Editing Michael Hutchence (section)

==Career==
===Early career===
Hutchence, the Farriss brothers, Kerny, Sanders, Beers and Kennelly briefly performed as the Vegetables, singing "We Are the Vegetables".<ref name="Jenkins" /> Ten months later, they returned to Sydney and recorded a set of demos.<ref name="StJohn" /> The Farriss Brothers regularly supported [[hard rock]]ers [[Midnight Oil]] on the [[Pub rock (Australia)|pub rock]] circuit, and were renamed as INXS in 1979.<ref name="Jenkins" /> Their first performance under the new name was on 1 September at the Oceanview Hotel in [[Toukley, New South Wales|Toukley]].<ref name="StJohn" /> In May 1980, the group released their first single, "Simple Simon"/"We Are the Vegetables", which was followed by the debut album ''[[INXS (album)|INXS]]'' in October.<ref name="McF" /> Their first Top&nbsp;40 Australian hit on the [[Kent Music Report]] Singles Chart, "Just Keep Walking", was released in September 1980.<ref name="Kent">{{cite book |last1=Kent |first1=David |author-link1=David Kent (historian) |title=[[Kent Music Report|Australian Chart Book 1970–1992]] |year=1993 |publisher=Australian Chart Book Ltd |location=[[St Ives, New South Wales|St Ives, NSW]] |isbn=0-646-11917-6}} NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]] created their own [[ARIA Charts|charts]] in mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974.</ref> Hutchence became the main spokesman for the band,<ref name="McF" /> and co-wrote almost all of the band's songs with Andrew Farriss.<ref name="Creswell" />

According to Hutchence, most of the songs on the band's second album, ''Underneath the Colours'', were written within a fairly short space of time: "Most bands shudder at the prospect of having 20 years to write their first album and four days to write their second. For us, though, it was good. It left less room for us to go off on all sorts of tangents."<ref name="StJohn" /> Soon after [[recording sessions]] for ''[[Underneath the Colours]]'' – produced by [[Richard Clapton]] – had finished, band members started work on outside projects. Hutchence recorded "Speed Kills", written by [[Don Walker (musician)|Don Walker]] of hard rockers [[Cold Chisel]], for the soundtrack to the 1982 film ''[[Freedom (1982 film)|Freedom]]'', directed by [[Scott Hicks (director)|Scott Hicks]]. It was Hutchence's first solo single and was released by [[Warner Music Group|WEA]] in April 1982.<ref name="StJohn" />

===Stardom and acting career===
In March 1985, after Hutchence and INXS recorded their album ''[[The Swing (INXS album)|The Swing]]'' (1984), WEA released the Australian version of ''[[Dekadance]]'' as a limited edition [[Compact Cassette|cassette]] only [[Extended Play|EP]] of six tracks including [[remixes]] from the album. The cassette also included a [[cover version]] of [[Nancy Sinatra]] and [[Lee Hazlewood]]'s hit "[[Jackson (song)|Jackson]]", which Hutchence sang as a [[duet]] with [[Jenny Morris (musician)|Jenny Morris]], a backing singer for ''The Swing'' sessions.<ref name="McF" /> The EP reached No&nbsp;2 on the Kent Music Report Albums Chart.<ref name="Kent" /> Hutchence provided vocals for new wave band [[Beargarden (band)|Beargarden]]'s 1985 single release.<ref name="ARDbMH">{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090102002158/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/h/hutchencemichael.html |url-status=usurped |url=http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/h/hutchencemichael.html |title=Michael Hutchence |publisher=Australian Rock Database. Passagen (Magnus Holmgren) |last1=Holmgren |first1=Magnus |last2=Warnqvist |first2=Stefan |archive-date=2 January 2009 |access-date=15 June 2020 }}</ref>

