Editing INXS (section)

{{Short description|Australian rock band (1977–2012)}}
{{About|the band|the album|INXS (album)|the TV miniseries|INXS: Never Tear Us Apart}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = INXS
| landscape         = yes
| image             = INXS performs at Campbelltown RSL Club, Sydney.jpg
| caption           = INXS performing in July 2012
| alt               = The band onstage
| background        = group_or_band
| alias             = The Farriss Brothers (1977–1979)
| origin            = [[Sydney]], [[Australia]]
| genre             = {{flatlist|
*[[New wave music|New wave]]
*[[Pub rock (Australia)|pub rock]]
*[[dance-rock]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Huey|first=Steve|title=Need You Tonight – INXS {{!}} Song Info|url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/need-you-tonight-mt0029132235|access-date=7 October 2020|website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>
*[[funk rock]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Britt|first=Bruce|date=19 March 1988|title=AUSTRALIAN FUNK-ROCKERS INXS GET A KICK OUT OF TAKING RISKS|url=https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-1988-03-19-2612001-story.html|access-date=7 October 2020|website=[[The Morning Call]]}}</ref>
*[[alternative rock]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Abjorensen|first=Norman|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6ZyrDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA250|title=Historical Dictionary of Popular Music|date=2017|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-5381-0215-2|page=250}}</ref>
}}
| discography       = [[INXS discography]]
| years_active      = 1977–2012
| label             = {{flatlist|
*[[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]
*[[Epic Records|Epic]]
*101 Distribution
*[[Mercury Records|Mercury]]
*DeLuxe
*[[Warner Music Group|WEA]]
*[[Eastwest Records|Eastwest]]
*[[Polydor Records|Polydor]]
*[[Atco Records|Atco]]
*Petrol Electric
*Truism
}}
| spinoffs          = {{flatlist|
*[[Max Q (Australian band)|Max Q]]
}}
| website           = {{URL|INXS.com}}
| past_members      = <!--Members are listed in the order of joining the band and then alphabetically, as per Wikipedia guidelines. Please do not change this.-->
*[[Garry Gary Beers]]
*[[Andrew Farriss]]
*[[Jon Farriss]]
*[[Tim Farriss]]
*[[Michael Hutchence]]
*[[Kirk Pengilly]]
*[[Jon Stevens]]
*[[J.D. Fortune]]
*[[Ciaran Gribbin]]
}}

'''INXS''' (a [[word play|phonetic play]] on "in excess") were<!--Goes by Australian English.--> an Australian rock band, formed as '''the Farriss Brothers''' in 1977 in Sydney.<ref name="McF">{{Cite book |title=[[Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop]] |last=McFarlane |first=Ian |author-link= Ian McFarlane |publisher=[[Allen & Unwin]] |year=1999 |chapter=Encyclopedia entry for 'INXS' |chapter-url=http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=950 |isbn=1-86448-768-2 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20040930213309/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=950|access-date=16 November 2008 |archive-date= 30 September 2004}}</ref><ref name="Howl">{{cite web | archive-url = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20120726191200/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/14231/20120727-0512/www.howlspace.com.au/en2/inxs/inxs.htm | url = http://www.howlspace.com.au/en2/inxs/inxs.htm | title = INXS | last1 = Nimmervoll | first1 = Ed | author-link1 = Ed Nimmervoll | publisher = Howlspace – The Living History of Our Music. White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd (Ed Nimmervoll) | archive-date = 26 July 2012 | access-date = 22 January 2014}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The founding members were bassist [[Garry Gary Beers]], main composer and keyboardist [[Andrew Farriss]], drummer [[Jon Farriss]], guitarist [[Tim Farriss]], lead singer and main lyricist [[Michael Hutchence]], and guitarist and saxophonist [[Kirk Pengilly]].<ref name="ARDb">{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111212151007/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/i/inxs.html | url-status = usurped | url = http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/i/inxs.html | title = INXS | publisher = [[Australian Rock Database]]. Passagen (Magnus Holmgren) | last1 = Holmgren | first1 = Magnus | last2 = Shaw | first2 = Julian | last3 = Meyer | first3 = Peer | archive-date = 12 December 2011 | access-date = 11 February 2014}}</ref> For 20&nbsp;years, INXS was fronted by Hutchence, whose stage presence made him the focal point of the band.<ref name="McF"/><ref name="ARDb"/> Initially known for their [[New wave music|new wave]]/pop style, the band later developed a harder [[Pub rock (Australia)|pub rock]] style that included [[funk]] and dance elements.<ref name="McF"/>

