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INXS

INXS (a phonetic play on "in excess") were an Australian rock band, formed as the Farriss Brothers in 1977 in Sydney, New South Wales.[4][5] The founding members were bassist Garry Gary Beers, main composer and keyboardist Andrew Farriss, drummer Jon Farriss, guitarist Tim Farriss, lead singer and main lyricist Michael Hutchence, and guitarist and saxophonist Kirk Pengilly.[6] For 20 years, INXS was fronted by Hutchence, whose magnetic stage presence made him the focal point of the band.[4][6] Initially known for their new wave/pop style, the band later developed a harder pub rock style that included funk and dance elements.[4]

INXS
INXS performing in July 2012
Background information
Also known asThe Farriss Brothers
OriginSydney, New South Wales, Australia
Genres
Years active1977–2012
Labels
Spinoffs
Past members
Websitewww.inxs.com

In 1984, INXS had their first number-one hit in Australia with "Original Sin". The band achieved international success in the mid-to-late 1980s and early 1990s with the hit albums Listen Like Thieves, Kick, and X, and the singles "What You Need", "Need You Tonight" (the band's only US number-one single), "Devil Inside", "Never Tear Us Apart", "Suicide Blonde" and "New Sensation".[7][8][9][10]

After Hutchence's death on 22 November 1997, INXS made appearances with several guest singers, and toured and recorded with Jon Stevens as lead singer, beginning in 2000.[5] In 2005, members of INXS participated in Rock Star: INXS, a reality television series that culminated in the selection of Canadian J.D. Fortune as their new lead singer.[11] Irish singer-songwriter Ciaran Gribbin replaced Fortune as lead singer in 2011. During a concert on 11 November 2012, INXS stated that the performance would be their last, although they did not announce the band's permanent retirement.

INXS won six Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) awards, including three for "Best Group" in 1987, 1989 and 1992;[12] the band was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2001.[13][14] INXS has sold over 70 million albums worldwide, making them one of Australia's highest selling music acts of all time.[15][16][17]

History

Early years

The origins of the band began with Andrew Farriss convincing his fellow Davidson High School classmate, Michael Hutchence, to join his band, Doctor Dolphin.[18] The band contained two further classmates, Kent Kerny and Neil Sanders, as well as Garry Beers and Geoff Kennely, both from a nearby high school, Forest High School.[18] In 1977, Tim Farriss, Andrew's older brother, invited Andrew, Hutchence and Beers to join him and his schoolmate Kirk Pengilly. Tim and Pengilly had been playing together since 1971 as either an acoustic duo, Kirk and Tim, or as a four-piece band called Guinness[18] (named after their bass player's dog).[19] Together with younger brother Jon Farriss they formed "The Farriss Brothers", who consisted of Garry Beers on bass guitar, Andrew Farriss on keyboards, Jon Farriss on drums, Tim Farriss on lead guitar, Michael Hutchence on lead vocals and Kirk Pengilly on guitar and saxophone.[4][6][20] The band made their debut on 16 August 1977 at Whale Beach,[21] 40 km (25 mi) north of Sydney.[21]

The parents of the Farriss boys relocated to Perth, Western Australia in 1978, taking Jon to continue his schooling and, as soon as Hutchence and Andrew finished school, the rest of the band followed.[5][21] They briefly performed as The Vegetables, singing "We Are the Vegetables", before returning to Sydney ten months later,[21] where they recorded a set of demos.[18] At a chance meeting in the car park of the Royal Antler, a pub in Narrabeen on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, New South Wales, Tim was approached by Gary Morris, the manager of Midnight Oil.[18]

The band began to regularly support Midnight Oil and other local bands. Morris advised that a member of the Oils crew had come up with a new name and suggested they change it to INXS.[18] The name INXS was inspired by English band XTC and Australian jam makers IXL.[5][21] Pengilly later explained that Morris was interested in turning the group into a Christian band, which the band briefly considered before rejecting the idea.[18]

The band's first performance as INXS was on 1 September 1979 at the Ocean Beach Hotel in Umina[22] on the Central Coast of New South Wales and by the end of 1979, after passing on the Christian band image, they hired Chris "CM" Murphy as their manager and continued taking on the Oz pub circuit.[5][19][21][23] Murphy was an adept business manager and negotiator and by early 1980 the band had signed a five-album record deal with a Sydney independent label, Deluxe Records, run by Michael Browning, a former manager of AC/DC.[4][5][18]

1980s

From "Simple Simon" to Shabooh Shoobah

INXS released their first single, "Simple Simon"/"We Are the Vegetables", in Australia and France in May 1980.[4][19][24] The single had its debut TV performance on Simon Townsend's Wonder World.[21] Their self-titled debut album, INXS, was recorded at Trafalgar Studios in Annandale, Sydney. It was co-produced by the band and Duncan McGuire (ex-Ayers Rock), with all songs attributed to the entire band, at the insistence of Murphy.[18][19] Deluxe gave them a budget of $10,000 to record the album, so to keep within the budget they had to record from midnight to dawn, usually after doing one or more performances earlier that night.[19] The album was released in October 1980. It featured "Just Keep Walking" which was their first Australian Top 40 single,[4][7] with the album peaking in the Top 30 of the Kent Music Report for Australian albums.[4][6][7] The album eventually went gold (selling over 35,000 units) but it took a number of years to do so.[18]

These early records demonstrated their new wave/ska/pop style, and were followed by near constant touring with almost 300 shows during 1981 as the band developed their status as a live act.[4][5] In 1981, they signed Gary Grant as their tour manager, who then became co-manager a year later.[18] Between touring commitments, the band released their third single in May 1981, "The Loved One", which was a cover of a 1966 song by Australian group The Loved Ones. The song was recorded at Studios 301 in Sydney,[18] produced by Richard Clapton,[6] and peaked in the Top 20.[4][7][24]

The success of the single led to Clapton and the band returning to Studios 301 between July and August 1981 to create an album. In October 1981, their second album Underneath the Colours was released and became a hit in Australia peaking at No. 15.[7]

Soon after recording sessions had finished, band members started work on outside projects. Beers, Jon and Andrew Farriss played on Clapton's solo album, The Great Escape. Hutchence recorded "Speed Kills", written by Don Walker of Cold Chisel for the soundtrack of the film Freedom directed by Scott Hicks. It was his first solo single and was released by WEA in early 1982.[18] In January, INXS toured New Zealand as support act for Cold Chisel. Murphy eventually became convinced their future no longer lay with Deluxe Records.

RCA (who distributed Deluxe) had employed music lover Rockin Rod Woods, who had been promoting Eric Clapton, Split Enz and some of the world's biggest acts. Woods was passionate about the band and brought key music people along to their gigs. He encouraged RCA to sign them worldwide because Murphy had played him some demos. Deluxe had been unable to attract international interest so the band decided to record a new song, "The One Thing" at their own expense, with Mark Opitz at Paradise Studios.[18] The song turned out so well that Murphy hired Opitz to produce three more songs.[19] Murphy approached WEA Australia with copies of the song, leading to INXS signing a recording deal in July 1982 with WEA for releases in Australia, South East Asia, Japan and New Zealand, Atco Records (a subsidiary of Atlantic Records) for North America and Polygram for Europe and the UK.[4][5][6][18]

Murphy and the band were not entirely convinced that Opitz could produce an entire album that would attract international interest, so before recording their third album Pengilly, Hutchence and Andrew Farriss visited the UK and USA, with a view to selecting a suitable producer, only to find that no one they wanted was available and that most people advised them that Opitz's work on their single was as good as they could wish for.[18]

To complete the band's contract with DeLuxe Records, INXS produced their first compilation album, INXSive, released in early 1982 for the Australian market only, featuring highlights from the band's first two studio albums, related B-sides, and two non-album singles.

In mid-1982 they began recording at Rhinoceros Studios with Opitz.[6] In October 1982, Shabooh Shoobah was released internationally on Atlantic/Atco Records, peaking at No. 52 on the US Billboard 200 and No. 46 on the Hot Pop Albums chart.[10][25] In Australia it peaked at No. 5 and remained in the albums charts for 94 weeks.[7] The single "The One Thing" brought them their first Top 30 hit in United States peaking at No. 30 on 28 May 1983,[26] It was also a Top 20 hit in Canada,[9] and peaked at No. 14 in Australia on 23 August 1982.[7] "One Thing" was their first video to air on the fledgling MTV and significantly added to the ultimate success of the single.[19]

13 February 1983, saw INXS play the Stop The Drop nuclear disarmament concert to 14,000 at the Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne, alongside Midnight Oil, Colin Hay, Redgum and Goanna. It was simulcast on Australian TV by Channel 10 and Radio 2MMM.

