Pleasure and Pain: My lifeChrissy Amphlett is a true legend of Australian rock’n’roll. Here, the spellbinding performer who inspired and outraged as lead singer of the Divinyls tells her own amazing story. |
Contents
Surfer girl | |
Intothemusic 4 Drifter | |
Baring | |
A band 21 The angel and the demon 22 Over the goddamn rainbow is born | |
The Coachs voice | |
Those Divinyls | |
Demons and headaches | |
Assault onAmerica 11 What a life 12 Road rage 13 Guillotine days | |
Tasting blood 15 Touching myself 16 Excess 17 Split | |
Taking the plunge | |
Underworld | |
The bitter | |
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