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.

All INXS Albums

Great souvenir. INXS played a warm-up gig for the summer festivals
in 1991 in a small club in my hometown of Ghent, Belgium.