the death of real rock?
This made me laugh quite a lot. Comparing Natalie Bassing-whatever her silly name is, with Chrissy Amphlett who has just been named Australia’s greatest Rock Chick (and rightly so).
Not only is this grossly misguided (have you heard the Rogue Traders music!?) but offensive to someone as iconic as Amplett.
The book mentioned in the article rates female performers on their “guts, sass, energy and an uncompromising attitude”. The author suggests Bassing-blah has what it takes. Oh, what is the world coming to? 
-kass
alex3120 said,
May 28, 2008 at 1:44 am
That is just ridiculous. It totally confirms what the Helen Davies article says about women in music: they’re all just lumped in together no matter what the genre.
I seriously doubt that the former ‘neighbours’ star and host of ’so you think you can dance’ will ever make a musical contribution that comes any where near the greatness of Chrissie Amphlett.
Anon said,
May 28, 2008 at 3:43 am
Totally agree! Chrissy Amphlett was/is incredible! Natalie Whatshername is just some chick from neighbours playing dress-ups. She can’t even sing. She has no artistry about her whatsoever. Chrissie is a legend!