INXS undertook their first US performance in San Diego in March 1983, to a crowd of 24 patrons.[18] Their first tour was as support for Adam and the Ants, then support for Stray Cats, The Kinks,[4] Hall & Oates followed by The Go-Go's.[18][19] INXS played alongside many of their contemporaries on New Wave Day in May 1983, at the US Festival in Devore, California.[27] It was during this time that Grant, their co-manager, relocated permanently to New York to ensure a continual presence in the northern hemisphere.[18] The band remained on the road in the US for most of the year, including support for Men at Work and by mid-1983 were headlining venues such as The Ritz in New York.[18]

From "Original Sin" to Listen Like Thieves

After a performance in Toronto, Canada, the band was approached by producer Nile Rodgers; by September 1983, the band had recorded "Original Sin" (originally entitled "Brand New Day") at New York's Power Station Studios.[18] Three tracks from Shabooh Shoobah were featured in the soundtrack for the 1984 film Reckless.[28] The band then travelled to the UK to begin sessions on their fourth album with Nick Launay at the Manor Studios in Oxford.[18]

The album The Swing, released in April 1984,[6] received significant attention from around the world, as "Original Sin" became the band's first No. 1 single in Australia and was popular worldwide with fans and reviewers.[29] During 1984, the single reached no. 1 in Australia (for two weeks in January),[7] Argentina, and France; No. 6 in New Zealand; No. 11 in Canada; No. 23 in Switzerland;[30] No. 31 in the Netherlands; and No. 58 in the U.S.[9] However, "Original Sin" was largely ignored in the U.K., and INXS would not have any Top 50 chart success in the United Kingdom until the 1985 album Listen Like Thieves.[31]

During 1984, INXS toured non-stop, performing across Europe, the UK, the US and Australia. By December 1984, The Swing had gone double platinum, making it one of the five biggest domestic albums in the history of Australian music at the time.[18]

In March 1985, the band re-entered Sydney's Rhinoceros Studios to record the Listen Like Thieves album, together with producer Chris Thomas (Sex Pistols, Pink Floyd, The Pretenders, Elton John).[18] As the band was finishing the recording sessions, Thomas stated that the album was not good enough and still had no "killer" track. Andrew produced a demo tape of a funk song he had been working on called "Funk Song No. 13" and evolved it into "What You Need".[18]

Whilst the band was recording, WEA released Dekadance, a limited edition 12" Vinyl and cassette only EP of INXS remixes from their albums The Swing and Shabooh Shoobah.[6]

On 19 May 1985, INXS won seven awards at the 1984 Countdown Music and Video Awards ceremony.[4] They performed "Burn for You", dressed in Akubras (hats) and Drizabones (outdoor coats/oilskin jackets). The band performed five songs for the July 1985 Oz for Africa concert, in conjunction with the Live Aid benefit.[32] Two INXS songs, "What You Need" and "Don't Change", were also in the BBC broadcast and are contained on Live Aid's four DVD boxed set released in 2004.[33]

Listen Like Thieves was released in October 1985[6] to critical approval,[34] reaching No. 3 on the Australian charts and No. 11 on the US charts. With the release of Listen Like Thieves, the band developed a rock sound influenced by Led Zeppelin and XTC while remaining true to the band's original roots in Aussie pubs. It was also the first album to feature songs written by a combination of band members, with Andrew Farris and Hutchence becoming the primary songwriters in the years to follow.[19] The first U.S. single from the album, "This Time", stalled at No. 81 in late 1985, but the next single, "What You Need"—released there in early 1986—became a top five Billboard hit,[9] bringing INXS its first break-out US success. The single was also a top 20 hit in Canada and reached No. 2 in Australia (September 1985),[7] but only reached No. 51 on the UK charts.[31] The British press dismissed the album, with New Musical Express calling the band 'INX-cusable' and a reviewer declaring Listen Like Thieves to be a 'complete and utter turkey'.[18] In the United States, however, Rolling Stone wrote: "INXS rocks with passion and seals the deal with a backbeat that'll blackmail your feet."[34]

In August 1985, INXS toured ahead of the release of Listen Like Thieves, touring South America before returning to Melbourne to play for Prince Charles and Princess Diana of Wales at a concert. The concert was filmed and later released on a home video entitled Living INXS;[35] an edited version of the concert was played on MTV in the U.S. in 1985 on its Saturday night concert series. In November, December, January, and February, INXS toured North America, Europe, and New Zealand. The band then took a two-month break, with Andrew Farriss writing and producing "You're Gonna Get Hurt" for Jenny Morris (who had previously been a backing vocalist with the band),[36] and Hutchence featuring in Richard Lowenstein's second feature film Dogs in Space.[37] Lowenstein had previously made the video clip for "Dancing on the Jetty". Whilst a song from the movie, "Rooms for the Memory", written by Ollie Olsen, with vocals by Hutchence[38] charted, the movie was received well by critics but was not a commercial success. Beginning in May 1986, the band performed 32 European shows (including support for Queen at their Live at Wembley '86 concert on 12 July), 42 U.S. shows, and 12 Australian shows. America's influential Musician magazine called INXS "the best live band in the world."[18]

From "Good Times" to Kick

 
Lead singer Michael Hutchence in 1986.

Whilst on an eight-month break before beginning work on a new album, their manager Murphy decided to stage a series of major outdoor concerts across Australia, featuring INXS, Jimmy Barnes, Models, Divinyls, Mental as Anything, The Triffids and I'm Talking.[21] To promote the tour, INXS recorded two songs with Jimmy Barnes of Cold Chisel: The Easybeats cover "Good Times" and "Laying Down the Law" which Barnes co-wrote with Beers, Andrew Farriss, Jon Farriss, Hutchence and Pengilly.[39] "Good Times" was used as the theme song for the Australian Made series of concerts in the summer of 1986–1987.[21] It peaked at No. 2 on the Australian charts,[7] and months later was featured in the Joel Schumacher film The Lost Boys and its soundtrack,[40][41] allowing it to peak at No. 47 in the US on 1 August 1987.[9][26] After the success of "What You Need" and Listen Like Thieves, the band knew their new material would have to be even better and wanted every song on the album to be good enough to be a single.[21] They recorded Kick in Sydney and Paris, produced by Chris Thomas.[6] According to the 2005 official autobiography, Atlantic Records was not happy with the result; the label offered the band $1 million to go back to Australia and record another album, but the band declined.[19]

Despite Atlantic's protests, Kick was released in October 1987 and provided the band with worldwide popularity. The album peaked at No. 1 in Australia,[7] No. 3 on the US Billboard 200,[25] No. 9 in UK,[31] and No. 15 in Austria.[42] It was an upbeat, confident album that yielded four Top 10 US singles: No. 1 single "Need You Tonight", "Devil Inside", "New Sensation", and "Never Tear Us Apart".[9] "Need You Tonight" peaked No. 2 on the UK charts,[31] No. 3 in Australia,[7] and No. 10 in France.[43] The band toured heavily behind the album throughout 1987 and 1988. The video for the 1987 INXS track "Mediate" (which played after the video for "Need You Tonight") replicated the format of Bob Dylan's video for "Subterranean Homesick Blues", even in its use of apparently deliberate errors. In September 1988, the band swept the MTV Video Music Awards with the video for "Need You Tonight/Mediate" winning in 5 categories.[44] Kick was, by far, INXS's best-selling album of all time.

During 1989, Hutchence collaborated with Ian "Ollie" Olsen on a side project, Max Q,[4] the two had previously worked together on Lowenstein's film Dogs in Space. The rest of the band also took a break to work on side projects, but soon returned to the studio to record their follow-up album to Kick.

