INXS
Are an Australian rock and New Wave group. The band was formed on 16 August 1977, in Sydney, Australia.
INXS began under the name The Farriss Brothers, which was created at Davidson High School, New South Wales, and originally consisted of Michael Hutchence, Andrew Farriss, Garry Gary Beers, Tim Farriss, Kirk Pengilly, and Jon Farriss.
In 1979 the band changed their name to INXS and hired Chris Murphy as their manager. In May 1980, they released their first single Simple Simon / We Are The Vegetables in Australia and France. Their self-titled debut album was released in October 1980, which featured "Just Keep Walking," their first Australian hit single.
On 22 November 1997, Hutchence was found dead in a Sydney hotel room under suspicious circumstances. The coroner who performed his autopsy ruled his death a suicide. Some speculate his death was actually an accident, the result of autoerotic asphyxiation.
Since Hutchence's death, INXS continued, using Terence Trent D'Arby, Russell Hitchcock and Jimmy Barnes as temporary lead singers. New Zealander, Celebrity Treasure Island host and former lead singer of Australian band Noiseworks, Jon Stevens began singing with INXS in 2000.
INXS played as one of the headline acts at the Sydney 2000 Olympics. Stevens was officially named a member of the band in 2002. However, he left INXS in 2003 to pursue a solo career, only recording a contractual obligation song called "I Get Up", released as a single (which charted in the Top-100 on the Australian ARIAnet Singles Chart) in the same year. The song was also used in the Rugby Union World Cup 2003 and the EA Sports Rugby 2004 video game.
On 29 November 2005, the band's first album in eight years was released, entitled Switch. It was released in the United States via Epic Records. Shortly after, in September 2006, the band and Epic parted ways.
According to the RIAA, INXS have sold 15 million units in the United States alone, becoming the 3rd highest selling Australian Music Act in the United States, behind AC/DC and The Bee Gees.
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