeremy Paul (ex-[[Air Supply]]) in the car park of a small music venue in [[Collaroy, New South Wales|Collaroy]], Sydney, after Amphlett and Paul had finished a gig with their then band, Batonrouge. Amphlett and McEntee met again at the [[Sydney Opera House]] where Amphlett and Paul were singing in a choral concert in 1980.<ref name="McF"/><ref name="Chrissie"/><ref name="Howl">{{cite web |archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20010328130000/http://www.howlspace.com.au/en/divinyls/divinyls.htm |url=http://www.whiteroom.com.au/howlspace/en/divinyls/divinyls.htm |title=The Divinyls |publisher=Howlspace |editor=Ed Nimmervoll |editor-link=Ed Nimmervoll |archive-date=28 March 2001 |access-date=22 January 2014 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> They recruited keyboardist Bjarne Ohlin later in 1980 and drummer Richard Harvey in 1981, respectively,<ref name="ARDb">{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121222074952/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/d/divinyls.html | url = http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/d/divinyls.html | title = Divinyls | last1 = Holmgren | first1 = Magnus | first2 = Paul | last2 = Baird | publisher = [[Australian Rock Database]]. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren) | archive-date = 22 December 2012 | url-status = usurped | access-date = 13 February 2014 }}</ref> and for almost two years they performed in pubs and clubs in Sydney's [[Kings Cross, New South Wales|Kings Cross]]. During this time, Paul negotiated publishing and recording agreements that led to the band signing with WEA. Australian film director Ken Cameron saw Divinyls performing in a club. This led to them providing the soundtrack for his 1982 film ''[[Monkey Grip (film)|Monkey Grip]]'' and also gave Amphlett, Paul and McEntee supporting roles in the movie.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084350/ |title=''Monkey Grip'' at Internet Movie Database (IMDb) |publisher=[[IMDb]] |access-date=31 May 2008 }}</ref> The group released two singles from the soundtrack, ''[[Monkey Grip (soundtrack)|Music from Monkey Grip]]'' [[Extended play|EP]],<ref name="Monk">{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084350/soundtrack |title=''Monkey Grip'' Soundtrack at IMDb |publisher=[[IMDb]] |access-date=31 May 2008 }}</ref> "[[Boys in Town (song)|Boys in Town]]", which reached No.&nbsp;8 on the national singles chart,<ref name="Kent">{{cite book|title=Kent Music Report |last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=[[St Ives, New South Wales|St Ives]], N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7--JAAAACAAJ&q=0646119176 |access-date=15 May 2014}}</ref> and "Only Lonely".<ref name="McF"/> The band was the opening act at the [[US Festival#Memorial Day Weekend, 1983|1983 US Festival]].

After the band's initial success, original manager and bassist Jeremy Paul left.<ref name="Howl"/> He was replaced on bass, briefly by Ken Firth (ex-[[The Ferrets (band)|The Ferrets]]) and more permanently by [[Richard Grossman (bassist)|Rick Grossman]] (ex-[[Matt Finish]]).<ref name="ARDb"/> Grossman left in 1987 to replace Clyde Bramley in [[Hoodoo Gurus]].<ref name="ARDbGross">{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120329042416/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/g/grossmanrick.html | url = http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/g/grossmanrick.html | title = Rick Grossman | last1 = Holmgren | first1 = Magnus | publisher = Australian Rock Database . Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren) | archive-date = 29 March 2012 | url-status = usurped | access-date = 13 February 2014 }}</ref> By early 1988, Divinyls consisted of Amphlett and McEntee with augmentation by additional musicians when recording or touring.<ref name="McF"/>

Over the decade Divinyls released four albums, ''Music from Monkey Grip'' EP on [[Warner Music Group|WEA]] in 1982, ''[[Desperate (Divinyls album)|Desperate]]'' on [[Chrysalis Records]] in 1983, ''[[What a Life! (album)|What a Life!]]'' in 1985 and ''[[Temperamental (Divinyls album)|Temperamental]]'' in 1988.<ref name="ARDb"/> The latter two albums were also released by Chrysalis in the United States.<ref name="ARDb"/> They had hit singles in Australia with, "[[Science Fiction (song)|Science Fiction]]" No.&nbsp;13 in 1983, "Good Die Young" No.&nbsp;32 in 1984 and "[[Pleasure and Pain (song)|Pleasure and Pain]]" which was written by [[Holly Knight]] and [[Mike Chapman]] and went No.&nbsp;11 in 1985.<ref name="Kent"/> Their later manager [[Vince Lovegrove]] organised Divinyls' transfer from WEA to Chrysalis and their first tours of the United States.<ref name="McF"/> They established a fan base there, without achieving major commercial success. Divinyls also had Australian hits with [[cover version]]s of [[The Easybeats]]' "I'll Make You Happy", and [[Syndicate of Sound]]'s "[[Hey Little Boy]]" ("Hey Little Girl" with the gender switched) which reached No.&nbsp;25 in 1988.<ref name="Kent"/> Amphlett became a controversial and highly visible celebrity for her brash, overtly sexual persona and subversive humour in lyrics, performances, and media interviews.<ref name="McF"/><ref name="ARIA2006"/><ref name="RS">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/100352/review/5945841/divinyls |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071123203647/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/100352/review/5945841/divinyls |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 November 2007 |title=''Divinyls'' album review |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |last=Farber |first=Jim |year=1992 |access-date=31 May 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.80smusiclyrics.com/artists/divinyls.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020809234517/http://www.80smusiclyrics.com/artists/divinyls.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 August 2002 |title=The Divinyls: Best Music from the 80s |website=80smusiclyrics.com |access-date=31 May 2008 }}</ref>