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 ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio - Australian pop-rock band INXS seems to be in an odd place in the greater pop music and pop culture landscape: they don’t seem to get the flowers their rise to the top of the pop ...
INXS were rising figures in their home country – but not yet superstars – when they decided to shift focus. Their self-titled debut had barely crept into the Australian Top 30. INXS followed that up ...
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 ...
"[We're] trying to combine all these different styles, so everybody [can] have their say," Michael Hutchence told triple j in 1982. From its striking black and white photographed cover to its newly ...
INXS have finally received their first nomination for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, an honor that’s been a long time coming. The Australian group — with a classic lineup of singer Michael Hutchence, ...