Michael Hutchence

This talented vocalist was allegedly linked with singer Kylie Minogue and model Helena Christensen.

He also had a relationship with television personality Paula Yates who was already married to Irish artist Sir Bob Geldof. He even had a daughter with Paula named Tiger Lily who was born on 22nd July, 1996.

Paula and Geldof’s marriage ended on a bitter note and reportedly, Michael was held responsible by the media as being the reason behind the rift.

He was born on 22nd January, 1960, to Kelland Hutchence and Patricia Hutchence, in Sydney, Australia. The family shifted to Brisbane, and his brother Rhett was born there. The family later moved to Hong Kong where his father was employed at a trading company.

His received education at the ‘King George V School’ situated at Ho Man Tin, Hong Kong, and his early interests include swimming and poetry.

In 1972, his family went back to Sydney and settled in Belrose, where he enrolled at the ‘Davidson High School’. At this school he came in contact with Andrew Farris, who later became a founding member of the band ‘INXS’.

Andrew was a member of the band named ‘Doctor Dolphin’ and asked Michael to join the band. They were joined by Geoff Kennelly and Garry Beers, who studied at the ‘Forest High School’ and soon after, these two boys too joined the ‘Davidson High School’.

The boys practiced music and considered the formation of a band. In 1977, the band named ‘The Farriss Brothers’ was formed with the Farriss brothers Tim, Andrew and Jon as well as Michael, Kirk Pengilly and Garry Beers.

On 1st September, the same year, the ‘INXS’ band made their debut performance at the ‘Oceanview Hotel’ in Toukley town, New South Wales.

In 1980, this band recorded their first song ‘Simple Simon (We Are the Vegetables), and in October the same year, their album named after their band as ‘INXS’ was released. Their song ‘Just keep Walking’ recorded during the same time was placed in the ‘Kent Music Report’ chart among Top 40 Australian singles.

Their second album was named ‘Underneath the Colours’ and after this Hutchence recorded a song ‘Speed Kills’ for the film ‘Freedom’ which was released in 1982. This was his first solo song. The following year, their album ‘Shabooh Shoobah’ reached the music stores.

In 1984, his band ‘INXS’ completed the album ‘The Swing’, and this was followed by the release of the Extended Play (EP) which was a version of ‘Dekadance’. This EP ranked at number two in the ‘Kent Music Report Albums Chart’. The same year, his band received several awards at the ‘Countdown Music and Video Awards’.

During the period 1985-90, the band produced albums such as ‘Listen Like Thieves’, ‘Kick’ and ‘X’.

The ‘INXS’ band’s albums ‘Kick’ was a major hit and earned international fame to for the band. The album ranked No. 1 in Australian list, No. 3 in ‘US Billboard 200’ list, and No. 9 in UK.

Another huge success of the band was their record ‘X’ which ranked No. 1 in Australia, No. 2 in UK and No. 5 in the US.