On 19 May 1984, INXS won seven awards at the ''[[Countdown (Australian TV series)|Countdown]]'' Music and Video Awards ceremony, including Best Songwriter for Hutchence and Andrew, and Most Popular Male for Hutchence.<ref name="McF"/><ref name="Count1984">{{cite web |url=http://baseportal.com/cgi-bin/baseportal.pl?htx=%2Fwebgirl%2Fmain&cmd=list&range=40%2C8&Year~=1985&cmd=all&Id=407 |publisher=baseportal.com |title=''Countdown'' Archives – 1985 – 25 May 1985 |date=25 May 1985 |access-date=5 December 2010 |archive-date=2 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802053007/http://baseportal.com/cgi-bin/baseportal.pl?htx=%2Fwebgirl%2Fmain&cmd=list&range=40%2C8&Year~=1985&cmd=all&Id=407 |url-status=live }}</ref> They performed "[[Burn for You (INXS song)|Burn for You]]" dressed in [[Akubra]]s (a brand of hats) and [[Driza-Bone|Drizabones]] (a brand of outdoor coats/oilskin jackets) followed by Hutchence and Morris singing "Jackson" to close.<ref name="Count1984" />

In 1986, Hutchence played Sam, the male lead in the Australian film ''[[Dogs in Space]]'', directed by long-time INXS music video collaborator [[Richard Lowenstein]]. Hutchence provided four songs to the film's soundtrack.<ref name="Cockington">{{cite book |last1=Cockington |first1=James |title=Long Way to the Top: Stories of Australian Rock & Roll |year=2001 |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) |location=Sydney, NSW |isbn=978-0-7333-0750-8 |page=232 |chapter=Ghosts in the Ballroom}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|magazine=Filmink|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/australian-singers-turned-actors/|title=Australian Singers Turned Actors|date=14 July 2019|access-date=10 January 2020|archive-date=20 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720033117/https://www.filmink.com.au/australian-singers-turned-actors/|url-status=live}}</ref> Also working on the film and its soundtrack, as music director, was [[Ollie Olsen]] (ex-[[Whirlywirld]]).<ref name="McFIOO">McFarlane {{cite web|url=http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=551 |title='Ian 'Ollie' Olsen' entry |access-date=19 April 2004 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040419084449/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=551 |archive-date=19 April 2004 }}. Retrieved 5 December 2010.</ref><ref name="ARDbMQ"/>

Late in 1986, before commencing work on a new INXS album and while supposedly taking an eight-month break, the band's management decided to stage the [[Australian Made]] tour as a series of major outdoor concerts across the country. The roster featured INXS, [[Jimmy Barnes]] (Cold Chisel), [[Models (band)|Models]], [[Divinyls]], [[Mental as Anything]], [[the Triffids]] and [[I'm Talking]].<ref name="Jenkins" /> To promote the tour, Hutchence and Barnes shared vocals on [[the Easybeats]] cover "[[Good Times (Easybeats song)|Good Times]]" and "Laying Down the Law", which Barnes co-wrote with Beers, Andrew Farriss, Jon Farriss, Hutchence and Pengilly.<ref name="ASCAP">{{cite web|url=http://www.ddttrh.info/jimmy-barnes-duet-hits/ |title="Laying down the law" cowriters |access-date=11 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922220004/http://www.ddttrh.info/jimmy-barnes-duet-hits/ |archive-date=22 September 2015 }}</ref> "Good Times" was used as the theme for the concert series of 1986–1987.<ref name="Jenkins" /> It peaked at No.&nbsp;2 on the Australian charts,<ref name="Kent" /> and months later was featured in the [[Joel Schumacher]] film ''[[The Lost Boys]]'' and its [[The Lost Boys (soundtrack)|soundtrack]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/r115920 |title=''The Lost Boys'' > Overview |last1=LaVeck |first1=Theresea E. |publisher=Allmusic (Rovi Corporation) |access-date=11 December 2010 |archive-date=19 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101019031528/http://www.allmusic.com/album/r115920 |url-status=live }}</ref> allowing it to peak at No.&nbsp;47 in the US on 1 August 1987.<ref name="AMGSingles">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p4555/charts-awards/billboard-singles |title=INXS > Charts & Awards > Billboard singles |website=AllMusic |access-date=7 December 2010 |archive-date=2 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230302015048/https://www.allmusic.com/search/artists/inxs |url-status=live }}</ref> Divinyls' lead singer [[Chrissy Amphlett]] enjoyed the tour and reconnected with Hutchence, stating that "[he] was a sweet man, who said in one interview that he wanted me to have his baby".<ref name="Jenkins" /> In 1987, Hutchence provided vocals for Richard Clapton's album ''Glory Road'', which was produced by Jon Farriss.<ref name="ARDbMH" />