1990–1997: From X to Elegantly Wasted

In October 1990, INXS released X, which was produced by Chris Thomas. The album peaked at No. 3 in Australia,[8] No. 5 in the US,[25] No. 2 in the UK,[31] No. 5 in Switzerland and No. 10 in Sweden.[10][45] It followed in the same vein as Kick, and added harmonica to some songs. X scored hits with "Suicide Blonde" and "Disappear" (both Top 10 in the US).[9] "Suicide Blonde" peaked at No. 2 in Australia, No. 11 in the UK[31] and in Switzerland.[46] Other singles from X were "Bitter Tears" and "By My Side", which had less chart success.[4]

INXS performed at Wembley Stadium on 13 July 1991, during their "Summer XS" tour stop in London to a sold-out audience of 74,000 fans.[4] This performance was recorded and filmed to become Live Baby Live, a live album that was released in November 1991 and peaked in the Top 30 in the Australia and UK album charts.[8][31] The album had less success on The Billboard 200.[25] A video version of the album was also released under the same title. This concert was the band's most well-attended show of all time; according to a 2017 article by Paul Donoughue of ABC.net.au, it "solidified [INXS's] place in pop history".[47]

On 28 March 1992, INXS performed at the controversial Concert for Life at Centennial Park in Sydney (a fundraiser for the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Centre), and other performers included Crowded House, Yothu Yindi, Jenny Morris, Diesel, Ratcat and Def FX. Due to inclement weather, the expected attendance of 100,000 never came through, and the event only raised $500,000.[48]

Welcome to Wherever You Are, produced by Mark Opitz and released in August 1992,[6] was an experimental album using sitars and a 60-piece orchestra while adding a more "raw" sound. It received good critical reviews and went No. 1 in the UK[31] and in Sweden;[49] No. 2 in Australia and Switzerland,[49] and No. 3 in Norway,[49] but had less chart success in the US (peaking at No. 16).[25] Singles from the album included "Taste It" and "Baby Don't Cry", which were Top 20 successes in UK but had less success in US and Australian markets.[8][9][31]

Full Moon, Dirty Hearts, produced by Opitz, was released in November 1993 and peaked at No. 3 on the UK charts,[31] No. 4 in Australia,[8] No. 8 in Sweden,[50] No. 9 in Switzerland,[50] No. 14 in Norway;[50] it did not reach the Top 50 in the US.[25] The title track featured The Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde, and another track--"Please (You Got That)"—featured Ray Charles. The band made a full video album for the record using unknown Australian students to direct with help from Richard Lowenstein. Full Moon, Dirty Hearts received mixed reviews, and was the last record under INXS' contract with Atlantic in the States. The band took time off to rest and be with their families, while Hutchence remained in the public eye through modelling and film acting.[4]

In 1997, the group released a comeback album titled Elegantly Wasted, which garnered mixed reviews. It fared respectably in Australia (No. 14),[8][51] Canada (No. 14),[25] France (No. 30),[51] UK (No. 16)[31] (where INXS had more success in the 1990s than in the 1980s), Belgium (No. 7),[51] Switzerland (No. 13),[51] but only No. 41 in US.[25]

On 22 November 1997, Michael Hutchence was found dead in his Sydney Ritz-Carlton hotel room.[52] On 6 February 1998, New South Wales State Coroner Derrick Hand presented his report, which ruled that Hutchence's death was a suicide while depressed and under the influence of drugs and alcohol.[52][53][54] Despite the official coroner's report, there was continued speculation that Hutchence's death was accidental.[55][56]

1997–2003: Transitional years

 
The instrumentalists from INXS collaborated with several Australian singers before settling on Jon Stevens as a replacement for Hutchence.

After Hutchence's death, INXS did not perform publicly for almost a year, and then only made a few one-off performances with different guest singers until 2000.[5] On 14 November 1998, they played at the Mushroom 25 Concert with Jimmy Barnes fronting for two songs: "The Loved One" and "Good Times".[5][22] On 12 June 1999, they headlined the opening of Stadium Australia in Sydney, with US singer-songwriter Terence Trent D'Arby and Russell Hitchcock as guest vocalists, they performed "New Sensation", "Kick", "Never Tear Us Apart" and "What You Need".[5][22]

In December 2000, INXS performed a concert with singers Suze DeMarchi and Jon Stevens sharing the spotlight. The former lead singer of Australian band Noiseworks, Jon Stevens began singing with INXS on regular basis.[5] INXS played as one of the headline acts at the Sydney 2000 Olympics and then toured through South America and Europe.[22] Stevens was officially named a member of INXS in 2002, and the band started recording new material in November.[5] Stevens left the band in October 2003 to pursue a solo career,[5] and only recorded a contractual obligation song called "I Get Up."

2004–2005: Rock Star: INXS

INXS returned to the news in 2004 when it was announced that a new reality television program titled Rock Star: INXS would feature a contest to find a new lead vocalist for the band.[11] The show, which debuted on the CBS network on 11 July 2005, featured 15 contestants vying for the position of lead singer. The show was executive produced by Survivor's Mark Burnett and hosted by Brooke Burke and Jane's Addiction and former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Dave Navarro.

On 20 September 2005, J.D. Fortune won the eleven-week competition, which culminated in his singing the Rolling Stones's "You Can't Always Get What You Want" and INXS' "What You Need" in the finale to become the new lead singer of INXS.[11]

2005–2011: J.D. Fortune era

 
J.D. Fortune performing with the band in July 2011

With Fortune as lead singer, INXS released the single "Pretty Vegas" on 4 October 2005. The single reached No. 5 on the iTunes Store ranking of daily most downloaded songs on its first day. It peaked at No. 9 in Australia[8] and No. 37 on the Billboard Hot 100,[9] and became a huge radio airplay hit in Fortune's native Canada. On 29 November 2005, Switch—the band's first album with Fortune as lead singer—was released in the United States via Epic Records. The band's new line-up started a world tour in support of Switch in January 2006.[57] In September 2006, INXS and Epic Records parted ways.[58] The band then performed at the 2006 NRL Grand Final.

INXS toured Australia and New Zealand in March 2007, with Simple Minds and support band Arrested Development.[59] After the cancellation of a 31 August 2007 show in Cleveland, Ohio, INXS placed a statement on their website stating "Due to ongoing medical issues with Garry Beers' hand, the band's doctor has urged the band to not play more than three shows in a row or risk permanent damage to Garry's hand."[60]

The band signed with Petrol Electric Records in December 2008, reuniting them with former manager Chris Murphy.[61] On 16 February 2009, J.D. Fortune told Entertainment Tonight Canada that INXS had let him go from the band with a shake of the hand at an airport in Hong Kong.[62] On 23 February 2009, Chris Murphy, INXS creative director and global business strategist and former manager, in an interview with The Daily Telegraph, said J.D. was not sacked and, in fact, "the band made it known to him that they had not ruled out seeing a return by Fortune." He also stated J.D. was next on his list to call regarding a major recording contract he was negotiating for the band.[63] In an interview with Sun Media published on 6 March 2009, J.D. Fortune clarified his claim that he had been fired at an airport. After returning to Canada from Hong Kong, Fortune believed there were still two more legs of the INXS 2007 tour to complete. When the rest of the tour was cancelled and the band did not return his calls for 10 months, he believed he was out of the band.[64]

On 30 November 2009, Andrew Farriss, Jon Farriss, and Kirk Pengilly performed an acoustic version of "Don't Change" with the Qantas Choir at the Pride of Australia Awards.[65] On 8 December 2009, INXS announced they would be embarking on a world tour commencing with a performance in Vancouver for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games.[66] The band announced on 11 February 2010 that J.D. Fortune would be vocalist for the performance at the 2010 Winter Olympics, but that it would be a one-off performance; the band added that a vocalist for the subsequent world tour had yet to be announced.[67] The band performed at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics on 24 February 2010 with guest singers J.D. Fortune and Argentine singer Deborah de Corral.[68]

 
INXS live in Townsville, Australia in 2010.

On 22 April 2010, INXS announced that Fortune would again front the band for a performance on 10 July 2010 at Townsville, QLD, Australia, and then again on 16 July 2010 in Broome, WA, Australia[69] During a radio interview with Kirk Pengilly and J.D. Fortune in July 2010 just before the Broome concert, Pengilly confirmed that Fortune had returned as the band's permanent singer. In August 2010, Petrol Records issued Australian radio stations with a one-track promo "Never Tear Us Apart" featuring Ben Harper on vocals, a preview from the upcoming INXS Michael Hutchence tribute album Original Sin. On 25 September 2010, the band performed before the 2010 AFL Grand Final. On 19 October 2010, it was announced in the Courier Mail that INXS, fronted by J.D. Fortune, would tour as part of the A Day on the Green winery concerts in February."[70]

The band recorded an album in memory of Michael Hutchence titled Original Sin. Released in November 2010, the album featured well-known singers from Australia and around the world, including Ben Harper, Patrick Monahan, and Rob Thomas.[71][72][73][74]

In March 2011, INXS confirmed they would return to the United Kingdom and headlining with support from New Zealand band Shihad for an outdoor event called Southern Sounds on Clapham Common, London on Saturday 11 June.[75] The event was an all-Australian, New Zealand and South African celebration lineup, with INXS fronted by J.D. Fortune. INXS toured extensively throughout 2011 with singer J.D. Fortune to support the album Original Sin.

