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INXS: Story to Story: The Official Autobiography
THE REAL STORY BEHIND INXS'S RISE TO FAME --
AND HOW THEY HELPED DEFINE THE MUSIC OF A GENERATION.
INXS broke new musical ground. This Australian band, made up of three brothers and their three best mates, took the world by storm, turning rock, pop, and funk into a cutting edge, danceable style, and selling more than thirty million albums worldwide. INXS: Story to
...morePaperback, 320 pages
Published
May 11th 2010
by Atria
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So, you think that you knew INXS. Think you really know what happened to Michael Hutchence? Unless you read this book you do not.Maybe what you knew was what you read or saw on TV. Well, here's your opportunity to know the truth as this is the only biography of the band that is sanctioned and participated in by the band. INXS is a band of brothers, three blood brothers, Farriss, and three soul-brothers, Beers, Pengilly, and Hutchence. This is a book that allows the reader an opportunity to see a...more
When I picked up this book, after hearing a radio retrospective on INXS, I certainly wasn't expecting much of it. "How exciting can it be; they're just a little pop band," was generally my thinking...
Um, NO! They had a genuinely amazing rise from their days as The Farriss Brothers in the wild Australian bar scene of the 1970s, a couple shows playing to wild mining communities where they almost lost their lives crossing the desert from Perth, and odd surfer parties around Sy...more
Um, NO! They had a genuinely amazing rise from their days as The Farriss Brothers in the wild Australian bar scene of the 1970s, a couple shows playing to wild mining communities where they almost lost their lives crossing the desert from Perth, and odd surfer parties around Sy...more
Disappointed with the writing style in this book, in particular I found the explanations of the differences between English/American culture and Australian culture a little annoying although it may have been aimed at the insular American readers more than us English folk (OOOHH handbags at the ready) I felt the writing style did not grip me especially as the anecdotes and storeys of the INXS boys rise to fame had all the ingredients for a thoroughly good read.
As I read this one, I was reminded of just how much I loved INXS when they were at their peak...and how saddened I was by Michael Hutchence's death. He is one of my all-time favorite singers and I still love hearing his voice when I listen to my favorite INXS albums. I've always thought that if he'd lived, INXS would have been one of those bands with the same staying power as U2, R.E.M., and some of my other favorites from the mid-1980's. I learned a lot (maybe TOO much, in some regards ;)) that...more
Yes, another saga of sex, drugs, and rock and roll. Lots of juicy stories involving Queen, Adam Ant, etc. But aside from that, it's clear that the bands Australian constituents were unpretentious and humble...although poor Michael Hutchence seemed to veer from the track as his fame grew. One thing I learned that I did not know all these years...three of these boys are brothers. Surprisingly, there was no musical past in that family; simply two parents that supported and urged their kids to p...more
This was not my favorite rock autobiography, but I did enjoy it. And I will probably read it again.
If you are an INXS fan, you must read this book. There are all kinds of wonderful tidbits of information and stories from the band. I loved it. I will probably re-read certain parts. It's an easy, quick, interesting book. Loved it.
okay, the beginning was good and the end about Michael. I was never really a fan of the band.
This is one of the most badly written books I've read in a while, but the story of the band stopped it from being awful...
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i've been reading band bio's in between earnest reading, pretty much only if they are autobio's. this one broke my heart with the loss of Hutch, but as a fan of Geldof, it was interesting to hear Sir Bob and Bono share in here the "rest of the story" in regards to the loss of the bandmember and Bob's wife.
I really enjoyed getting to know more about the guys in INXS, the music scene in the 80's and Australia. But I have to say that if you're not a big fan, it's probably not the book for you.
Learned all I ever could from this book about Inxs and the members! Great stuff!!! I especially loved the "band stories" that they share!!! They are memorable!!!! It still makes me angry to this day about what could have been!
Aussie boys being very very naughty.
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