INXS released ''[[Kick (INXS album)|Kick]]'' in October 1987, and the album provided the band with worldwide popularity. ''Kick'' peaked at No.&nbsp;1 in Australia,<ref name="Kent" /> No.&nbsp;3 on the US ''Billboard'' 200,<ref name="AMGAlbums">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p4555/charts-awards |title=INXS > Charts & Awards > Billboard albums |publisher=Allmusic ([[Rovi Corporation]]) |access-date=7 December 2010 |archive-date=2 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230302015048/https://www.allmusic.com/search/artists/inxs |url-status=live }}</ref> No.&nbsp;9 in UK,<ref name="UKCharts">{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artists/ |title=INXS Singles and Albums Charts |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=27 December 2010 |archive-date=8 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508182655/https://www.officialcharts.com/artists/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and No.&nbsp;15 in Austria.<ref name="AUTCharts">{{cite web |url=http://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=INXS |title=Discographie INXS |publisher=Austrian charts portal (Hung Medien) |access-date=7 December 2010 |archive-date=23 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110123101058/http://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=INXS |url-status=live |language=de}}</ref> The band's most successful studio album, ''Kick'' has been certified six times platinum by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]] and spawned four US top 10 singles ("[[New Sensation]]", "[[Never Tear Us Apart]]", "[[Devil Inside (INXS song)|Devil Inside]]" and "[[Need You Tonight]]", the last reaching the top of the US ''Billboard'' singles charts).<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/inxs-kick-10-things-you-didnt-know-127082/|title=INXS' 'Kick': 10 Things You Didn't Know|first1=Van|last1=Sias|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=19 October 2017|access-date=25 May 2019|archive-date=10 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710040432/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/inxs-kick-10-things-you-didnt-know-127082/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bostonherald.com/2018/01/05/inxs-kicks-through-genres/|title=INXS' "Kick"s through genres|date=5 January 2018|access-date=25 May 2019|archive-date=25 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525031945/https://www.bostonherald.com/2018/01/05/inxs-kicks-through-genres/|url-status=live}}</ref> According to ''1001 Songs: The Great Songs of All Time and the Artists, Stories and Secrets Behind Them'', the single "Need You Tonight" is not lyrically complex; it is Hutchence's performance where "he sings in kittenish whisper, gently drawing back with the incredible lust of a tiger hunting in the night" that makes the song "as sexy and funky as any white rock group has ever been".<ref name="Creswell1001">{{cite book |last1=Creswell |first1=Toby |title=[[1001 Songs]]: The Great Songs of All Time and the Artists, Stories and Secrets Behind Them |edition=[[RocKwiz]] |orig-year=2005 |year=2007 |publisher=Hardie Grant |location=[[Prahran, Victoria|Prahran]], Vic |isbn=978-1-74066-458-5 |pages=383, 776}}</ref> In September 1988, the band swept the MTV Video Music Awards with the video for "Need You Tonight/Mediate" winning in five categories.<ref name="BandRoadChronology2">{{cite book |last1=St John |first1=Ed |last2=INXS |author-link2=INXS |title=INXS: The Official Inside Story of a Band on the Road |year=1992 |publisher=Mandarin |isbn=1-86330-207-7 |page=75}}</ref>