2011–2019: Later activities

 
Ciaran Gribbin performing with the band in July 2012

The band released a demo of a song, called "Tiny Summer" in streaming format on their official website in September 2011, along with news that J.D. Fortune had left the band again and that Northern Irish singer-songwriter Ciaran Gribbin would be the band's frontman for their forthcoming tour of Australia, South America and Europe in November and December 2011.[76] On 6 October 2012, INXS were the headline act at the annual charity ball organised by the Hong Kong Foreign Correspondent's Club.[77]

During a concert on 11 November 2012 at the newly opened Perth Arena, while supporting Matchbox Twenty, INXS announced that they would no longer be touring. Kirk Pengilly stated that it was appropriate to finish where they had started 35 years earlier.[78] Jon Farriss admitted that he was "getting teary" before the band performed their biggest hit, "Need You Tonight". In 2014, INXS released a tell-all history of the band on an Australian television interview special, The Story Behind INXS. During the interview, Jon Farriss made the statement, "Never say never" regarding the possibility that the band could record and perform more music in the future.[79]

In 2013, Australian TV network Seven Network announced that it would produce a miniseries focusing on the band's behind-the-scenes stories called INXS: Never Tear Us Apart. Band member Tim Farriss was a pre-production consultant on the show. The miniseries commenced production at the end of June 2013 and premiered on 9 February 2014; the finale aired the following Sunday night (16 February 2014). The miniseries rated very highly for both nights and created a renewed interest in the band, which translated to a resurgence in sales of their music that brought them once again to the number one position on the Australian popular music charts.[80] Luke Arnold was cast as Michael Hutchence, Alex Williams as Kirk Pengilly, Nicholas Masters as Tim Farriss, Hugh Sheridan as bass guitarist Gary Beers, Ido Drent as Jon Farriss and Andy Ryan as Andrew Farriss. In addition, Damon Herriman played band manager CM Murphy and Samantha Jade played Kylie Minogue.[81] Given the popularity of this TV miniseries, there was talk of a Broadway musical and a feature film about INXS in the future.[82]

In 2019, a documentary film was released about Michael Hutchence titled Mystify. A soundtrack was also released featuring INXS tracks.[83]

Band members

Timeline

Discography

Legacy

INXS has been cited as an influence by several acts, such as The 1975,[84] Maroon 5[85] and Savage Garden.[86]

Recognition, awards, and nominations

According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), INXS has sold over 30 million units in the United States alone, making them the third-highest selling Australian music act in the United States behind AC/DC and The Bee Gees.[87] INXS has sold an estimated 70  million records worldwide.[15][16][17]

INXS has been nominated for numerous music awards, including ARIA Awards,[12] Grammy Awards,[88] and MTV Video Music Awards.[89][better source needed]

APRA Music Awards

Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
1988 "What You Need" Gold Award Won [90]
1989 "Need You Tonight" Won [91]
1990 "Devil Inside" Won [92]
"New Sensation" Won
1991 "Suicide Blonde" Most Performed Australian Work Overseas Won [92]
1992 "Disappear" Won [93]
2002 "Precious Heart" (with Tall Paul) Most Performed Dance Work Nominated [94]

ARIA Awards

INXS has won seven Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Awards.[12] The band was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2001 alongside The Saints.[13][95] This induction recognised their achievement of a "significant body of recorded work" and that they "had a cultural impact within Australia".[95] INXS has won six other ARIA Awards, including three for 'Best Group' in 1987, 1989 and 1992.[12]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1987 "Listen Like Thieves" Best Group Won
"Good Times" (INXS & Jimmy Barnes) Single of the Year Nominated
Highest Selling Single Nominated
1988 INXS Best Group Nominated
1989 INXS Outstanding Achievement Award awarded
"Never Tear Us Apart" Best Video[nb 1] Won
Best Group Won
Single of the Year Nominated
1991 X Album of the Year Nominated
Best Group Nominated
1992 Live Baby Live Best Group Won
1993 "Baby Don't Cry", "Heaven Sent", "Taste It"[nb 2] Engineer of the Year Nominated
Welcome to Wherever You Are Best Group Nominated
1994 "The Gift"[nb 3] Best Video Won
"The Gift" Highest Selling Single Nominated
Full Moon, Dirty Hearts Best Group Nominated
2001 INXS Hall of Fame inducted
2004 I'm Only Looking Best Music DVD Nominated

ASCAP Pop Music Awards

Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
1987 "What You Need" Most Performed Songs Won [99]
1989 "Devil Inside" Won [100]
"New Sensation" Won
"Never Tear Us Apart" Won
"Need You Tonight" Won
1991 "Disappear" Won [101]

Countdown Awards

Countdown was an Australian pop music TV series on national broadcaster ABC-TV from 1974 to 1987, it presented music awards from 1979 to 1987, initially in conjunction with magazine TV Week but then independently.[102] The Countdown Music and Video Awards were succeeded by the ARIA Awards.[102] INXS won seven awards at the 1984 awards ceremony,[4] which was broadcast on 25 May 1985.[103] On 20 April 1986 they won three further Countdown awards for 1985.[104] They won further award in the final awards in 1986, from five nominations.[105]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1980 INXS Johnny O'Keefe New Talent[106] Nominated
1982 Shabooh Shoobah Best Australian Album Nominated
"One Thing" Best Australian Single Nominated
INXS Most Popular Group Nominated
1984 "Burn for You" Best Group Performance in a Video[103] Won
The Swing Best Album[103] Won
INXS Most Popular Australian Group[103] Won
Andrew Farriss, Michael Hutchence Best Songwriter[103] Won
"Burn for You"[nb 4] Best Promotional Video[103] Won
"Burn for You" Best Single Nominated
"I Send a Message" Best Single Nominated
INXS Most Outstanding Achievement[103] Won
Michael Hutchence Most Popular Male[103] Won
1985 "What You Need"[nb 5] Best Video[104] Won
INXS Most Popular Australian Group[104] Won
INXS Most Outstanding Achievement[104] Won
1986 "Kiss the Dirt" Best Group Performance in a Video[105] Won
"Good Times" (with Jimmy Barnes Best Group Performance in a Video[105] Nominated
"Kiss the Dirt" Best Video[105] Nominated
"Listen Like Thieves" Best Video[105] Nominated
INXS Most Popular Australian Group[105] Nominated

Grammy Awards

INXS received three Grammy Award nominations.[88]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1988 Kick Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Nominated
1990 "Suicide Blonde" Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Nominated
1994 "Beautiful Girl" Best Short Form Music Video Nominated

International Rock Awards

The International Rock Awards (1989–91) was a music award ceremony broadcast on ABC Television, to honor the top musicians in the genre of rock music.[107]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1989 Themselves Artist of the Year Nominated

Mo Awards

The Australian Entertainment Mo Awards (commonly known informally as the Mo Awards), were annual Australian entertainment industry awards. They recognise achievements in live entertainment in Australia from 1975 to 2016. INXS won two awards in that time.[108]

Year Nominee / work Award Result (wins only)
1986 INXS Rock Group of the Year Won
1988 INXS Rock Group of the Year Won

MTV Video Music Awards

INXS won five MTV Video Music Awards for their 1988 video "Need You Tonight/Mediate".[89]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1986 "What You Need" Best Group Video Nominated[109]
1988 "Need You Tonight/Mediate" Viewer's Choice Won[109]
Video of the Year Won[109]
Best Group Video Won[109]
Best Concept Video Nominated[109]
Breakthrough Video Won[109]
Best Special Effects in a Video Nominated[citation needed]
Best Art Direction in a Video Nominated[citation needed]
Best Editing in a Video Won[citation needed]
"Devil Inside" Best Editing in a Video Nominated[citation needed]
1989 "New Sensation" Best Art Direction in a Video Nominated[citation needed]

Pollstar Concert Industry Awards

The Pollstar Concert Industry Awards is an annual award ceremony to honor artists and professionals in the concert industry.[110]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1986 Themselves Next Major Arena Headliner Nominated
Tour Small Hall/Club of the Year Nominated
1989 Most Creative Stage Production Nominated

Brit Awards

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1989 INXS Best International Group[111] Nominated
1991 INXS Best International Group[112] Won
Michael Hutchence Best International Male[113] Won
1992 INXS Best International Group[111] Nominated

Juno Awards

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1989 INXS International Entertainer of the Year Nominated

World Music Awards

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1993 INXS World's Best Selling Australian Artist Won

Žebřík Music Awards

Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
1997 Michael Hutchence Best International Personality Nominated [114]
"Elegantly Wasted" Best International Video Nominated
The Death of Michael Hutchence Best International Průser Nominated

Notes

  1. ^ The video was directed by Richard Lowenstein.[96]
  2. ^ Nomination to Niven Garland for engineering INXS tracks "Baby Don't Cry", "Heaven Sent" and "Taste It".[97]
  3. ^ The video was directed by Richard Lowenstein.[98]
  4. ^ Award was shared between Richard Lowenstein for the INXS video "Burn for You" and B Sharp Productions for Mental As Anything video "Apocalypso".[103]
  5. ^ Award to Richard Lowenstein and Lynn-Maree Milburn for the INXS video "What You Need".[104]

