Michael Hutchence, the soloist of the Australian rock group INXS: a biography

January 22, 1960 in the Australian city of Sydney was born, the future musician Michael Hutchence. The boy's parents did not live in luxury, mother Patricia worked as a makeup artist, and father Kelland was earning a living selling clothing. The kid's name was Michael Kelland John Hutchence.

Childhood and youth

From Australia, the family of Hutchinson moved to Hong Kong when their son was only four years old. It was the boy. He studied at the school of king George V.

Grown-up Hutchence in Hong Kong first came on the music scene, this is the first presentation was a part of the folk group. The team played song Peter, Paul and Mary. Well, if we talk about the performance in public of Michael, which he held for the very first time, probably, it was the age of eight in the toy store.

Returning home, the creation of the band the Farriss Brothers

1972 was marked for young Hitchens the fact that he returned to his homeland, to his hometown. There he went to study at local school (graduate school of Davidson), where the first day got into a fight with the school bullies. As later recalled Michael Hutchence, he lacked at the time of wisdom in order not to get involved in a fight with the strongest student of the school. In the school, Michael met Andrew Farris. At that time no one could not think that this guy will be one of the few successful musician in a rock band. Foreign singers, especially rock musicians from Britain and the United States, was then in Vogue, perhaps that is why Michael and began to work in this direction.

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At the age of fifteen years Hutchens, together with her mother moved to Sunny California, in Los Angeles. His parents had already divorced. Brother of the future rocker was left to live with his father, and Michael, thinking that his mother needed his support, stayed with her. However, in Los Angeles Michael did not stay long, earning the required amount, he a year later returned to his hometown, where he met with E. Farris, who was persuaded to create a musical group.

In 1977, the young musicians invite Gary Beers, your new membership they refer to the Dolphin Doctors. Later, the rockers join kirk Pengilly and brothers Tim and John Ferrise. The day of the formation of the rock band the Farriss Brothers officially on the 16th of August 1977, which coincided with the day of the death of the king of rock-n-roll E. Presley.

To Develop a voice Michael has helped endless performances in various venues, bars, tours and clubs.

INXS

The Band INXS was formed by renaming The Farriss Brothers in 1980. In the same year and released an initial album of the Australian team. The film Michael Hutchence resembled and Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones, and Jimmy Morrison of the Doors.

Then followed the recording of the album Kick, with which the rockers in full force embarked on an international tour. The album was very successful Australian singers received from him quite a decent income. Strongly enough tired after such a long tour, the rockers decided taking a year off. However, Hutchence continued to work.

It is no surprise that Michael Kelland John Hutchence was tacitly appointed leader of the Australian team rockers. He had extraordinary charisma, and sexuality. Perhaps due to these qualities Michael was often invited to the shooting of local TV channels, including MTV and was listed.

In film

In 1986, Hutchence acted in the movie "space Dog". For this role he even donated some time for his participation in a rock band. In artistic picture of the musician playing the hero who wants to be a star of pop music. The film was so interesting rocker that he even created the single Rooms For The Memory, which subsequently entered the top ten of the hit parade.

It is Noteworthy that criticism pretty well spoke about the actor data Michael after the release of the film with his participation.

Later, the musician used his acting talent, once again she appeared in the film Frankenstein Unbound in Italy.

Olsen

He had the opportunity to work on a solo career. At the time he recorded an album with Ollie Olsen. Hutchens friend offered to call them a joint project of Ollie, to which the latter agreed despite the fact that the group began to carry this name in honor of a deaf herding dog. More abilities Olsen allowed Michael not to do writing the lyrics, and to improve their musical skills, including singing. In parallel, he studied music and production.

Personal life

In 1989, the group INXS, once again gathered together, will release his new album titled X, which becomes known on a global level hit. Work rockers are the most sold in the UK.

This success contributed to the rise in the personal life of Michael. Every newspaper felt obliged to write an article about the musician. Particularly attracted the attention of the press some of his novels with well-known personalities of the female sex. The titles of many publications and shouting: “Michael Hutchence and Kylie Minogue!” or “Hutchens and Halen Christensen!”.

1994introduced already a famous musician and Paula Yates, later the couple have a daughter named heavenly parents, Hiraani tiger Lily.

Mid-nineties for the group was somewhat heavy, their popularity has dropped significantly. However, it wasn't Hitchens, which still ran journalists, and maybe even more. Unable to withstand such an onslaught, the singer once got into a fight with one photographer.

Death of a singer

In Recent years, rock musicians spend a first on the world tour, and then on a tour of his native country. In April 1997 recorded the album Elegantly Wasted. It was dedicated twenty years of experience rockers.

November 22, 1997 Michael Hutchence was discovered in the room of a Sydney hotel the Ritz-Carlton dead. Investigation conducted on the case, found that death was caused by suicide. Still nobody knows the reason for this action.

According to some people around Michael, he was in a severe depression. The reason for such was preceding event. So, Michael almost got in a traffic accident, he escaped miraculously. Late in the fighting he had lost the senses of taste and smell. There were other unpleasant incidents, which together may have led the singer in serious condition.

Some time Later, Michael's wife, who was unable to accept stoically fallen on her grief, began to use drugs. And just two years later, taking a large dose of drugs, Sex died.

Michael Hutchence currently ranked among the greatest rock artists, putting it on par with such notables of the rock as Freddie mercury, Ian Gillan, mark Knopfler and others. Many famous artists of this genre: a rock band, and foreign singers and musicians spoke very highly of the work Hutchence, but the main criterion for the evaluation of its work still has millions of fans and fans.