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INXS (pronounced "in excess") were an Australian rock band, formed as The Farriss Brothers in 1977 in Sydney, New South Wales. They began playing covers in Western Australian pubs and clubs, occasionally playing some of their original music. Mainstays were main composer and keyboardist Andrew Farriss, drummer Jon Farriss, guitarists Tim Farriss and Kirk Pengilly, bassist Garry Gary Beers and main lyricist and vocalist Michael Hutchence. For twenty years, INXS was fronted by Hutchence, whose "sultry good looks" and magnetic stage presence made him the focal point of the band. Initially known for their new wave/pop style, the band later developed a harder pub rock style that included funk and dance elements.
In 1980, INXS first charted in their native Australia with their debut self-titled album, but later garnered moderate success in other countries with Shabooh Shoobah and a single, "The One Thing". Though The Swing brought more success from around the world, its single "Original Sin" was even greater commercially, becoming their first number-one single. They would later achieve international success with a series of hit recordings through later in the 1980s and the 1990s, including the albums Listen Like Thieves, Kick, and X, and the singles "What You Need", "Need You Tonight", "Devil Inside", "New Sensation", and "Suicide Blonde".
INXS Live Baby Live
INXS - Brixton Academy (28 Oct 1994)
INXS - Live in Hamburg (Rockpalast, 8th May 1984)
INXS Live in Santiago 1994 full concert (audio only)
INXS - March 1992
INXS - CONCERT FOR LIFE MONTAGE
INXS - Don't Change - Live - 1997 - Michael Hutchence's Last Concert
INXS - Rock In Rio II, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, 19/01/1991
INXS NEW SENSATION (LIVE BABY LIVE) Wembley 1991
INXS full concert Oz for Africa 1985
If this was easy
Where would I be
I haven't said I have all the answers
How could anyone
Can't stop looking at the lights
All around my head
I'm missing the darker side
Of the man
He's on his knees
Looking for the door
But everybody's
Giving him applause
Crashed the car
Into a wall
But everybody's
Calling for more
It's called the end of rock and roll
These days are numbered
Counted out in loss
Faith and spirit
Walking hand in hand
To meet a wall
Made of sound
But where does that sound
Find a place today
Maybe we came to the wrong show
I've seen this before
It's called the end of rock and roll
Oh shadow take me
Leave nothing still
'cause I've not seen the miracle
How could anyone
We ask too much of the song
To come and save our souls
When all it's trying to do now
Is save its own
Maybe we came to the wrong show
I've seen this before
Maybe we came to the wrong show
I've seen this before
It's called the end of rock and roll