In 1989, Hutchence collaborated further with Olsen for the [[Max Q (Australian band)|Max Q]] project and was joined by members of Olsen's previous groups including Whirlywirld, [[No (band)|No]] and [[Orchestra of Skin and Bone]].<ref name="ARDbMQ">{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080515222322/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/m/maxq.html |url-status=usurped |url=http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/m/maxq.html |title=Max Q |publisher=Australian Rock Database. Passagen (Magnus Holmgren) |last1=Holmgren |first1=Magnus |last2=Shaw |first2=Jullian |archive-date=15 May 2008 |access-date=15 June 2020 }}</ref> They released a [[Max Q (album)|self-titled album]] and three singles, "[[Way of the World (Max Q song)|Way of the World]]", "[[Sometimes (Max Q song)|Sometimes]]" and "Monday Night by Satellite". Max Q disbanded in 1990.<ref name="McFIOO" /><ref name="ARDbMQ"/> ''Max Q'' showed Hutchence exploring the darker side of his music and, with Olsen, he created "one of the most innovative dance music albums of the decade". Hutchence wrote most of the music and provided "an extraordinary performance&nbsp;... it was one of the most significant statements Hutchence was to make".<ref name="Creswell1001" /> In 1990, Hutchence portrayed nineteenth-century Romantic poet [[Percy Shelley]] in [[Roger Corman]]'s film version of ''[[Frankenstein Unbound]]'', which was based on a science fiction time travel story of the same name written by [[Brian Aldiss]].<ref name="Frankenstein">{{cite web |url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/frankenstein_unbound/ |title=''Frankenstein Unbound'' Movie Reviews, Pictures |publisher=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] ([[Flixster]] Inc) |access-date=6 December 2010 |archive-date=22 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222084916/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/frankenstein_unbound/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1990, INXS released ''[[X (INXS album)|X]]'', which spawned more international hits such as "[[Suicide Blonde]]" and "[[Disappear (INXS song)|Disappear]]" (both Top 10 in the US).<ref name="AMGSingles"/> "Suicide Blonde" peaked at No.&nbsp;2 in Australia and No.&nbsp;11 in the UK.<ref name="UKCharts" /> Hutchence, with Andrew Farriss, wrote the song after Hutchence's then-girlfriend, [[Kylie Minogue]], used the phrase "suicide blonde" to describe her look during her 1989 film ''[[The Delinquents (1989 film)|The Delinquents]]''; the film depicted Minogue in a platinum blonde wig.<ref name="MSNKylie">{{cite news|url=http://music.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=225964 |title=Kylie Minogue and Michael Hutchence (1989–1991) |publisher=[[ninemsn]] Pty Ltd |access-date=9 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720113129/http://music.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=225964 |archive-date=20 July 2011 }}</ref> Hutchence won Best International Artist at the [[1991 BRIT Awards]] with INXS winning the related group award.<ref name="McF" /> Hutchence provided vocals for pub rockers [[Noiseworks]]' album ''[[Love Versus Money (Noiseworks album)|Love Versus Money]]'' (1991).<ref name="ARDbMH" /> ''[[Welcome to Wherever You Are]]'' was released by INXS in August 1992. It received good critical reviews and went to No.&nbsp;1 in the UK.<ref name="UKCharts" />

[[File:Michael_Hutchence_on_stage.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.75|January 1994, on stage during the Dirty Honeymoon world tour]]

===Later career===
Hutchence and INXS faced reduced commercial success with ''Full Moon, Dirty Hearts'', especially in the US. The band took time off to rest and be with their families, while Hutchence remained in the public eye through his romances.<ref name="McF" /><ref name="Simmonds">{{cite book |last1=Simmonds |first1=Jeremy |title=The Encyclopedia of Dead Rock Stars : Heroin, Handguns, and Ham Sandwiches |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bMBf3TYZigQC |year=1992 |publisher=[[Independent Publishers Group|Chicago Review Press]] |isbn=978-1-55652-754-8 |pages=381–382 |access-date=24 September 2016 |archive-date=2 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230302015048/https://books.google.com/books?id=bMBf3TYZigQC |url-status=live }} Note: [online] version has limited functionality, with pages omitted.</ref> He commenced work on a self-titled solo album in the mid-1990s.<ref name="McF" /> After a period of inactivity and releases that received lukewarm reviews, INXS recorded the band's 10th official album, ''[[Elegantly Wasted]]'', in 1996.

