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  INXS - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation INXS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
INXS began under the name The Farriss Brothers but the band changed their name to INXS in 1979, just prior to the release of their self-titled debut album in 1980.
However, he left INXS in 2003, only recording a song called I Get Up, released as a single (which charted in the top 100 on the Australian ARIAnet Singles Chart) in the same year, and it was used in the Rugby Union World Cup 2003.
INXS returned to the news in 2004 when it was announced that a new reality television program titled Rock Star would feature a contest to find a new lead singer for the band.
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 Rarebird's INXS Reviews
The first two INXS albums (which were not released in the U.S. until 1984, after the band had achieved stateside recognition) and the last two albums with Hutchence are out of print.
INXS' self-titled 1980 debut album, produced in part by the band, is amateurish but fairly likable.
Underneath the Colours, the second INXS album, is more polished and consistent than its predecessor, but it doesn't generate the same excitement as the band's later work.
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 inxsBio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
The album's major hit, "The One Thing" was a worldwide smash hit, and with the help of a worldwide tour, INXS began the road to world domination.
The album is also important in that it is the first album to feature the trademark INXS style of dance rock.
The album, released in late 1994, is a dizzying trip of perfection, showcasing the strength and influence INXS has weilded over the music industry for over a decade.
www.scit.wlv.ac.uk /~c9661350/INXS/inxsbio.htm   (462 words)

  
 INXS
INXS was pretty good in concert; I discuss one of their last shows on our concert reviews page.
Of these The INXS Album Collection is quite good, but it puts a whole pile of stuff on one huge, graphics-intensive intro page, so be prepared for a wait.
This, their first new album after a long quiet stretch that was punctuated only by a greatest hits compilation, is the best single example of everything that was good about INXS.
www.warr.org /inxs.html   (1806 words)

  
 MelodicRock.com - Interactive Melodic CD Reviews
I was always worried Inxs would choose a safer route, but the band clearly recognized that the rock edge and clear vulnerability of JD was the more interesting option.
Inxs are responsible for some very fine pop rock (or dance rock) tunes, but their early career was firmly planted in pub rock.
My wife and I were tragics when it came to Rockstar INXS, never missing an episode and while she loved Mig and I loved Susie McNeil I do think that JD was the best fit for the band.
www.melodicrock.com /reviews/inxs-switch.p3   (2602 words)

  
 Official Ticketmaster site. INXS tickets, dates
INXS hailed from the pubs of Australia, which is part of the reason they never comfortably fit in with new wave.
For their next album, INXS recorded a few sessions with producer Nile Rodgers, which resulted in the sleek, funky "Original Sin," the first inclination that the band was making a move toward a fusion of Stonesy rock and dance music.
INXS was quiet throughout the following year, but in 2005 they teamed with reality-show maverick Mark Burnett for Rock Star: INXS, an elaborate, globally-televised audition that resulted in J.D. Fortune -- a former Elvis impersonator from Canada -- becoming the band's new lead singer.
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 A Decade in the Life
INXS sees its debut album released on the Deluxe label, and their first hit, "Just Keep Walking" makes it onto the Australian charts.
INXS performs its first live show in the UK at London's Astoria Theatre; their album The Swing peaks at #52 on the US charts the following month.
After Michael Hutchence failed to appear for an INXS performance, a maid at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Sydney's Double Bay suburb discovered his body at 11:55 AM, hanging from a leather belt attached to a door hinge in the singer's suite.
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 Amazon.com: Kick: Music: INXS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
INXS took a major shift in their approach to the sound of their best album.
Inxs had experienced some success in the US starting with Shabooh Shabaah in 1983 and Listen Like Thieves in 1985 (Which produced the top ten hit "What You Need"), but 1987's Kick made them into superstars.
INXS is back, just as good as they ever were if not better and doing very well.
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 Amazon.com: Kick: Music: INXS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
Up until 1987, Inxs had been a band that had established themselves in their native Australia and was beginning to gain a following in the United States.
Though I first heard INXS in the early 80's with "The One Thing, then a few years later with "What You Need" and liked what I heard, this was the album that had me hooked on INXS, not to mention put them on the map, and rightly so.
The album itself is a blend of shimmering guitars, funk-driven rhythms, glossed-over by keyboards, while fronted by a slinky Jim Morrison type in Hutchence.
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 An Excess Of INXS > News > Archives - 1999
Murphy, former INXS manager and founder of rooArt Records, bought 2SM for $5 million four years ago and introduced changes as the 20/20 News and Financial reports using satellite technology from Bloomberg.
In INXS news, with the release of the Michael Hutchence solo album this week also comes the news that a remix of INXS 1982 hit "Don't Change" is due to be recycled.
Tom Jones' latest album, Reload, a series of duet/covers originally reported in June has debuted at #1 on the UK album charts, stunning long-time UK chart pundits.
inxsweb.com /news/archives/1999/1999_10.shtml   (1975 words)