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External links

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  • INXS at IMDb

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This article is about the band For the album see INXS album For the TV miniseries see INXS Never Tear Us Apart In Excess redirects here For the racehorse see In Excess horse INXS a phonetic play on in excess were an Australian rock band formed as the Farriss Brothers in 1977 in Sydney New South Wales 4 5 The founding members were bassist Garry Gary Beers main composer and keyboardist Andrew Farriss drummer Jon Farriss guitarist Tim Farriss lead singer and main lyricist Michael Hutchence and guitarist and saxophonist Kirk Pengilly 6 For 20 years INXS was fronted by Hutchence whose magnetic stage presence made him the focal point of the band 4 6 Initially known for their new wave pop style the band later developed a harder pub rock style that included funk and dance elements 4 INXSINXS performing in July 2012Background informationAlso known asThe Farriss BrothersOriginSydney New South Wales AustraliaGenresNew wave pub rock dance rock 1 funk rock 2 alternative rock 3 Years active1977 2012LabelsAtlantic Epic 101 Distribution Mercury DeLuxe WEA Eastwest Polydor Atco Petrol Electric TruismSpinoffsMax QPast membersGarry Gary Beers Andrew Farriss Jon Farriss Tim Farriss Michael Hutchence Kirk Pengilly Jon Stevens J D Fortune Ciaran GribbinWebsitewww wbr inxs wbr comIn 1984 INXS had their first number one hit in Australia with Original Sin The band achieved international success in the mid to late 1980s and early 1990s with the hit albums Listen Like Thieves Kick and X and the singles What You Need Need You Tonight the band s only US number one single Devil Inside Never Tear Us Apart Suicide Blonde and New Sensation 7 8 9 10 After Hutchence s death on 22 November 1997 INXS made appearances with several guest singers and toured and recorded with Jon Stevens as lead singer beginning in 2000 5 In 2005 members of INXS participated in Rock Star INXS a reality television series that culminated in the selection of Canadian J D Fortune as their new lead singer 11 Irish singer songwriter Ciaran Gribbin replaced Fortune as lead singer in 2011 During a concert on 11 November 2012 INXS stated that the performance would be their last although they did not announce the band s permanent retirement INXS won six Australian Recording Industry Association ARIA awards including three for Best Group in 1987 1989 and 1992 12 the band was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2001 13 14 INXS has sold over 70 million albums worldwide making them one of Australia s highest selling music acts of all time 15 16 17 Contents 1 History 1 1 Early years 1 2 1980s 1 2 1 From Simple Simon to Shabooh Shoobah 1 2 2 From Original Sin to Listen Like Thieves 1 2 3 From Good Times to Kick 1 3 1990 1997 From X to Elegantly Wasted 1 4 1997 2003 Transitional years 1 5 2004 2005 Rock Star INXS 1 6 2005 2011 J D Fortune era 1 7 2011 2019 Later activities 2 Band members 3 Discography 4 Legacy 5 Recognition awards and nominations 5 1 APRA Music Awards 5 2 ARIA Awards 5 3 ASCAP Pop Music Awards 5 4 Countdown Awards 5 5 Grammy Awards 5 6 International Rock Awards 5 7 Mo Awards 5 8 MTV Video Music Awards 5 9 Pollstar Concert Industry Awards 5 10 Brit Awards 5 11 Juno Awards 5 12 World Music Awards 5 13 Zebrik Music Awards 6 Notes 7 References 8 External linksHistory EditEarly years Edit The origins of the band began with Andrew Farriss convincing his fellow Davidson High School classmate Michael Hutchence to join his band Doctor Dolphin 18 The band contained two further classmates Kent Kerny and Neil Sanders as well as Garry Beers and Geoff Kennely both from a nearby high school Forest High School 18 In 1977 Tim Farriss Andrew s older brother invited Andrew Hutchence and Beers to join him and his schoolmate Kirk Pengilly Tim and Pengilly had been playing together since 1971 as either an acoustic duo Kirk and Tim or as a four piece band called Guinness 18 named after their bass player s dog 19 Together with younger brother Jon Farriss they formed The Farriss Brothers who consisted of Garry Beers on bass guitar Andrew Farriss on keyboards Jon Farriss on drums Tim Farriss on lead guitar Michael Hutchence on lead vocals and Kirk Pengilly on guitar and saxophone 4 6 20 The band made their debut on 16 August 1977 at Whale Beach 21 40 km 25 mi north of Sydney 21 The parents of the Farriss boys relocated to Perth Western Australia in 1978 taking Jon to continue his schooling and as soon as Hutchence and Andrew finished school the rest of the band followed 5 21 They briefly performed as The Vegetables singing We Are the Vegetables before returning to Sydney ten months later 21 where they recorded a set of demos 18 At a chance meeting in the car park of the Royal Antler a pub in Narrabeen on the Northern Beaches of Sydney New South Wales Tim was approached by Gary Morris the manager of Midnight Oil 18 The band began to regularly support Midnight Oil and other local bands Morris advised that a member of the Oils crew had come up with a new name and suggested they change it to INXS 18 The name INXS was inspired by English band XTC and Australian jam makers IXL 5 21 Pengilly later explained that Morris was interested in turning the group into a Christian band which the band briefly considered before rejecting the idea 18 The band s first performance as INXS was on 1 September 1979 at the Ocean Beach Hotel in Umina 22 on the Central Coast of New South Wales and by the end of 1979 after passing on the Christian band image they hired Chris CM Murphy as their manager and continued taking on the Oz pub circuit 5 19 21 23 Murphy was an adept business manager and negotiator and by early 1980 the band had signed a five album record deal with a Sydney independent label Deluxe Records run by Michael Browning a former manager of AC DC 4 5 18 1980s Edit From Simple Simon to Shabooh Shoobah Edit INXS released their first single Simple Simon We Are the Vegetables in Australia and France in May 1980 4 19 24 The single had its debut TV performance on Simon Townsend s Wonder World 21 Their self titled debut album INXS was recorded at Trafalgar Studios in Annandale Sydney It was co produced by the band and Duncan McGuire ex Ayers Rock with all songs attributed to the entire band at the insistence of Murphy 18 19 Deluxe gave them a budget of 10 000 to record the album so to keep within the budget they had to record from midnight to dawn usually after doing one or more performances earlier that night 19 The album was released in October 1980 It featured Just Keep Walking which was their first Australian Top 40 single 4 7 with the album peaking in the Top 30 of the Kent Music Report for Australian albums 4 6 7 The album eventually went gold selling over 35 000 units but it took a number of years to do so 18 These early records demonstrated their new wave ska pop style and were followed by near constant touring with almost 300 shows during 1981 as the band developed their status as a live act 4 5 In 1981 they signed Gary Grant as their tour manager who then became co manager a year later 18 Between touring commitments the band released their third single in May 1981 The Loved One which was a cover of a 1966 song by Australian group The Loved Ones The song was recorded at Studios 301 in Sydney 18 produced by Richard Clapton 6 and peaked in the Top 20 4 7 24 The success of the single led to Clapton and the band returning to Studios 301 between July and August 1981 to create an album In October 1981 their second album Underneath the Colours was released and became a hit in Australia peaking at No 15 7 Soon after recording sessions had finished band members started work on outside projects Beers Jon and Andrew Farriss played on Clapton s solo album The Great Escape Hutchence recorded Speed Kills written by Don Walker of Cold Chisel for the soundtrack of the film Freedom directed by Scott Hicks It was his first solo single and was released by WEA in early 1982 18 In January INXS toured New Zealand as support act for Cold Chisel Murphy eventually became convinced their future no longer lay with Deluxe Records RCA who distributed Deluxe had employed music lover Rockin Rod Woods who had been promoting Eric Clapton Split Enz and some of the world s biggest acts Woods was passionate about the band and brought key music people along to their gigs He encouraged RCA to sign them worldwide because Murphy had played him some demos Deluxe had been unable to attract international interest so the band decided to record a new song The One Thing at their own expense with Mark Opitz at Paradise Studios 18 The song turned out so well that Murphy hired Opitz to produce three more songs 19 Murphy approached WEA Australia with copies of the song leading to INXS signing a recording deal in July 1982 with WEA for releases in Australia South East Asia Japan and New Zealand Atco Records a subsidiary of Atlantic Records for North America and Polygram for Europe and the UK 4 5 6 18 Murphy and the band were not entirely convinced that Opitz could produce an entire album that would attract international interest so before recording their third album Pengilly Hutchence and Andrew Farriss visited the UK and USA with a view to selecting a suitable producer only to find that no one they wanted was available and that most people advised them that Opitz s work on their single was as good as they could wish for 18 To