There are numerous volumes written about INXS. Among these are comprehensive examinations of the group, biographies of their late frontman Michael Hutchence and their legendary manager Chris Murphy.

INXS will release a 40th-anniversary expanded Deluxe Edition of their breakthrough album Listen Like Thieves in the spring. The three-CD set - which includes a new mix of the album by Giles Martin and ...

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Andrew Farriss invited high school classmate Michael Hutchence to join his band Doctor Dolphin in Sydney, Australia in the mid-’70s. Over the next few years, Farriss’s brothers Jon and Tim joined the ...

The band was more than the sum of its talents—vocalist Michael Hutchence, guitarist/sax player Kirk Pengilly, bassist Garry Gary Beers, and the Brothers Fariss—Tim on guitars, Andrew on keyboards, and ...

INXS was growing in the studio, one album at a time. Guitarist Tim Farriss, a cofounding member of the Australian group, can remember vividly what the progression felt like. He lands on sessions for ...

When INXS released “Original Sin” as the leadoff single from their 1984 album The Swing, the song did not make an immediate commercial impact in the U.S. While it failed to crack the Top 40 on both ...

An uncharacteristic ballad from one of Australia's biggest, best-selling rock bands, INXS's 'Never Tear Us Apart' long ago transcended its origins to become a bona fide anthem. But is it the best ...

The annals of rock are peppered with instances of bands who took an inordinate amount of time to make it. Pulp and Flaming Lips are two outfits who honed their craft for over 15 years before scoring ...

Actress. Producer. Music supervisor? Nicole Kidman used her connections to make a pivotal scene happen in her new erotic thriller, Babygirl. According to director Halina Reijn, the Oscar winner, 57, ...

The year was 2005. Reality TV talent shows were at the height of the cultural zeitgeist, and Aussie rock icons INXS decided to capitalise on the format to bag themselves a new frontman to replace the ...