Michael Kelland John Hutchence (1960-1997) would have been 50 last January 2010.
The front man of the Australian band INXS had all the ingredients to be a number one: a powerful voice and magnificent stance;his own inimitable style, strong yet passionate, moving fluidly between some surprisingly funky upbeat numbers to more predictable, occasionally haunting ballads.
His music was a catchy mixture of hard rock and dance music.Hutchence had a voice that was easy to like and to recognize, and loads of charisma to make him one of the music idols of the 80's and early 90's. His life was passionate and stirring.
Hutchence became the main spokesperson for the band and gained a reputation as an enigmatic, sensual frontman, although his close friends and family always maintained he was much more introverted than his onstage persona. A talented lyricist, he co-wrote almost all of INXS's songs with Andrew Farriss, who has attributed his own success as a songwriter to Hutchence's “genius”.
In 1997 when he was working on his first solo album, he was found dead in his hotel room in Sydney. Michael was only 37 and left a daughter to Paula Gates (who passed away in 2000) Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily Hutchence who now lives with her stepsisters and their father, Bob Geldoff.
Last track on his solo album (called plainly "Michael Hutchence") is ''Slideaway'' a duet with U2''s Bono. Hutchence began writing the song just before his death but sadly didn''t finish it so Bono and Gill co-wrote an extra section. Slated to be the next single, ''Slideaway'' is a husky slice of emotion-ridden outpourings, a perfect finish to the album.The front man of the Australian band INXS had all the ingredients to be a number one: a powerful voice and magnificent stance;his own inimitable style, strong yet passionate, moving fluidly between some surprisingly funky upbeat numbers to more predictable, occasionally haunting ballads.
His music was a catchy mixture of hard rock and dance music.Hutchence had a voice that was easy to like and to recognize, and loads of charisma to make him one of the music idols of the 80's and early 90's. His life was passionate and stirring.
Hutchence became the main spokesperson for the band and gained a reputation as an enigmatic, sensual frontman, although his close friends and family always maintained he was much more introverted than his onstage persona. A talented lyricist, he co-wrote almost all of INXS's songs with Andrew Farriss, who has attributed his own success as a songwriter to Hutchence's “genius”.
In 1997 when he was working on his first solo album, he was found dead in his hotel room in Sydney. Michael was only 37 and left a daughter to Paula Gates (who passed away in 2000) Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily Hutchence who now lives with her stepsisters and their father, Bob Geldoff.
Among the greatest of INXS songs with Michael´s imprint to be remembered forever: "Mystify", "Suicide Blonde", "Never Tear Us Apart", "Don´t change", "Need You Tonight","Devil Inside", among many more.
"We were flying between shows and someone called and told me about Michael's death. I still haven't figured out quite how I feel about it. I don't know whether I'm angry or guilty... You always think if it's a mate that there was something you could have done. I still find it hard to figure it all out, because I had a conversation with him not that long ago where we talked about something like this, and we both agreed how dumb and selfish it would be, and Hutch was not at all selfish." Bono said that he and Hutchence were neighbors in France and that their personality differences helped to fuel their friendship. "He was a nice guy to be around. He was very light, whereas I don't think I'm the easiest person to be around, so we balanced each other out. But I hadn't seen him for a while, because we were both off doing our thing. I'm finding the whole thing very hard to understand..." Bono
Your songs will live in our hearts forever, Hutch.
Hollywood Walk of Fame
To commemorate Michael's 50th birthday, Michael's sister Tina Hutchence and Watcham want to get Michael's name onto the Hollywood Walk of Fame. For more information, http://www.michaelhutchenceinfo.com/walk%20of%20fame.htm
source:www.michaelhutchence.org//www.michaelhutchenceinfo.com
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