complete the band s contract with DeLuxe Records INXS produced their first compilation album INXSive released in early 1982 for the Australian market only featuring highlights from the band s first two studio albums related B sides and two non album singles In mid 1982 they began recording at Rhinoceros Studios with Opitz 6 In October 1982 Shabooh Shoobah was released internationally on Atlantic Atco Records peaking at No 52 on the US Billboard 200 and No 46 on the Hot Pop Albums chart 10 25 In Australia it peaked at No 5 and remained in the albums charts for 94 weeks 7 The single The One Thing brought them their first Top 30 hit in United States peaking at No 30 on 28 May 1983 26 It was also a Top 20 hit in Canada 9 and peaked at No 14 in Australia on 23 August 1982 7 One Thing was their first video to air on the fledgling MTV and significantly added to the ultimate success of the single 19 13 February 1983 saw INXS play the Stop The Drop nuclear disarmament concert to 14 000 at the Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne alongside Midnight Oil Colin Hay Redgum and Goanna It was simulcast on Australian TV by Channel 10 and Radio 2MMM INXS undertook their first US performance in San Diego in March 1983 to a crowd of 24 patrons 18 Their first tour was as support for Adam and the Ants then support for Stray Cats The Kinks 4 Hall amp Oates followed by The Go Go s 18 19 INXS played alongside many of their contemporaries on New Wave Day in May 1983 at the US Festival in Devore California 27 It was during this time that Grant their co manager relocated permanently to New York to ensure a continual presence in the northern hemisphere 18 The band remained on the road in the US for most of the year including support for Men at Work and by mid 1983 were headlining venues such as The Ritz in New York 18 From Original Sin to Listen Like Thieves Edit After a performance in Toronto Canada the band was approached by producer Nile Rodgers by September 1983 the band had recorded Original Sin originally entitled Brand New Day at New York s Power Station Studios 18 Three tracks from Shabooh Shoobah were featured in the soundtrack for the 1984 film Reckless 28 The band then travelled to the UK to begin sessions on their fourth album with Nick Launay at the Manor Studios in Oxford 18 The album The Swing released in April 1984 6 received significant attention from around the world as Original Sin became the band s first No 1 single in Australia and was popular worldwide with fans and reviewers 29 During 1984 the single reached no 1 in Australia for two weeks in January 7 Argentina and France No 6 in New Zealand No 11 in Canada No 23 in Switzerland 30 No 31 in the Netherlands and No 58 in the U S 9 However Original Sin was largely ignored in the U K and INXS would not have any Top 50 chart success in the United Kingdom until the 1985 album Listen Like Thieves 31 During 1984 INXS toured non stop performing across Europe the UK the US and Australia By December 1984 The Swing had gone double platinum making it one of the five biggest domestic albums in the history of Australian music at the time 18 In March 1985 the band re entered Sydney s Rhinoceros Studios to record the Listen Like Thieves album together with producer Chris Thomas Sex Pistols Pink Floyd The Pretenders Elton John 18 As the band was finishing the recording sessions Thomas stated that the album was not good enough and still had no killer track Andrew produced a demo tape of a funk song he had been working on called Funk Song No 13 and evolved it into What You Need 18 Whilst the band was recording WEA released Dekadance a limited edition 12 Vinyl and cassette only EP of INXS remixes from their albums The Swing and Shabooh Shoobah 6 On 19 May 1985 INXS won seven awards at the 1984 Countdown Music and Video Awards ceremony 4 They performed Burn for You dressed in Akubras hats and Drizabones outdoor coats oilskin jackets The band performed five songs for the July 1985 Oz for Africa concert in conjunction with the Live Aid benefit 32 Two INXS songs What You Need and Don t Change were also in the BBC broadcast and are contained on Live Aid s four DVD boxed set released in 2004 33 Listen Like Thieves was released in October 1985 6 to critical approval 34 reaching No 3 on the Australian charts and No 11 on the US charts With the release of Listen Like Thieves the band developed a rock sound influenced by Led Zeppelin and XTC while remaining true to the band s original roots in Aussie pubs It was also the first album to feature songs written by a combination of band members with Andrew Farris and Hutchence becoming the primary songwriters in the years to follow 19 The first U S single from the album This Time stalled at No 81 in late 1985 but the next single What You Need released there in early 1986 became a top five Billboard hit 9 bringing INXS its first break out US success The single was also a top 20 hit in Canada and reached No 2 in Australia September 1985 7 but only reached No 51 on the UK charts 31 The British press dismissed the album with New Musical Express calling the band INX cusable and a reviewer declaring Listen Like Thieves to be a complete and utter turkey 18 In the United States however Rolling Stone wrote INXS rocks with passion and seals the deal with a backbeat that ll blackmail your feet 34 In August 1985 INXS toured ahead of the release of Listen Like Thieves touring South America before returning to Melbourne to play for Prince Charles and Princess Diana of Wales at a concert The concert was filmed and later released on a home video entitled Living INXS 35 an edited version of the concert was played on MTV in the U S in 1985 on its Saturday night concert series In November December January and February INXS toured North America Europe and New Zealand The band then took a two month break with Andrew Farriss writing and producing You re Gonna Get Hurt for Jenny Morris who had previously been a backing vocalist with the band 36 and Hutchence featuring in Richard Lowenstein s second feature film Dogs in Space 37 Lowenstein had previously made the video clip for Dancing on the Jetty Whilst a song from the movie Rooms for the Memory written by Ollie Olsen with vocals by Hutchence 38 charted the movie was received well by critics but was not a commercial success Beginning in May 1986 the band performed 32 European shows including support for Queen at their Live at Wembley 86 concert on 12 July 42 U S shows and 12 Australian shows America s influential Musician magazine called INXS the best live band in the world 18 From Good Times to Kick Edit Lead singer Michael Hutchence in 1986 Whilst on an eight month break before beginning work on a new album their manager Murphy decided to stage a series of major outdoor concerts across Australia featuring INXS Jimmy Barnes Models Divinyls Mental as Anything The Triffids and I m Talking 21 To promote the tour INXS recorded two songs with Jimmy Barnes of Cold Chisel The Easybeats cover Good Times and Laying Down the Law which Barnes co wrote with Beers Andrew Farriss Jon Farriss Hutchence and Pengilly 39 Good Times was used as the theme song for the Australian Made series of concerts in the summer of 1986 1987 21 It peaked at No 2 on the Australian charts 7 and months later was featured in the Joel Schumacher film The Lost Boys and its soundtrack 40 41 allowing it to peak at No 47 in the US on 1 August 1987 9 26 After the success of What You Need and Listen Like Thieves the band knew their new material would have to be even better and wanted every song on the album to be good enough to be a single 21 They recorded Kick in Sydney and Paris produced by Chris Thomas 6 According to the 2005 official autobiography Atlantic Records was not happy with the result the label offered the band 1 million to go back to Australia and record another album but the band declined 19 Despite Atlantic s protests Kick was released in October 1987 and provided the band with worldwide popularity The album peaked at No 1 in Australia 7 No 3 on the US Billboard 200 25 No 9 in UK 31 and No 15 in Austria 42 It was an upbeat confident album that yielded four Top 10 US singles No 1 single Need You Tonight Devil Inside New Sensation and Never Tear Us Apart 9 Need You Tonight peaked No 2 on the UK charts 31 No 3 in Australia 7 and No 10 in France 43 The band toured heavily behind the album throughout 1987 and 1988 The video for the 1987 INXS track Mediate which played after the video for Need You Tonight replicated the format of Bob Dylan s video for Subterranean Homesick Blues even in its use of apparently deliberate errors In September 1988 the band swept the MTV Video Music Awards with the video for Need You Tonight Mediate winning in 5 categories 44 Kick was by far INXS s best selling album of all time During 1989 Hutchence collaborated with Ian Ollie Olsen on a side project Max Q 4 the two had previously worked together on Lowenstein s film Dogs in Space The rest of the band also took a break to work on side projects but soon returned to the studio to record their follow up album to Kick 1990 1997 From X to Elegantly Wasted Edit In October 1990 INXS released X which was produced by Chris Thomas The album peaked at No 3 in Australia 8 No 5 in the US 25 No 2 in the UK 31 No 5 in Switzerland and No 10 in Sweden 10 45 It followed in the same vein as Kick and added harmonica to some songs X scored hits with Suicide Blonde and Disappear both Top 10 in the US 9 Suicide Blonde peaked at No 2 in Australia No 11 in the UK 31 