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The song was written by Andrew Farriss and Desmond Child, [2] and was a tribute to Michael Hutchence, one of INXS' founders, who committed accidental suicide in 1997.In singing the song, J.D. Fortune, winner of Rock Star: INXS, described his role in Hutchence's legacy—his "afterglow".
As of 2018, INXS has sold over 50 million records worldwide. [77] [78] INXS was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2001. [79] Hutchence's solo album, Michael Hutchence, was released in October 1999. [10] He had started on the album in 1995, recording songs in between INXS sessions; he had last worked on it three days before his death.
Afterglow is a 1997 American comedy-drama film directed and written by Alan Rudolph and starring Nick Nolte, Julie Christie, Lara Flynn Boyle and Jonny Lee Miller. It was produced by Robert Altman and filmed in Montreal. Christie's performance earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. [1]
In 2005, INXS launched a reality TV show, Rock Star: INXS, a worldwide search for a new lead singer. While all of INXS knew it would be impossible to replace Michael Hutchence, who died in 1997, they wished to carry on bringing their music to the world. In 2016, Farriss was inducted into the Australian Songwriters Hall of Fame. [7]
Mystify covers the life of INXS lead singer Michael Hutchence, featuring private home video and archive footage. During the relationship between Minogue and Hutchence, previously unseen privately shot footage shows them in Hong Kong harbour, on board the Orient Express, and at Hutchence’s home in the south of France.
INXS (a phonetic play on "in excess") were an Australian rock band, formed as the Farriss Brothers in 1977 in Sydney. [4] [5] The founding members were bassist Garry Gary Beers, main composer and keyboardist Andrew Farriss, drummer Jon Farriss, guitarist Tim Farriss, lead singer and main lyricist Michael Hutchence, and guitarist and saxophonist Kirk Pengilly. [6]
Jason Dean Bennison (born 1 September 1973), [1] better known by his stage name J.D. Fortune, is a Canadian singer and songwriter.He was the frontman of the Australian rock band INXS for six years [2] after winning the first season of the CBS reality television series Rock Star: INXS; [1] in 2005, replacing its late lead singer Michael Hutchence.
A performance-style video was directed by Nick Egan and included clips from the movie. While on tour in South Africa , the band was asked by the producers of Face/Off to shoot a video for the song. The video was shot inside a large plane hangar on an airstrip located in Cape Town .