  
 INXS Gets What It Needs - Jul 07, 2005 - E! Online News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
The eventual winner will perform with INXS in the live concert finale, record an album with the band and then front a subsequent INXS world tour playing more than 100 cities.
The album and tour are slated for later this year.
Albums like 1984's The Swing and 1987's Kick, and radio-friendly tunes like "Devil Inside," "New Sensation," "What You Need" and "Need You Tonight" propelled the group from cult new wave fave to bona fide globetrotting arena rockers.
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 Powered Forums   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
Over the course of their 25-year-career, INXS has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide and scored #1 hits on 4 different continents.
For the first time, INXS band members tell their own story about the meeting (and sometimes clashing) of minds that produced their music.
Latest word on the new INXS album is that it will be released on December 13.
www.icemagazine.com /forums/msgs.cfm?msg=146969&forum=3   (900 words)

  
 Sonic Slang: INXS 2005: Facing Reality and "It Ain't Pretty"
The true reality is, INXS was likely already over in 1997 when Hutchence passed, and he took the band's charisma with him.
INXS surely has a career ahead of them with JD Fortuen has their front man. You, on the other hand, should definetely look into something other than music critic as a career or hobby.
INXS is also nominated for their "Old School Triumph" award, so obviously someone, somewhere is listening to this band.
www.sonicslang.com /sonic_slang/2005/11/inxs_facing_rea.html   (2186 words)

  
 INXS: Epic's US 'Switch' Website
He was living out of his car when he heard that INXS was holding auditions for a new lead singer.
Andrew originally got in touch with Guy to collaborate on songs for the album, but as they worked together, he realized that not only could they write well together, the two of them shared similar attitudes towards working in the studio.
Tim describes the sound of the album as "classic INXS recorded in a modern way; it's both organic and contemporary." Songs such as "Devil's Party" meld the hip-shaking rhythms of Memphis soul with J.D.'s intense, brooding vocals; "Hungry" has the intriguing dark-hued thump of new wave.
www.inxsusa.com   (1308 words)

  
 INXS tries for another kick at fame with new singer, new album   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
INXS - rounded out by fellow Farriss brothers Andrew and Tim as well as Garry Beers and Kirk Pengilly - came to the city to showcase their new singer on his home turf.
It's all part of the lead up to next week's launch of the band's new album, Switch - the first INXS album since the 1997 release of Elegantly Wasted.
An added bonus for INXS is mainstream's current love affair with the 1980s, witnessed by recent breakthroughs of bands like the Killers.
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 INXS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
I got it with every amount of skepticism known to man. I saw INXS in concert 4 times when Michael Hutchence was their lead man, and I feel in love with an Austrailian girl while I was in high school while listening to "Burn for You" over and over again.
I saw INXS again 6 weeks before Michael Hutchence died, and I was convinced that one of the greatest bands of the 80's had gone away for good.
This Dual Disk will make any INXS fan proud of Our Band and will make any INXS fan lucky enough to have a ticket to the sold out leg one of their Switched On Tour excited for the day they will hear JD Fortune say, "We are INXS!" INXS, we are lovin' it, lovin' it.
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 www.myspace.com/inxs
With a career spanning 25 extraordinary years, INXS are undoubtedly one of the world's great bands.
Throughout the '80s and into the '90s INXS were a consummate global rock band with a musical distillation of strength, sensitivity, unity and intelligence.
INXS kicks buckets of ass, even more so with the addition of a Canucklehead.
www.myspace.com /inxs   (689 words)

  
 INXS
Rolling Stone: Full Moon, Dirty Hearts - Christian Wright's review: "After a four-month tour of pubs in the villages and townships of their native Australia, it was inevitable: INXS are getting back to their roots." 3 stars.
Rolling Stone: The Swing - Don Shewey's review: "INXS is a talented, intelligent band, but "Original Sin" clearly shows that a healthy dose of soul can turn their earnestness into incandescence." 3 stars.
Rolling Stone: X - Paul Evans' review: "But more so than any previous INXS album, X is greater than the sum of its parts.
www.hotguitarist.com /bands/I/inxs.htm   (862 words)

  
 Draven99's Musings   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
INXS always had a good handle on more romantic type pop tracks, one that is a lot of fun is "Never Let You Go." It is incredibly infectious and groove ready.
Still, the album may have grown on me, it isn't as instantly catchy as many of the earlier works, Listen Like Thieves or, one of my favorite albums, Welcome to Wherever You Are.
This is a fun album, one that I would have no problem recommending to old school INXS fans, or anyone who likes well crafted pop.
draven99.blogspot.com /2005/12/cd-review-inxs-switch.html   (871 words)