and in Switzerland 46 Other singles from X were Bitter Tears and By My Side which had less chart success 4 INXS performed at Wembley Stadium on 13 July 1991 during their Summer XS tour stop in London to a sold out audience of 74 000 fans 4 This performance was recorded and filmed to become Live Baby Live a live album that was released in November 1991 and peaked in the Top 30 in the Australia and UK album charts 8 31 The album had less success on The Billboard 200 25 A video version of the album was also released under the same title This concert was the band s most well attended show of all time according to a 2017 article by Paul Donoughue of ABC net au it solidified INXS s place in pop history 47 On 28 March 1992 INXS performed at the controversial Concert for Life at Centennial Park in Sydney a fundraiser for the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Centre and other performers included Crowded House Yothu Yindi Jenny Morris Diesel Ratcat and Def FX Due to inclement weather the expected attendance of 100 000 never came through and the event only raised 500 000 48 Welcome to Wherever You Are produced by Mark Opitz and released in August 1992 6 was an experimental album using sitars and a 60 piece orchestra while adding a more raw sound It received good critical reviews and went No 1 in the UK 31 and in Sweden 49 No 2 in Australia and Switzerland 49 and No 3 in Norway 49 but had less chart success in the US peaking at No 16 25 Singles from the album included Taste It and Baby Don t Cry which were Top 20 successes in UK but had less success in US and Australian markets 8 9 31 Full Moon Dirty Hearts produced by Opitz was released in November 1993 and peaked at No 3 on the UK charts 31 No 4 in Australia 8 No 8 in Sweden 50 No 9 in Switzerland 50 No 14 in Norway 50 it did not reach the Top 50 in the US 25 The title track featured The Pretenders Chrissie Hynde and another track Please You Got That featured Ray Charles The band made a full video album for the record using unknown Australian students to direct with help from Richard Lowenstein Full Moon Dirty Hearts received mixed reviews and was the last record under INXS contract with Atlantic in the States The band took time off to rest and be with their families while Hutchence remained in the public eye through modelling and film acting 4 In 1997 the group released a comeback album titled Elegantly Wasted which garnered mixed reviews It fared respectably in Australia No 14 8 51 Canada No 14 25 France No 30 51 UK No 16 31 where INXS had more success in the 1990s than in the 1980s Belgium No 7 51 Switzerland No 13 51 but only No 41 in US 25 On 22 November 1997 Michael Hutchence was found dead in his Sydney Ritz Carlton hotel room 52 On 6 February 1998 New South Wales State Coroner Derrick Hand presented his report which ruled that Hutchence s death was a suicide while depressed and under the influence of drugs and alcohol 52 53 54 Despite the official coroner s report there was continued speculation that Hutchence s death was accidental 55 56 1997 2003 Transitional years Edit The instrumentalists from INXS collaborated with several Australian singers before settling on Jon Stevens as a replacement for Hutchence After Hutchence s death INXS did not perform publicly for almost a year and then only made a few one off performances with different guest singers until 2000 5 On 14 November 1998 they played at the Mushroom 25 Concert with Jimmy Barnes fronting for two songs The Loved One and Good Times 5 22 On 12 June 1999 they headlined the opening of Stadium Australia in Sydney with US singer songwriter Terence Trent D Arby and Russell Hitchcock as guest vocalists they performed New Sensation Kick Never Tear Us Apart and What You Need 5 22 In December 2000 INXS performed a concert with singers Suze DeMarchi and Jon Stevens sharing the spotlight The former lead singer of Australian band Noiseworks Jon Stevens began singing with INXS on regular basis 5 INXS played as one of the headline acts at the Sydney 2000 Olympics and then toured through South America and Europe 22 Stevens was officially named a member of INXS in 2002 and the band started recording new material in November 5 Stevens left the band in October 2003 to pursue a solo career 5 and only recorded a contractual obligation song called I Get Up 2004 2005 Rock Star INXS Edit INXS returned to the news in 2004 when it was announced that a new reality television program titled Rock Star INXS would feature a contest to find a new lead vocalist for the band 11 The show which debuted on the CBS network on 11 July 2005 featured 15 contestants vying for the position of lead singer The show was executive produced by Survivor s Mark Burnett and hosted by Brooke Burke and Jane s Addiction and former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Dave Navarro On 20 September 2005 J D Fortune won the eleven week competition which culminated in his singing the Rolling Stones s You Can t Always Get What You Want and INXS What You Need in the finale to become the new lead singer of INXS 11 2005 2011 J D Fortune era Edit J D Fortune performing with the band in July 2011 With Fortune as lead singer INXS released the single Pretty Vegas on 4 October 2005 The single reached No 5 on the iTunes Store ranking of daily most downloaded songs on its first day It peaked at No 9 in Australia 8 and No 37 on the Billboard Hot 100 9 and became a huge radio airplay hit in Fortune s native Canada On 29 November 2005 Switch the band s first album with Fortune as lead singer was released in the United States via Epic Records The band s new line up started a world tour in support of Switch in January 2006 57 In September 2006 INXS and Epic Records parted ways 58 The band then performed at the 2006 NRL Grand Final INXS toured Australia and New Zealand in March 2007 with Simple Minds and support band Arrested Development 59 After the cancellation of a 31 August 2007 show in Cleveland Ohio INXS placed a statement on their website stating Due to ongoing medical issues with Garry Beers hand the band s doctor has urged the band to not play more than three shows in a row or risk permanent damage to Garry s hand 60 The band signed with Petrol Electric Records in December 2008 reuniting them with former manager Chris Murphy 61 On 16 February 2009 J D Fortune told Entertainment Tonight Canada that INXS had let him go from the band with a shake of the hand at an airport in Hong Kong 62 On 23 February 2009 Chris Murphy INXS creative director and global business strategist and former manager in an interview with The Daily Telegraph said J D was not sacked and in fact the band made it known to him that they had not ruled out seeing a return by Fortune He also stated J D was next on his list to call regarding a major recording contract he was negotiating for the band 63 In an interview with Sun Media published on 6 March 2009 J D Fortune clarified his claim that he had been fired at an airport After returning to Canada from Hong Kong Fortune believed there were still two more legs of the INXS 2007 tour to complete When the rest of the tour was cancelled and the band did not return his calls for 10 months he believed he was out of the band 64 On 30 November 2009 Andrew Farriss Jon Farriss and Kirk Pengilly performed an acoustic version of Don t Change with the Qantas Choir at the Pride of Australia Awards 65 On 8 December 2009 INXS announced they would be embarking on a world tour commencing with a performance in Vancouver for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games 66 The band announced on 11 February 2010 that J D Fortune would be vocalist for the performance at the 2010 Winter Olympics but that it would be a one off performance the band added that a vocalist for the subsequent world tour had yet to be announced 67 The band performed at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics on 24 February 2010 with guest singers J D Fortune and Argentine singer Deborah de Corral 68 INXS live in Townsville Australia in 2010 On 22 April 2010 INXS announced that Fortune would again front the band for a performance on 10 July 2010 at Townsville QLD Australia and then again on 16 July 2010 in Broome WA Australia 69 During a radio interview with Kirk Pengilly and J D Fortune in July 2010 just before the Broome concert Pengilly confirmed that Fortune had returned as the band s permanent singer In August 2010 Petrol Records issued Australian radio stations with a one track promo Never Tear Us Apart featuring Ben Harper on vocals a preview from the upcoming INXS Michael Hutchence tribute album Original Sin On 25 September 2010 the band performed before the 2010 AFL Grand Final On 19 October 2010 it was announced in the Courier Mail that INXS fronted by J D Fortune would tour as part of the A Day on the Green winery concerts in February 70 The band recorded an album in memory of Michael Hutchence titled Original Sin Released in November 2010 the album featured well known singers from Australia and around the world including Ben Harper Patrick Monahan and Rob Thomas 71 72 73 74 In March 2011 INXS confirmed they would return to the United Kingdom and headlining with support from New Zealand band Shihad for an outdoor event called Southern Sounds on Clapham Common London on Saturday 11 June 75 The event was an all Australian New Zealand and South African celebration lineup with INXS fronted by J D Fortune INXS toured extensively throughout 2011 with singer J D Fortune to support the album Original Sin 2011 2019 Later