Andrew Farriss

Andrew Farriss was one of the driving creative forces behind INXS, the Australian sextet who was one of the biggest rock & roll bands of the 1980s. Farriss co-wrote the lion's share of INXS' biggest hits, usually collaborating with the group's lead singer Michael Hutchence, amassing a songbook that helped define the decade: "The One Thing," "Original Sin," "What You Need," "New Sensation," "Need You Tonight," "Never Tear Us Apart," and "Devil Inside." INXS cycled through a number of lead singers following Hutchence's death in 1997, eventually retiring from the road in 2012, a ...