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Michael Kelland John Hutchence (22 January 1960 – 22 November 1997) was an Australian singer and songwriter. He was the co-founder, lead singer, and lyricist of the rock band INXS from 1977 until his death in 1997. The band sold over 50 million records worldwide, making them one of Australia's highest-selling music acts of all time.
INXS co-founder and original lead singer, Michael Hutchence, died on 22 November 1997, reportedly of suicide. [2] The band went through numerous lead singers following Hutchence's death, and performed irregularly, including a showing at the 2000 Summer Olympics closing ceremony alongside Men at Work. [3]
INXS (a phonetic play on "in excess") were an Australian rock band, formed as the Farriss Brothers in 1977 in Sydney. [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]
Chris “CM” Murphy, the longtime manager of Australian band INXS (from 1979 until 1995 and again in the 2000s), has died in Sydney following a battle with Mantle Cell Lymphoma. Best known for ...
Jon Stevens (born 8 October 1961) [1] is a New Zealand singer, best known as the lead singer of the band Noiseworks in 1986–1992, the portrayal of Judas in a 1992 Australian production of Jesus Christ Superstar, and as the lead singer for the Australian rock band INXS in 2000–2003 after the death of the band's original lead singer Michael Hutchence.
Jason Dean Bennison (born 1 September 1973), [1] better known by his stage name J.D. Fortune, is a Canadian singer and songwriter.He was the frontman of the Australian rock band INXS for six years [2] after winning the first season of the CBS reality television series Rock Star: INXS; [1] in 2005, replacing its late lead singer Michael Hutchence.
In 2005, INXS launched a reality TV show, Rock Star: INXS, a worldwide search for a new lead singer. While all of INXS knew it would be impossible to replace Michael Hutchence, who died in 1997, they wished to carry on bringing their music to the world. In 2016, Farriss was inducted into the Australian Songwriters Hall of Fame. [7]
The musician died of an accidental overdose of fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine in his Los Angeles home on June 24 Crazy Town Frontman Shifty Shellshock Cause of Death Revealed 3 Months After ...