activities Edit Ciaran Gribbin performing with the band in July 2012 The band released a demo of a song called Tiny Summer in streaming format on their official website in September 2011 along with news that J D Fortune had left the band again and that Northern Irish singer songwriter Ciaran Gribbin would be the band s frontman for their forthcoming tour of Australia South America and Europe in November and December 2011 76 On 6 October 2012 INXS were the headline act at the annual charity ball organised by the Hong Kong Foreign Correspondent s Club 77 During a concert on 11 November 2012 at the newly opened Perth Arena while supporting Matchbox Twenty INXS announced that they would no longer be touring Kirk Pengilly stated that it was appropriate to finish where they had started 35 years earlier 78 Jon Farriss admitted that he was getting teary before the band performed their biggest hit Need You Tonight In 2014 INXS released a tell all history of the band on an Australian television interview special The Story Behind INXS During the interview Jon Farriss made the statement Never say never regarding the possibility that the band could record and perform more music in the future 79 In 2013 Australian TV network Seven Network announced that it would produce a miniseries focusing on the band s behind the scenes stories called INXS Never Tear Us Apart Band member Tim Farriss was a pre production consultant on the show The miniseries commenced production at the end of June 2013 and premiered on 9 February 2014 the finale aired the following Sunday night 16 February 2014 The miniseries rated very highly for both nights and created a renewed interest in the band which translated to a resurgence in sales of their music that brought them once again to the number one position on the Australian popular music charts 80 Luke Arnold was cast as Michael Hutchence Alex Williams as Kirk Pengilly Nicholas Masters as Tim Farriss Hugh Sheridan as bass guitarist Gary Beers Ido Drent as Jon Farriss and Andy Ryan as Andrew Farriss In addition Damon Herriman played band manager CM Murphy and Samantha Jade played Kylie Minogue 81 Given the popularity of this TV miniseries there was talk of a Broadway musical and a feature film about INXS in the future 82 In 2019 a documentary film was released about Michael Hutchence titled Mystify A soundtrack was also released featuring INXS tracks 83 Band members EditFormer members Tim Farriss lead guitar keyboards bass backing vocals 1977 2012 Kirk Pengilly rhythm and lead guitar saxophone backing and occasional lead vocals 1977 2012 Garry Gary Beers bass backing vocals 1977 2012 Andrew Farriss keyboards piano rhythm guitar harmonica percussion backing and occasional lead vocals 1977 2012 Jon Farriss drums percussion keyboards backing and occasional lead vocals 1977 2012 Michael Hutchence lead vocals occasional rhythm guitar 1977 1997 his death Jon Stevens lead vocals 2000 2003 JD Fortune lead vocals 2005 2011 Ciaran Gribbin lead vocals rhythm guitar 2011 2012 Touring members Jimmy Barnes lead vocals 1998 Terence Trent D Arby lead vocals 1999 Russell Hitchcock lead vocals 1999 Suze DeMarchi lead vocals 2000 Jenny Morris backing vocals 1985 1986 TimelineDiscography EditMain article INXS discography INXS 1980 Underneath the Colours 1981 Shabooh Shoobah 1982 The Swing 1984 Listen Like Thieves 1985 Kick 1987 X 1990 Welcome to Wherever You Are 1992 Full Moon Dirty Hearts 1993 Elegantly Wasted 1997 Switch 2005 Original Sin 2010 Legacy EditINXS has been cited as an influence by several acts such as The 1975 84 Maroon 5 85 and Savage Garden 86 Recognition awards and nominations EditAccording to the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA INXS has sold over 30 million units in the United States alone making them the third highest selling Australian music act in the United States behind AC DC and The Bee Gees 87 INXS has sold an estimated 70 million records worldwide 15 16 17 INXS has been nominated for numerous music awards including ARIA Awards 12 Grammy Awards 88 and MTV Video Music Awards 89 better source needed APRA Music Awards Edit Year Nominee work Award Result Ref 1988 What You Need Gold Award Won 90 1989 Need You Tonight Won 91 1990 Devil Inside Won 92 New Sensation Won1991 Suicide Blonde Most Performed Australian Work Overseas Won 92 1992 Disappear Won 93 2002 Precious Heart with Tall Paul Most Performed Dance Work Nominated 94 ARIA Awards Edit INXS has won seven Australian Recording Industry Association ARIA Awards 12 The band was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2001 alongside The Saints 13 95 This induction recognised their achievement of a significant body of recorded work and that they had a cultural impact within Australia 95 INXS has won six other ARIA Awards including three for Best Group in 1987 1989 and 1992 12 Year Nominee work Award Result1987 Listen Like Thieves Best Group Won Good Times INXS amp Jimmy Barnes Single of the Year NominatedHighest Selling Single Nominated1988 INXS Best Group Nominated1989 INXS Outstanding Achievement Award awarded Never Tear Us Apart Best Video nb 1 WonBest Group WonSingle of the Year Nominated1991 X Album of the Year NominatedBest Group Nominated1992 Live Baby Live Best Group Won1993 Baby Don t Cry Heaven Sent Taste It nb 2 Engineer of the Year NominatedWelcome to Wherever You Are Best Group Nominated1994 The Gift nb 3 Best Video Won The Gift Highest Selling Single NominatedFull Moon Dirty Hearts Best Group Nominated2001 INXS Hall of Fame inducted2004 I m Only Looking Best Music DVD NominatedASCAP Pop Music Awards Edit Year Nominee work Award Result Ref 1987 What You Need Most Performed Songs Won 99 1989 Devil Inside Won 100 New Sensation Won Never Tear Us Apart Won Need You Tonight Won1991 Disappear Won 101 Countdown Awards Edit Countdown was an Australian pop music TV series on national broadcaster ABC TV from 1974 to 1987 it presented music awards from 1979 to 1987 initially in conjunction with magazine TV Week but then independently 102 The Countdown Music and Video Awards were succeeded by the ARIA Awards 102 INXS won seven awards at the 1984 awards ceremony 4 which was broadcast on 25 May 1985 103 On 20 April 1986 they won three further Countdown awards for 1985 104 They won further award in the final awards in 1986 from five nominations 105 Year Nominee work Award Result1980 INXS Johnny O Keefe New Talent 106 Nominated1982 Shabooh Shoobah Best Australian Album Nominated One Thing Best Australian Single NominatedINXS Most Popular Group Nominated1984 Burn for You Best Group Performance in a Video 103 WonThe Swing Best Album 103 WonINXS Most Popular Australian Group 103 WonAndrew Farriss Michael Hutchence Best Songwriter 103 Won Burn for You nb 4 Best Promotional Video 103 Won Burn for You Best Single Nominated I Send a Message Best Single NominatedINXS Most Outstanding Achievement 103 WonMichael Hutchence Most Popular Male 103 Won1985 What You Need nb 5 Best Video 104 WonINXS Most Popular Australian Group 104 WonINXS Most Outstanding Achievement 104 Won1986 Kiss the Dirt Best Group Performance in a Video 105 Won Good Times with Jimmy Barnes Best Group Performance in a Video 105 Nominated Kiss the Dirt Best Video 105 Nominated Listen Like Thieves Best Video 105 NominatedINXS Most Popular Australian Group 105 NominatedGrammy Awards Edit INXS received three Grammy Award nominations 88 Year Nominee work Award Result1988 Kick Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Nominated1990 Suicide Blonde Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Nominated1994 Beautiful Girl Best Short Form Music Video NominatedInternational Rock Awards Edit The International Rock Awards 1989 91 was a music award ceremony broadcast on ABC Television to honor the top musicians in the genre of rock music 107 Year Nominee work Award Result1989 Themselves Artist of the Year NominatedMo Awards Edit The Australian Entertainment Mo Awards commonly known informally as the Mo Awards were annual Australian entertainment industry awards They recognise achievements in live entertainment in Australia from 1975 to 2016 INXS won two awards in that time 108 Year Nominee work Award Result wins only 1986 INXS Rock Group of the Year Won1988 INXS Rock Group of the Year WonMTV Video Music Awards Edit INXS won five MTV Video Music Awards for their 1988 video Need You Tonight Mediate 89 Year Nominee work Award Result1986 What You Need Best Group Video Nominated 109 1988 Need You Tonight Mediate Viewer s Choice Won 109 Video of the Year Won 109 Best Group Video Won 109 Best Concept Video Nominated 109 Breakthrough Video Won 109 Best Special Effects in a Video Nominated citation needed Best Art Direction in a Video Nominated citation needed Best Editing in a Video Won citation needed Devil Inside Best Editing in a Video Nominated citation needed 1989 New Sensation Best Art Direction in a Video Nominated citation needed Pollstar Concert Industry Awards Edit The Pollstar Concert Industry Awards is an annual award ceremony to honor artists and professionals in the concert industry 110 Year Nominee work Award Result1986 Themselves Next Major Arena Headliner NominatedTour Small Hall Club of the Year Nominated1989 Most Creative Stage Production NominatedBrit Awards Edit Year Nominee work Award Result1989 INXS Best International Group 111 Nominated1991 INXS Best International Group 112 WonMichael Hutchence Best International Male 113 Won1992 INXS Best International Group 111 NominatedJuno 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