Tag: INXS

An Excess Of Hype For INXS: Aussie Band Packs ’em In On Tour of Small Clubs

Jae-Ha Kim

“In a sense, we do take mischievous pleasure doing what we’re doing,” said vocalist Michael Hutchence. “But we’re not trying to tease our fans, really, because this (club tour) is part of an ongoing world tour. We’ll be back. Why we chose to play in clubs for our first trek of our U.S. tour is really quite simple. It was time for us to get back to the basics, which meant getting back into the clubs we started our careers in.

INXS on Fashion Excess

Jae-Ha Kim

Is it an oxymoron to call a music video politically correct?  Perhaps, but more rock bands are diversifying from the babes-in-bondage theme and opting for vignettes that might be (mis)interpreted as art. Following in the same vein as Van Halen’s “Right Now,” which superimposed socio-political phrases throughout its video, INXS is serving up “Beautiful Girl,” which the Australian band says is a tribute to women.

All it took was a `Kick’: INXS brings fan into present

Jae-Ha Kim

A few days before my 17th birthday in 1983, INXS was scheduled to play a 21-and-older show at the Park West, which left me in a quandary.  On the one hand, I really wanted to check out this new band that had a sound like nothing I’d heard before.  But I also was cowed by the fact that the only fake ID I had said I was 32. INXS won out.