ANTI DIVA

Vintage, Toronto, 2001, 1^st pr thus.  ISBN 0-679-31137-8.  Trade soft cover, 254 pages, including Index.  Unread remaindered copy; black & white photo section.  ‘Known for their sexual lyrics and onstage provocations, Carole Pope and her band Rough Trade ushered Canada from the punk movement of the 1970s to the new wave sound of the 1980s, and vaulted themselves into the international music scene.  Now, in Anti Diva, Pope applies her wicked lyrical wit to her own life and offers a no-holds-barred look at her adventures in the music scene – from her love affair with Dusty Springfield to touring with David Bowie; from playing the Womyn’s Festival to singing high opera; from starring with drag queen Divine in the stage play Restless Underwear to seeing Rough Trade’s songs transformed into the spine of a 1999 stage musical.  Throughout her career, Carole Pope has blazed a trail – on the concert stage, in the recording studio, and in the bedroom – for divas and anti-divas everywhere.  And in sharing her thoughts on AIDS, sexuality and sexual politics, and on the new breed of music divas that dominates the charts today, she never hesitates to risk it all.’ (from rear wrap)