MUST HAVES. MUSIC EDITION. INXS

BACKGROUND HISTORY

Active1970s - 2010s

Formed1977 in Sydney, Australia

Disbanded2012

Genre

Pop/Rock

Styles

Contemporary Pop/Rock

Dance-Rock

Album Rock

New Wave

Punk/New Wave

Alternative Dance

Alternative/Indie Rock

College Rock

Post-Punk

HITS

Never tear us apart, what you need, original sin, new sensation, suicide blonde, etc

ALBUM HIGHLIGHTS

INXS (1980), Kick (1987), X (1990), Elegantly wated (1997), Original sin (2011)

CULTURAL IMPACT

INXS came from Australia's pubs, which is why the band never felt at home in the new wave scene. Even when they ventured into synth pop on early recordings, they were anchored by a hard, Stonesy beat and lead singer Michael Hutchence's Jagger-esque strut. Finally, it was these factors that catapulted INXS to international stardom in the late 1980s. By that point, the band had distilled their hard rock, dance, and new wave influences into a sleek, stylish groove that helped propel their 1987 album Kick to multi-million-selling status.While that sound propelled them to fame, it also proved to be their undoing; INXS were boxed in by their Stonesy pop-funk style in the early 1990s, when audiences were drawn to harder-edged alternative rock. The band continued to tour and record for a devoted fan base until Hutchence's untimely death in 1997 effectively ended the band's heyday.