===Artistry===
Hutchence was a [[baritone]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-sweet-success-of-inxs-82080/|title=The Sweet Success of INXS|first1=Rob|last1=Tannenbaum|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=14 January 1988|access-date=24 November 2019|archive-date=16 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716131024/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-sweet-success-of-inxs-82080/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://people.com/archive/adulation-is-the-new-sensation-as-aussie-throb-michael-hutchence-still-leads-his-band-in-well-inxs-vol-30-no-2/| title=Adulation Is the 'new Sensation' as Aussie Throb Michael Hutchence Still Leads His Band In, Well, Inxs| work=[[People (magazine)|People]]| date=11 July 1988| access-date=24 April 2018| first=Steve Dougherty| last=Todd Gold| archive-date=15 April 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180415011505/http://people.com/archive/adulation-is-the-new-sensation-as-aussie-throb-michael-hutchence-still-leads-his-band-in-well-inxs-vol-30-no-2/| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/15/arts/music/with-new-lead-much-the-same-sound.html| title=With New Lead, Much the Same Sound |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=15 February 2006 |access-date=24 April 2018 |first=Jon |last=Parales |archive-date=25 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425033352/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/15/arts/music/with-new-lead-much-the-same-sound.html |url-status=live}}</ref> His vocal range spanned from the [[Bass (voice type)|bass]] B1 to the high [[tenor]] F#5.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://therangeplanet.proboards.com/thread/1788/michael-hutchence|title=Michael Hutchence &#124; the Range Planet|access-date=9 July 2021|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709204054/https://therangeplanet.proboards.com/thread/1788/michael-hutchence|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2013, ''[[News.com.au]]'' ranked Hutchence fourth in a list of the 15 greatest Australian singers of all time.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/john-farnham-tops-the-list-of-australias-greatest-singers-of-all-time/news-story/84c62524c3fa820f5e22fd52cf95d2d8 |title=John Farnham tops the list of Australia's greatest singers of all time |last=Adams |first=Cameron |date=2 April 2013 |access-date=18 February 2018 |website=[[News.com.au]] |archive-date=9 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209053909/http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/john-farnham-tops-the-list-of-australias-greatest-singers-of-all-time/news-story/84c62524c3fa820f5e22fd52cf95d2d8 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Billboard'' described Hutchence as "charismatic" with a "seductive purr and [a] lithe, magnetic stage presence".<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7446690/inxs-michael-hutchence-documentary |title=UMG and Passion Pictures Set to Produce Documentary on INXS Lead Singer Michael Hutchence: Exclusive |last=Newman |first=Melinda |date=25 July 2016 |access-date=15 January 2018 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=14 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180514063551/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7446690/inxs-michael-hutchence-documentary |url-status=live }}</ref> Paul Donoughue, of Australia's [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]], wrote that Hutchence had "a phenomenal voice — moody, sexual, and dynamic, able to shift effortlessly from fragile to cocksure".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-22/michael-hutchence-inxs-singer-talent-remember/9179092|title=20 years on, let's remember Michael Hutchence for his talent, not the headlines|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|date=22 November 2017|access-date=9 January 2018|archive-date=16 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116141852/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-22/michael-hutchence-inxs-singer-talent-remember/9179092|url-status=live}}</ref> Reviewing an INXS concert, Dave Simpson of ''[[The Guardian]]'' wrote that "Watching Hutchence, hair flailing, crotch thrusting, a mischievous smile forever creeping across his leathery face, I realised that here was a man born to be onstage, living and loving every minute, an explosion of sexual energy."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2007/nov/22/michaelhutchenceremembered|title=Michael Hutchence remembered|first=Dave|last=Simpson|date=22 November 2007|work=The Guardian|access-date=29 January 2018|archive-date=9 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180109181136/https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2007/nov/22/michaelhutchenceremembered|url-status=live}}</ref> Hutchence biographer Toby Creswell asserted that "Hutchence was, without question, one of the truly great frontmen — he expressed the music in a dynamic way that few others could."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/music/michael-hutchence-and-inxs-searching-for-a-new-angle-in-shine-like-it-does/news-story/cab469425ba83926cbb5e3cde5090806|title=Michael Hutchence and INXS: searching for a new angle in Shine Like it Does |last=Creswell |first=Toby |date=10 November 2017 |access-date=15 January 2018 |website=theaustralian.com}}</ref>