Divinyls

The voracious readymade chords of this Australian quintet aspire more to rock than to rock and roll, but when you think about it, so do Joan Jett's. Christina Amphlett plays a town slut who's moving up in the world of sexual--and emotional--obsession, like Iggy Pop with a heart as big--and needful--as his dick. And on the Easybeats' "Make You Happy" she gets to the infantile root. (Grade - A-)