  INXS began with the creation of
'The Farriss Brothers' in Australia in 1977
with members: Michael Hutchence, Andrew
Farriss, Jon Farriss, Tim Farriss, Kirk
Pengilly, and Gary Beers. The group members
would stay the same for 20 years until the
death of Hutchence. 'The Farris Brothers'
toured Australia in the late 70s and
officially became INXS by the end of 1979.
INXS released the singles
"Simple Simon / We Are The
Vegetables" and "Just Keep
Walking" in Australia.
 INXS released
their debut LP INXS.
INXS released Underneath
The Colours.
 # 128
Singles Artist of the Year
 INXS released Shaboo
Shoobah.
INXS began touring the US for
the first time.
INXS hit the Top 40 with "The One Thing."
 # 164
Singles Artist of the Year
INXS topped the charts in
Australia for the first time with
"Original Sin."
 The
Swing was released in the US.
Listen
Like Thieves was certified gold.
Dekadance was released
in Australia.
 INXS released Listen
Like Thieves with the band's first Top 10
hit "What You Need."
 # 64
Singles Artist of the Year
The video for "What You
Need" was nominated for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Group Video.
 # 101
Singles Artist of the Year
The
Swing was certified gold.
INXS had a hit with Jimmy
Barnes with "Good Times"
from The
Lost Boys soundtrack.
 INXS released Kick.
Kick was certified
platinum.
 # 3
Singles Artist of the Year (#1
Group/Duo of the Year)
 INXS hit #1 for 2 weeks with
"Need You Tonight."
INXS topped the Billboard Hot
100 Singles chart for a week with "Need
You Tonight."
Listen
Like Thieves was certified platinum and Shaboo
Shoobah was certified gold.
 Kick was certified 2x
platinum.
INXS hit #1 for a week with
"Devil Inside."
 Kick was certified 3x
platinum.
The video for "Need You
Tonight" won 5 MTV Video Music
Awards including Video of the Year, Best Group Video, Best Editing (Richard Lowenstein), Breakthrough Video, and Viewer's Choice, and was nominated for
Best Concept Video, Best Special Effects, , Best Art Direction, and Breakthrough Video. The video for
"Devil Inside" was also nominated
for Best Editing.
 INXS were nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance by a
Duo or Group (Kick).
The video for "New
Sensation" was nominated for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Art Direction.
Kick was certified 4x
platinum.
 # 64
Singles Artist of the Year
 INXS hit the
Top 40 with "Suicide Blonde."
INXS release X.
INXS hit the Top 10 with "Suicide Blonde."
X was certified
platinum.
 The singe "Suicide Blonde" was certified
gold.
INXS hit the Top 40 with "Disappear."
 # 61
Singles Artist of the Year
 INXS hit the Top 10 with "Disappear."
INXS were nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance by a
Duo or Group ("Suicide Blonde").
 INXS hit the Top 40 with "Bitter Tears."
INXS release the live LP Live
Baby Live.
 # 92
Singles Artist of the Year
 INXS released Welcome
To Wherever You Are.
INXS hit the
Top 40 with "Not Enough Time."
Welcome
To Wherever You Are was certified gold.
 INXS won 2 Australian Music
Awards for Best Australian Band and Best
Video ("Baby Don't Cry").
 # 93
Singles Artist of the Year
 INXS hit the Top 40 with "Beautiful Girl."
INXS were named the Best-selling
Australian Artist of the Year at the World
Music Awards.
 INXS released Full
Moon Dirty Hearts.
INXS was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Music Video, Short Form ("Beautiful Girl").
 INXS released The
Greatest Hits.
 # 108
Singles Artist of the Year
INXS hit the Top 40 with "Elegantly Wasted" from the LP Elegantly
Wasted.
 INXS released Elegantly
Wasted.
Kick was certified 6x
platinum.
On November 21st, Hutchence was
found dead in a hotel room in Australia.
Hutchence was 37 and early reports suggested
that the singer hung himself with a leather
belt found in his room. Hutchence's partner,
Paula Yates, reportedly heard the news from
their home in London. The couple had a baby
daughter together and were planning to marry
next year. INXS was in Australia to celebrate
the band's 20th anniversary together.