  
 INXS : The Best of INXS - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
Following a year after Rhino's double-disc set Shine Like It Does, Rhino's The Best of INXS trumps the 1994 set Greatest Hits in the single-disc sweepstakes, but just barely.
What dents this a bit is the lack of a logical, chronological sequencing, along with a few absent key tracks, such as "The Stairs." For most of the audience, these songs won't be consciously missed, yet it does suggest that this could have been assembled better than it was.
The band would have been better-served by a straight chronological listing -- particularly because lousy tunes like "Taste It" arrive so early in the album -- but apart from that, this is en enjoyable overview, containing all the biggest hits on one disc.
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 An Excess Of INXS > News > Archives - 1997
INXS launched the second leg of its US tour last night with a rocking sold-out concert in Chicago.
Recording tracks for the tenth INXS album, Jon Farriss found himself in a slightly strange place--on a drum stool.
INXS has signed on to record two songs for an ambitious upcoming tribute to Creedence Clearwater Revival.
inxsweb.com /news/archives/1997/1997_08.shtml   (1282 words)

  
 U2 EXIT
album was created by the Passengers, a collaboration that included the band plus Luciano Pavarotti and avant-gardists Howie B, Brian Eno and Holi.
When he was fourteen years old he played the drums with the Artane Boys Band (check out INXS' album "Welcome To Wherever You Are") and he went on some tours through Ireland with the band, until he got kicked out because he had long hair.
It was at that point when he decided to form a band of his own an placed a want ad on the bulletin board of his school looking for members -the rest, as they say, is history.
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 INXS (album) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
INXS is Australian rock group INXS's first album.
INXS recorded the album in between doing, on average, 3 gigs at the local pubs around Sydney each day.
This page was last modified 02:35, 24 March 2006.
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 Rock Star: INXS - OverTheRhine.COM -- Orchard
Damn that was fast...either the new guy had little to do with the writing of the album or they just work really really fast when they know there's a Christmas release deadline to make.
It sounds enough like INXS to please the hardcore fans that are still left, but I don't think it's an album like Kick that will make all these kids who never heard of INXS before the reality show suddenly rush out and buy an INXS album.
I don't think it's as strong a comeback album as Duran Duran's Astronaut (which is the obvious 80's comeback comparison), but it's definitely not an embarassment and should please fans, I think.
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 Jeff Alexander's Weblog : Rockstar INXS:::Switch:::The New Album
I just had to share with you my recent purchase of the new INXS Album Switch.
I’ ve always been a fan of INXS over the years and along with other fans I was saddened at the passing of Michael Hutchence and I never thought that INXS would find someone to replace him.
INXS liked the song so well thats its the first single to be released by the band.
blogs.technet.com /jeffa36/archive/2005/12/06/415579.aspx   (331 words)

  
 INXS : The Swing - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
Consolidating the strengths of Shabooh Shoobah, The Swing is the first consistently impressive INXS album.
With the Nile Rodgers-produced "Original Sin" acting as the centerpiece, The Swing retains the new wave pop sense and rock attack of their earlier albums, while adding a stronger emphasis on dance rhythms.
At the same time, the group's songwriting had improved, with more than half of the album featuring memorable hooks.
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 Answer this...: Rock Star: INXS
She is also writing a screenplay, which combines the worlds of science and music, as well as a book, which will be a compilation of all of her poems, lyrics and ideas that have been piling up throughout the years on scrap paper and bar napkins.
By now you know that J.D. Fortune was chosen as the new lead singer of INXS and that the song he wrote in the "Rock Star: INXS" clinic, "Pretty Vegas" is the first single off the new INXS album, Switch.
The new INXS studio recording of "Pretty Vegas" will be available exclusively on iTunes beginning October 4 and in stores on October 27.
drinkthis.typepad.com /answer_this/rock_star_inxs   (6178 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Elegantly Wasted: Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
By 1997, INXS was in terrible shape, and it had all come down to this record.
And it's shame, but INXS was the kind've band you always thought would go out with a resounding bang, but they just didn't have it anymore.
Hutchence in question mode delivers "where has our innocence gone" and assured confidence behind the heavy backbeat with "some will take and some are given" and an off- center, un-expected chorus from the rest of the lads with Farris using the crown of his cymbal to add funky icing on the cake.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000001ERU   (1473 words)

  
 CANOE -- JAM! Music - Artists - INXS Album Review: SWITCH
Switch, the first INXS studio album in eight years, raises as many questions as it answers.
Still, INXS knew what they were doing given the anticipation for this album and its North American tour, which has sold out all over the place, including Toronto on Feb. 6 and 7 at Massey Hall.
The result is a slicker, more polished INXS with a mix of party-hearty anthems, sleazy rockers, melancholy ballads and contemplative love songs.
jam.canoe.ca /Music/Artists/I/INXS/AlbumReviews/2005/11/25/1323689-sun.html   (892 words)

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