Editing Michael Hutchence (section)

==Early life==
Michael Hutchence was born in the [[Crows Nest, New South Wales|Crows Nest]] suburb of Sydney on 22 January 1960,<ref>{{cite web|first=Mel|last=Bondfield|title=INXS Frontman And Australian Rock Legend|publisher=[[National Film and Sound Archive of Australia]]|url=https://www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/remembering-michael-hutchence|access-date=21 January 2023|archive-date=21 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121150125/https://www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/remembering-michael-hutchence|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/bowral-battle-of-the-archibald-winners-20191121-p53cwk.html|title=Bowral battle of the Archibald winners|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|author=Pitt, Helena|date=23 November 2019|access-date=14 March 2023|archive-date=14 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314121557/https://www.smh.com.au/national/bowral-battle-of-the-archibald-winners-20191121-p53cwk.html|url-status=live}}</ref> the son of make-up artist [[Patricia Glassop]] and businessman Kelland Frank "Kell" Hutchence.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.michaelhutchenceinfo.com/archives_part7.htm|title=Kelland Frank Hutchence|first=Tina|last=Hutchence|date=21 July 1924|access-date=26 February 2020|archive-date=7 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307215458/http://www.michaelhutchenceinfo.com/archives_part7.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> He had an elder half-sister named Tina.<ref name="PatriciaGlassop">{{cite web |url=http://www.michaelhutchenceinfo.com/patriciaglassopanswers.html |title=Q&A with Patricia Glassop |publisher=Michael Hutchence Official Website |access-date=24 December 2016 |archive-date=27 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227005907/http://www.michaelhutchenceinfo.com/patriciaglassopanswers.html |url-status=live }}</ref> His paternal grandparents were an English couple who had relocated to Sydney in 1922,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://michaelhutchence.org/michaels-story/|title=Michael's story|first=Kelland|last=Hutchence|year=2010|access-date=26 February 2020|archive-date=3 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803095945/https://michaelhutchence.org/michaels-story/|url-status=live}}</ref> while his maternal grandfather was from [[County Cork]], Ireland.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dxNhDwAAQBAJ&q=michael+hutchence+captain+frank+hutchence+england&pg=PT21|title=Michael: My brother, lost boy of INXS|first=Tina|last=Hutchence|date=2018|publisher=Allen & Unwin |isbn=9781760637514|access-date=26 February 2020|archive-date=2 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230302015121/https://books.google.com/books?id=dxNhDwAAQBAJ&q=michael+hutchence+captain+frank+hutchence+england&pg=PT21|url-status=live}}</ref>

Following Kell's business interests, the Hutchence family moved to [[Brisbane]], where Hutchence's younger brother Rhett was born. They later left Australia for [[Hong Kong]]. During the early years in Hong Kong, both boys attended [[Glenealy Junior School]] and [[Beacon Hill School, Hong Kong|Beacon Hill School]]. Hutchence showed promise as a swimmer before badly breaking his arm. He then began to show interest in poetry and performed his first song in a local toy store commercial. He later attended [[King George V School (Hong Kong)|King George V School]] during his early teens. The family returned to Sydney in 1972, buying a house in [[Belrose, New South Wales|Belrose]].<ref>[https://michaelhutchence.org/michaels-story/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803095945/https://michaelhutchence.org/michaels-story/|date=3 August 2020}}</ref>

Hutchence attended [[Davidson High School (New South Wales)|Davidson High School]], where he met and befriended [[Andrew Farriss]]. Around this time, the two spent a lot of time jamming with Farriss's brothers [[Tim Farriss|Tim]] and [[Jon Farriss|Jon]] in the garage. Farriss convinced Hutchence to join his band, Doctor Dolphin, alongside their classmates Kent Kerny and Neil Sanders. Bassist [[Garry Gary Beers|Garry Beers]] and drummer Geoff Kennelly from nearby [[Forest High School (New South Wales)|Forest High School]] completed the line-up.<ref name="StJohn">{{cite book |last1=St John |first1=Ed |title=Burn : The life and times of Michael Hutchence and INXS |year=1998 |publisher=[[Bantam Books]] |location=Sydney, NSW |isbn=0-7338-0182-X}}</ref>

Hutchence's parents separated when he was 15 and he lived with his mother and half-sister in [[California]] for a short time in 1976.<ref name="Creswell">{{cite book |last1=Creswell |first1=Toby |author-link1=Toby Creswell |last2=Trenoweth |first2=Samantha |title=1001 Australians you should know |year=2006 |publisher=Pluto Press Australia |location=North Melbourne, Vic |isbn=978-1-86403-361-8 |pages=129–130 |chapter=Arts and Popular Culture" – "Michael Hutchence: A Life INXS}}</ref> He later returned to Sydney with them. In 1977, a new band called the Farriss Brothers was formed with Andrew on keyboards, Tim on lead guitar and Jon on drums. Hutchence joined on vocals and Beers on bass, while [[Kirk Pengilly]] joined on guitar and saxophone.<ref name="McF">McFarlane, {{cite web|url=http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=950 |title='INXS' entry |access-date=18 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040930213309/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=950 |archive-date=30 September 2004 }}. Retrieved 5 December 2010.</ref><ref name="ARDb">{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090101193110/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=1 January 2009 |access-date=15 June 2020}}</ref> The band made their debut on 16 August 1977 at a venue in [[Whale Beach, New South Wales|Whale Beach]].<ref name="Jenkins">{{cite book |last1=Jenkins |first1=Jeff |last2=Meldrum |first2=Ian "Molly" |author-link2=Ian Meldrum |title=Molly Meldrum presents 50 years of rock in Australia |year=2007 |publisher=Wilkinson Publishing |location=Melbourne, Vic |isbn=978-1-921332-11-1 |pages=86, 137, 151, 179–183, 223, 253}}</ref>