![]() ![]() The same is true today! A few years ago the Seattle scene and grunge sound turned the music world right around. Music from England and Australia was making it onto American radio and the hot topic was `New Wave’ music. When we first arrived, the United States was in the midst of a musical evolution. Where does INXS see its place in the current, yet radically different, musical landscape? But, over all, our fans in the United States seem to be the most enthusiastic.” In Germany, for example, the men where leather jackets, in contrast to Italy, where all the women wear leather. But there are some pretty drastic differences in the fans from various countries. For the most part, they have grown up with us. MH: “We were so young when we first started that our audience was about the same age. “And somewhere in the last several months Andrew (Farriss), Garry (Gary Beers) and I have all had children.” I had a few songs on movie soundtracks (Batman Forever and Barb Wire) and recorded a song with the London Symphony Orchestra as well as a track on the Elvis tribute CD, It’s Now Or Never. Tim (Farriss) produced a CD-Rom game, the X-Samples. Andrew (Farriss) helped in the production and writing of both Yuthu Yindi and Teddy Richard’s albums. “But, this was by know means a down period. So, it just seemed like the logical time to take a break. With the completion of the album, we also fulfilled our contract with Atlantic Records. This helped to create a situation resulting in a lot of personal and business friction within the band, as well as the record label, at the time of the completion of our last studio album Full Moon, Dirty Hearts. As a band, we have recorded an album every twelve to eighteen months over the last five or six years. Michael Hutchence: “We really wanted to get off the old carousel for a while. ![]() What has been going on with INXS since the last studio album over five years ago? While wrapping up a long day that included a three hour rehearsal at London’s Wimbley Stadium, several other interviews as well as a photo shoot, I was able to track down lead singer and co-song writer Michael Hutchence as he was traveling across the streets of London on his way to a relaxing evening of nine-ball and a few pints with some friends. Add moments of pure pop bliss and the intoxicating groove of the title track and you’ve got a time capsule of INXS past, present and future. ![]() For every bit of familiar cocky swagger on the opening track, “Show Me,” to the depths of bittersweet desperation on “Searching” or the poignant introspection of “Building Bridges”, this record shows a whole new side to the band from down-under. Just as every note recorded for the album was crucial to its completion, so has every moment in the illustrious, unpredictable – and occasionally erratic – career of INXS. Now that you are caught up, INXS is about to release their first album for Mercury Records, Elegantly Wasted. Here’s the Reader’s Digest version: Over 20 million records sold, tens of thousands of concerts, numerous hit songs, MTV awards, Brit awards and several Grammy nominations – all by the same six men over the last seventeen years! Reading through the history of INXS, one of Australia’s most prolific bands can be rather time consuming. The Album Network magazine – March 7, 1997 ![]()
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