He was the co-founder, lead singer, and lyricist of the rock band INXS from until his death in The band sold over 50 million records worldwide, making them one of Australia's highest-selling music acts of all time. Hutchence was also a member of the short-lived band Max Q and recorded some solo material, alongside acting in films such as Dogs in Space and Frankenstein Unbound He was known for his string of love affairs with actresses, models, and singers, and his private life was often covered in the international press.
He had a daughter with Welsh television presenter Paula Yates. Hutchence died by suicide in a Sydney hotel room on 22 November , at the age of Following Kell's business interests, the Hutchence family moved to Brisbane , where Hutchence's younger brother Rhett was born. They later left Australia for Hong Kong. Hutchence showed promise as a swimmer before badly breaking his arm.
He then began to show interest in poetry and performed his first song in a local toy store commercial. He later attended King George V School during his early teens.
The family returned to Sydney in , buying a house in Belrose. Around this time, the two spent a lot of time jamming with Farriss' brothers Tim and Jon in the garage. Hutchence's parents separated when he was 15, and he lived with his mother and half-sister in California for a short time in In , a new band called the Farriss Brothers was formed with Andrew on keyboards, Tim on lead guitar, and Jon on drums. Hutchence joined on vocals and Beers on bass, while Kirk Pengilly joined on guitar and saxophone.
According to Hutchence, most of the songs on the band's second album, Underneath the Colours , were written within a fairly short space of time: "Most bands shudder at the prospect of having 20 years to write their first album and four days to write their second. For us, though, it was good. It left less room for us to go off on all sorts of tangents". The cassette also included a cover version of Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood 's hit " Jackson ", which Hutchence sang as a duet with Jenny Morris , a backing singer for The Swing sessions.
