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INXS
  1977-
Michael Hutchence    vocals    1977-1997
Jon Farriss    drums   
Tim Farriss    bass   
Andrew Farriss    guitar   
Garry Beers    guitar, keyboards   
Kirk Pengilly    saxophone   
J.D. Fortune    vocals    2005-2009
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The Australian pub rock group INXS first got together in 1977 as The Farriss Brothers. They changed their name to INXS in 1980 and signed a record deal in Australia. In 1983, they got an American record contract. The group became internationally famous by the start of the '90s.
Hutchence gained a reputation as a ladies man with a flamboyant, arrogant wild streak. He dated Kylie Minogue, Michelle Bennett and Paula Yates.
Hutchence died on November 22, 1997. It was ruled a suicide, but there was evidence that he was practicing autoerotic asphyxiation, which involves cutting off oxygen for sexual pleasure. (thanks, Martin - Kettering, United Kingdom, for above 3)
After losing Hutchence, INXS continued with various guest singers through the end of the 1990s, and in 2005, they found their new lead singer through their reality show Rock Star: INXS, which promised the gig to the winner. J.D. Fortune got the prize and became their permanent singer. (thanks, Bertrand - Paris, France)
In 2009, Fortune told the Canadian version of Entertainment Tonight that the band let him go after completing their world tour, and that he was broke and homeless. He said that he developed a cocaine addiction while with the band.
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