INXS

INXS was an Australian rock band . The band was formed in Sydney on August 16 1979 . At first the band was called The Farriss Brothers, Andrew (keyboards), Jon (drums) and Tim Farriss (lead guitar), Michael Hutchence (vocals), Kirk Pengilly (saxophone and guitar) and Garry Gary Beers (bass). The name changed same year inINXS, pronounced "in excess" (in abundance). The name is composed of IXL (a brand jam ), and XTC .

Contents
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 * 1 History
 * 2 Discography
 * 2.1 Albums
 * 2.2 Singles
 * 2.3 Radio 2 Top 2000
 * 3 External link

History [ edit ]
In May 1980 their first single, Simple Simon (We Are the vegetables), released, with strong influences from ska and punk, and especially noteworthy by the strange title.Their first Australian hit was Just keep walking, a heavy rock song in a multitude of hard rock fans giving their debut LP INXS (1980). A second hit album Underneath the colors (produced by Richard Clapton ) was released in 1981.

The third LP, Shabooh Shoobah ( 1982 ), in which INXS more inclined to dance rock, made ​​them in the United States were known. There they received in 1983 a record deal with Atlantic and became their single The one thing a big hit, partly because the video much like MTV was shown. Through their participation in the Live Aid -concert in 1985 and the release of the album Listen Like Thieves, they were known worldwide.

Michael Hutchence was also outside the gigs always the center of attention at every party he had another model on his arm. Partly because Michaels charisma and outgoing personality the album Kick off was in 1987 a success and the band won all the major awards at the MTV Awards in 1988 .

In 1993 INXS returned after a few less successful albums back to the origin of their success, the old circuit: small cafes and clubs where they like the Farriss Brothers came. From here came the much rawer rock album Full Moon, Dirty Hearts ( 1993 ). The album received critical acclaim not, nor is it a commercial success. It was the record company led to INXS: The greatest hits ( 1994 ) cast.

The band then it paused before speaking, but Hutchence was notorious for his affairs, especially by breaking his relationship with the Danish supermodel Helena Christensen and his relationship with Paula Yates, British television presenter and wife of Bob Geldof .

Elegantly wasted in 1997 was the next album, but Hutchence demanded the most attention. While the band was busy preparing for a new world tour Hutchence was in November worldwide headlines by his sudden death. On November 22, 1997 one Hutchence found dead in a Sydney hotel room in suspicious circumstances. According to the autopsy report, the cause of death was suicide. However, some speculate that he died by strangulation sex .

Since Hutchence's death, INXS performed occasionally even with ao the Australian singer Jimmy Barnes , Terence Trent D'Arby and Jon Stevens (of Noise Works ). In 2005 the American television wrote CBS a competition in the form of a reality television show (like Big Brother ), the winner of the new lead singer of INXS would be. The winner was 31-year old Jason Dean Fortune, known as JD Fortune. With this new singer from Canada would be the band anyway release one album and go once on a world tour. The new album "Switch" was on November 29, 2006 in stores. But first came the single Pretty Vegas from which JD wrote with Andrew Farriss (the keyboardist and "purveyor" of most of the songs from INXS. Furthermore, the album is also a tribute to Michael Hutchence in God's Top Ten.

During a concert in Perth on November 11, 2012 where they were in the act for Matchbox Twenty, it was announced that INXS immediately disbanded. [1]