In 1984, INXS had their first number-one hit in Australia with "[[Original Sin (INXS song)|Original Sin]]". The band achieved international success in the mid-to-late 1980s and early 1990s with the hit albums ''[[Listen Like Thieves]]'', ''[[Kick (INXS album)|Kick]]'', and ''[[X (INXS album)|X]]'', and the singles "[[What You Need (INXS song)|What You Need]]", "[[Need You Tonight]]" (the band's only US number-one single), "[[Devil Inside (INXS song)|Devil Inside]]", "[[Never Tear Us Apart]]", "[[Suicide Blonde]]" and "[[New Sensation]]".<ref name="Kent">{{Cite book |title=[[Kent Music Report|Australian Chart Book 1970–1992]] |last=Kent |first=David |author-link= David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=[[St Ives, New South Wales|St Ives]], Sydney |year=1993 |isbn=0-646-11917-6 }} NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.</ref><ref name="AusCharts">{{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=INXS |title=INXS discography |publisher=Australian Charts Portal |access-date=16 November 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302214619/http://www.australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=INXS |archive-date=2 March 2014 }}</ref><ref name=AMGSingles>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p4555/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}} |title=INXS > Charts & Awards > Billboard singles|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=6 March 2008}}</ref><ref name=BBalbums>{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=inxs|chart=all}} |title=Artist Chart History&nbsp;– INXS&nbsp;– Albums|magazine=Billboard |access-date=6 March 2008}}</ref>

After Hutchence's death on 22 November 1997, INXS made appearances with several guest singers, and toured and recorded with [[Jon Stevens]] as lead singer, beginning in 2000.<ref name="Howl"/> In 2005, members of INXS participated in ''[[Rock Star: INXS]]'', a reality television series that culminated in the selection of Canadian [[J.D. Fortune]] as their new lead singer.<ref name="RockStarINXS">{{cite web |first=Nick|last=Deriso|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/inxs-rock-star-show/|title=That Time INXS Hired a New Singer on a Reality TV Show|publisher=Ultimate Classic Rock|date=20 September 2015|access-date=2 April 2020}}</ref> Irish singer-songwriter [[Ciaran Gribbin]] replaced Fortune as lead singer in 2011. During a concert on 11 November 2012, INXS stated that the performance would be their last, although they did not announce the band's permanent retirement.

INXS has won six [[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA) awards, including three for "Best Group" in 1987, 1989 and 1992;<ref name="ARIAList">{{cite web|url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-artist.php?letter=I&artist=INXS |title=ARIA Awards 2008: History: Winners by Artist |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) |access-date=16 November 2008 }}{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> the band was inducted into the [[ARIA Hall of Fame]] in 2001.<ref name="ARIAAwards">{{cite web|url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-award.php?awardID=36 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202052952/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-award.php?awardID=36 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 February 2009 |title=Winners by Award: Hall of Fame |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) |access-date=11 January 2008 }}</ref><ref name="ARIA2001">{{cite web|url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=2001 |title=2001 15th Annual ARIA Awards |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) |access-date=16 November 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926235727/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=2001 |archive-date=26 September 2007 }}</ref> INXS has sold over 75&nbsp;million<!-- DO NOT change this number without a reliable source. https://tonedeaf.thebrag.com/inxs-albums-ranked/ According to Universal Music, they have sold over 75 million records worldwide as of 2018. These are the most accurate numbers so far. See talk page.--> albums worldwide, making them one of Australia's highest selling music acts of all time.<ref name="universalmusic">{{Cite web |date=5 June 2018 |title=Legendary Australian Rock Band INXS Name Grammy Winning Music Producer, Composer and Arranger Giles Martin as Executive Music Director for Future Projects |url=https://www.universalmusic.com/legendary-australian-rock-band-inxs-name-grammy-winning-music-producer-composer-arranger-giles-martin-executive-music-director-future-projects/ |website=[[Universal Music]]}}</ref><ref name="mediaweek">{{cite web |url=https://www.mediaweek.com.au/inxs-masquerade-ball-40-years/ |title=INXS celebrate 40 years, 50 million records with VIP masquerade ball |date=27 October 2017 |publisher=[[Mediaweek (Australia)|Mediaweek]] |access-date=28 October 2017 |archive-date=28 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028202928/https://www.mediaweek.com.au/inxs-masquerade-ball-40-years/ |url-status=live}}</ref>