INXS Discography & Albums
Albums
* 1980: INXS
* 1981: Underneath the Colours
* 1982: Shabooh Shoobah
* 1984: The Swing
* 1985: Listen Like Thieves
* 1987: Kick
* 1990: X
* 1992: Welcome to Wherever You Are
* 1993: Full Moon, Dirty Hearts
* 1997: Elegantly Wasted
* 2005: Switch
* 2010: Original Sin
Live Albums
* 1991: Live Baby Live
* 2004: INXS: Live at Barker Hangar
* 2010: Live
Compilation Albums
* 1982: INXSIVE
* 1994: The Greatest Hits
* 2001: Shine Like It Does: The Anthology (1979–1997)
* 2002: The Best of INXS
* 2002: Stay Young 1979–1982
* 2002: Definitive INXS
* 2002: The Years 1979–1997
* 2004: INXS²: The Remixes
* 2010: INXS: Platinum – Greatest Hits
* 2011: Remasters Collection Boxset
* 2011: The Very Best
EPs
* 1983: Dekadance
* 1997: INXS: Live in Aspen – February 1997
* 2004: Bang the Drum
Click here to check out new INXS merch.
Featured INXS Album
INXS - Don't Change
Shabooh Shoobah is Australian rock group INXS's third album. It was the band's first album to be released worldwide. The song "Don't Change" has been covered by The Audreys, The Bravery, Everclear, Face to Face, Goo Goo Dolls, Grinspoon, Zero (a post-punk band from Uruguay covered the song with the title No cambies), and as a bonus track on American rock group A Fire Inside's 2006 album Decemberunderground. The song "The One Thing" is featured in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories under the fictional radio station Flash FM. "Don't Change" plays during the credits of the movie Adventureland and is featured in its soundtrack. Grab the hottest INXS merch around click here.
 (Patches) This Black Label Society embroidered iron-on patch features the "Cross Skull" logo! Perfect for yer top, jacket, hat or bag! Dimensions are 7cm x 7cm. 100% Official Black Label Society Merchandise. Price: $ 7.95 |
 (Patches) This canvas patch features the Evanescence "Angel Statue" logo! Perfect for yer top, jacket or bag! Dimensions are 11cm x 11cm. AMY LEE. 100% Official Merchandise. Price: $ 7.95 |
 (Stickers) This vinyl Dog of Glee sticker features the "Let's Hump Legs" design! Perfect for yer car, skateboard, or folder! Dimensions 18cm x 6cm Price: $ 4.50 |
BUY IT NOWClick here for more INXS merch.
INXS Biography
INXS (pronounced “In Excess”) is a rock group formed in Sydney, Australia. The band formed in 1977 under the name The Farris Brothers. Original members included Michael Hutchence (lead vocals), Andrew Farriss (guitar and keyboards), Tim Farriss (lead guitar), Jon Farriss (drums), Garry Beers (bass), and Kirk Pengilly (saxophone and guitar). The band changed their name to INXS just prior to the release of their self-titled début album in 1980.The band’s second album, Underneath The Colours released in Australia in 1981, included the minor hit with “Stay Young.” The success of this album helped the band gain momentum and notoriety for the world-wide release of their third album, Shabooh Shoobah in 1982. The single “The One Thing” from this album brought them their first Top-30 hit in America. Touring in 1983 in support of fellow Aussies Men At Work helped bring them to American attention.
The Swing (album #4) was released in 1984 and “Original Sin” became their first #1 single and an international hit. It was followed by Listen Like Thieves in 1986; an album which brought the band’s singer Michael Hutchence into the spotlight as a sex symbol for the MTV generation. The single, “What You Need”, became a Top-Five Billboard hit and the band enjoyed ever increasing U.S. success.
INXS reached their worldwide peak of popularity in 1987 with the release of their 6th album, Kick. It garnered four Top-10 US singles. Hits like; “New Sensation”, “Never Tear Us Apart”, “Devil Inside”, and the #1 “Need You Tonight” led to the success of international tour dates throughout 1987 and 1988.,br>
In 1989, Hutchence released a solo effort with Max Q. The reviews were fair but the album was not widely successful. The other band members also worked on side projects, but all soon returned to the studio to record their follow-up album titled X.
X was released in 1990 and critics and fans considered it a weak follow-up to the wildly successful Kick. Nevertheless, X did score two Top-10 US hits with “Suicide Blonde” and “Disappear” and was a Top-5 hit album internationally.
On July 13, 1991, INXS performed in London’s Wembley Stadium to a sold out crowd of 72,000 as part of the “Summer XS” tour. During this show, INXS produced a video to come out in conjunction with their album Live Baby Live. [Note: pronounciation is Live (as in: live your life) Baby Live (as in: Live concert)]
Welcome To Wherever You Are, was an experimental album released in 1992 using sitars and a 60-piece orchestra. It received critical reviews and went number one in the UK & Sweden and number two in Switzerland, but had difficulty finding an audience in the U.S.
1993’s Full Moon, Dirty Hearts received mixed reviews and included a track called “Please (You Got That)” which featured the legendary Ray Charles and title track with The Pretenders Chrissie Hynde. Full Moon, Dirty Hearts was the last record under INXS’ contract with Atlantic.
Throughout the 1980s and into the 1990s, Michael Hutchence enjoyed increasing public awareness as an international sex symbol and was linked romantically to supermodel Helena Christianson and recording artist Kylie Minogue. The band remained a major force in Australian popular music, but by the mid-nineties their popularity had waned, especially in the US, where their Greatest Hits compilation failed to reach the Top 100.
In 1997, the group released a comeback album titled Elegantly Wasted, which garnered mixed reviews. Later the same year on November 22, 1997, Michael Hutchence was found dead in a Sydney hotel room. The coroner performing the autopsy ruled his death a suicide but there was also speculation that his death was an accident, the result of autoerotic asphyxiation. This, however, was never proven, as most evidence and the circumstances in Michael’s life support the theory of suicide.
After the death of Michael Hutchence, INXS continued, using various different guest vocalists, including Terence Trent D’Arby. Jon Stevens began singing with them in 2000, officially becoming a member in 2002 shortly before quitting the following year. In 2001, INXS was inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association Hall of Fame.
In recent years INXS returned to the news when they announced a new reality television program titled Rock Star: INXS. The show was a contest, held in 2004 to find a new lead vocalist. On 20 September 2005, after an 11 week competition J.D. Fortune of Oakville, Ontario, Canada was proclaimed the winner. “Pretty Vegas,” a song that Fortune wrote as part of the competition, was released as a single on October 4, 2005 and reached #5 on the iTunes Store ranking of top downloaded songs.
J.D. Fortune announced in February 2009 that he was sacked from the band in 2008 and would record a solo album. However, after a number of appearances as the band’s singer in early 2010, Pengilly and Fortune confirmed in a radio interview that Fortune had returned as the band’s permanent lead singer.
In total, INXS has received three Grammy nominations over their 30 year career.
Other Band News
KHONSU Signs With SEASON OF MIST
Norwegian black metal outfit KHONSU, which features in its ranks the Gronbech brothers (ex-KEEP OF KALESSIN), has inked a deal with Season Of Mist.
INXS Discography & INXS Albums - Brought to you by Planet13, Wikipedia & Lastfm. Band Discographies
SHOPPING CART