 INXS members spoke to Australian
media about the death of their lead singer,
Michael Hutchence. The guitarist of INXS, Tim
Farriss, stated: "I can't be angry at
Michael because if he did take his own life,
I feel he was sick. There's been a lot of
recent things, like anti-depressants and
alcohol mixed together making people suicidal
and I think the world's got to take a deeper
look at it and make sure that we're not
giving these people who have a chemical
imbalance in their brain the wrong
things." It is assumed that Hutchence
had been drinking prior to his suicide, and
anti-depressants were found in his hotel
room. Another band members, Kirk Pengilly,
discussed other problems Hutchence was
dealing with including a high-profile
relationship. The future of INXS as a band is
currently not known or confirmed by the band,
although some reports have stated that the
remaining band members are looking for a new
lead singer.
 X and Listen
Like Thieves were certified 2x
platinum and The
Swing and Welcome
To Wherever You Are were
certified platinum.
The
Greatest Hits and Live
Baby Live were certified
platinum.
 The coroner overseeing the death
of Hutchence ruled that the cause of death
was suicide by hanging. He also stated that
Hutchence was in a "severe depressed
state" over personal problems and ruled
out claims that the death was caused
accidentally due to an auto-eroticism act. A
blood analysis did reveal that Hutchence had
alcohol, cocaine, and Prozac in his system.
The coroner's official statement about the
evidence: "I am satisfied that the cause
of death was 'hanging.' I am also satisfied
that there was no other person involved in
causing the death... I am satisfied that the
standard required to conclude that the death
was a suicide has been reached. I am
satisfied that the deceased intended and did
take his own life."
 Hutchence's girlfriend, Paula
Yates, disagreed that Hutchence committed
suicide and is disputing coroner findings.
Yates told a television interviewer that she
was seeking legal advice to have the
coroner's findings that Hutchence committed
suicide, overturned. She stated "In no
way do I accept the coroner's verdict of
suicide... I will be making it abundantly
clear that because of information that I and
only I could know about Michael... I cannot
accept the verdict... and I won't have my
child grow up thinking that her father left
her not knowing the way he loved her."
INXS performed together with Jimmy
Barnes contributing lead vocals.
MTV: 100
Greatest Videos Ever Made includes
"Need You Tonight / Mediate" at # 21
.
Michael
Hutchence's solo LP, Michael
Hutchence, was released.
INXS performed together again
with Jon Stevens as lead vocalist.
INXS cancelled plans for a tour
due to slow ticket sales.
 VH1: 100
Greatest Videos includes:
# 88
- "Need You
Tonight / Mediate."
INXS released Shine
Like It Does: The INXS Anthology (1979-1997) - a 2-CD, 42
track set.
 INXS began touring again.
Hutchence
ranked # 35 on VH1: 100
Sexiest Artists.
 The
Best Of INXS was released.
Jon Stevens left INXS to go
solo.
 # 88 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
INXS started
looking for a new lead singer via a reality
series called Rock Star: INXS. The
winner of the contest will record a new INXS
LP and tour with the band.
 The winner and
new member of INXS - J.D. Fortune - was
crowned in the final of Rock Star: INXS.
Fortune
provided the vocals for the next INXS LP Switch.
The single "Pretty
Vegas" was certified gold.
The
Best Of INXS was certified gold.
VH1: 100
Greatest Songs of the 80's included "Need
You Tonight" at # 16.
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INXS
Released: October, 1980
Billboard
peak:
# 164
 Tracks: "On A
Bus" - "Doctor" -
"Just Keep Walking" -
"Learning To Smile" -
"Jumping" - "In Vain"
- "Roller Skating" - "Body
Language" - "Newsreel
Baby" - "Wishy-Washy" |
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Underneath The Colours
Released: October, 1981
Tracks: "Stay
Young" - "Horizons" -
"Big Go Go" - "Underneath
The Colours" - "Fair Weather
Ahead" - "Night Of
Rebellion" - "Follow" -
"Barbarian" - "What Would
You Do" - "Just To Learn
Again" |
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Shaboo Shoobah
Released: February, 1983
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 46
Rolling Stone: 
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