INXS rebounded from a creative lull with their 10th album, 1997's Elegantly Wasted — only to see it all come crashing down due to a tragedy in the ranks. There was a period when it seemed like the ...

Thanks to changing commercial tides and anemic promotional efforts, INXS seems to have fallen off the face of the pop world, despite the fact that Michael Hutchence and company have been regularly ...

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 ...

"How can I call myself a straight man," a barback asked me and my friend, "if I would rather look at Michael Hutchence than all these pretty girls?" He returned to his duties, collecting empty glasses ...

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 ...

There was always something a little disreputable about INXS. Despite being one of the bigger rock bands on the planet for the better part of a decade, releasing a string of critically and commercially ...

Epic Records has inked a worldwide recording agreement with INXS just days before the band begins its search for a lead singer on the CBS series “Rock Star: INXS.” The band members — Andrew, Tim and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. It’s been a little more than a decade since INXS officially ...