Carole Pope and Rough Trade, known for their sexual lyrics and provocative act, ushered Canada from the punk movement of the 1970s to the new wave sound of the 1980s and catapulted themselves into the international music scene. Attracting what Carole calls "a diversified audience, and other artists who were practicing their own forms of nihilism, " Pope learned how to preen with the best of them and let the raunch shine through.

With three Juno Awards, a Genie Award, and four Gold and two Platinum records to her credit, Carole Pope is an icon of transgressive music. In sharing her thoughts on sexuality, and sexual politics, her music makes you "Think and dance at the same time." Carole's attitude and approach to music has influenced a number of young female artists such as Hunter Valentine whom Pope taped an episode of CBC Radio show “Fuse” with and Peaches who recently shared the stage with Carole Pope to a sold out show in Montréal.