22 January 2025
MICHAEL KELLAND JOHN HUTCHENCE, the voice-lyricist and face of
heroic Australian rockers INXS was born on 22 January 1960 in Sydney.
Today he would have celebrated his 65th birthday.
He co-founded the group in 1977. At first,
they named themselves The Farriss Brothers.
INXS sold over 75 million records. They released 12 LPs
and a bunch of chart hits such as New Sensation (1987)
and Disappear (1990).
After living a rock ‘n’ roll life in the fast lane the body of Hutchence was found
in the morning of 22 November 1997, in a hotel room in Sydney. His death was
reported by the New South Wales Coroner to be the result of suicide by hanging.
He was 37. R.I.P.
Great souvenir. INXS played a warm-up gig for the summer festivals
in 1991 in a small club in my hometown of Ghent, Belgium.