the duo formed fallowing meeting at a Sydney Opera House concert in 1980, & for the number one both years it performed withwithin taphouse and clubs in Sydney's Kings Cross. It provided a soundtrack for the flick Monkey Grip (1982) with Amphlett besides acting in the film. She received a Better Supporting Actress nomination from either the Australian Film Institute for her performance and a class action got deuce hit singles, "Boys In Town" & "Only Lonely" from either a soundtrack.

On top a next decade it freed many albums, & experienced hit singles around Australia sustaining songs like "Science Fiction", "Good Die Young", "Pleasure and Pain" and "Sleeping Beauty". Their manager Vince Lovegrove was the previous co-lead vocaliser of popular 60s popular band The Valentines with Bon Scott.

It too experienced hits sustaining their cover versions of The Easybeats's "I'll Make You Happy", & a Syndicate of Sound's "Hey Little Boy" (Hey Little Girl sustaining a gender switched). Amphlett became the controversial & extremely seeable celebrity, known for her nervy & overtly intimate persona, & for the insurgent humour around each her lyrics & her performances. It toured & performed in the United States and established a fan base there, forgoing achieving major commercial profits.

Original bassist Jeremy Paul (outmoded Air Supply) left the class action inside 1982. He was replaced by Rick Grossman (demode Matt Finish), who left withinside 1987 to replenish Clyde Bramley in Hoodoo Gurus.

Inside 1991 they released a lone "I Touch Myself" which became their only Australian first only, & it reached total Four in the America, & total Ten in the UK. The disagreement by using their record company within the America stifled their new development, nevertheless in Australia it continued to release popular albums, & to achieve many other hit singles. In a period of the Eighties & Nineties Amphlett began to collaborate when a songster using such creative person as Chrissie Hynde and Cyndi Lauper, & she and McEntee worked in solo projects.

Inside 1998, Amphlett played the role of Judy Garland in the Australian stage production of the life story of entertainer Peter Allen, titled The Boy from Oz. the production was a vast profits, & Amphlett's interpretation of Garland when you took her final riotous years, brought her critical plaudits.

Divinyls as a recording & performing take a breath however lives, however from either a late 1990s, Amphlett & McEntee use at times concentrated largely in solo projects & their collaborations by having more creative person.

Singles

|rowspan="2"| Year |rowspan="2"| Title |colspan="1"| Chart positions |rowspan="2"| Album |-

| US Modern Rock |- | 1991 | "I Touch Myself" | #4 | Divinyls |- | 1991 | "Make Out Alright" | #19 | Divinyls |}