In an interview on Australian Music Online Blaik listed his favourite Australian artists , and specified some of their attributes or albums : INXS and their lead singer music.group_membership Hutchence 's ability `` to create so much power and emotion '' ; Powderfinger 's dedication and uniqueness , and `` Odyssey Number Five '' which had `` everything that I love about Powderfinger '' ; Crowded House especially Neil Finn 's song writing capabilities ; Silverchair 's `` Diorama '' which was `` a journey from beginning to end '' ; The Cruel Sea 's live performances ; and End of Fashion 's self-titled debut album , which he opined `` represent to us a place that we would want to be in the near future . ''

In February 1995 , Yates left Geldof for Michael Hutchence , the lead singer music.group_membership INXS , whom she had first met in 1985 when she interviewed him on `` The Tube '' .

In his very early working years in the early 1980s , Hicks worked three times with INXS ( and its members ) , firstly the movie `` Freedom '' filmed in and around Adelaide in 1981 and featuring the music of Cold Chisel 's Don Walker and the vocals of INXS lead singer music.group_membership Hutchence .

It is likely that during the Disco in Dream tour , the relationship between Kylie and INXS lead singer music.group_membership Hutchence began .

It was stated in Minogue 's 1999 official biography that this track was the favourite Kylie song of the late INXS lead singer music.group_membership and Minogue 's former boyfriend , Michael Hutchence .

Le Bon has said that the song `` Michael You 've Got a Lot to Answer For '' , was written for his good friend Michael Hutchence , former lead singer music.group_membership the band INXS .

Lyrically , the song was said to be about Minogue 's leaving of her TV series `` Neighbours '' and her relationship with her then-boyfriend , INXS frontman and singer music.group_membership Hutchence .

Moffatt invited her to be an assistant director and have a cameo role alongside the late INXS lead singer music.group_membership Hutchence in the notorious parody INXS `` The Messenger '' video , a song on INXS 's `` Full Moon , Dirty Hearts '' album .

Songs written or co-written by Michael Hutchence , original lead singer music.group_membership the band INXS .

The album also includes `` Stuck in a Moment You Ca n't Get Out Of , '' a song written by Bono for his friend , lead singer music.group_membership INXS , Michael Hutchence , who committed suicide in 1997 .

The concert featured former Cold Chisel singer music.group_membership Barnes guesting with INXS on `` The Loved One '' and `` Good Times '' in tribute of Michael Hutchence for their first public performance since his death in November 1997 .

The concert featured former Cold Chisel singer music.group_membership Barnes guesting with INXS on `` The Loved One '' and `` Good Times '' in tribute of Michael Hutchence for their first public performance since his death .

Then , Stock , Aitken & Waterman lead member Peter Waterman said he was telling Mike Stock that Kylie had stopped going out with her Neighbours co-star Jason Donovan and said she was dating INXS lead singer music.group_membership Hutchence .

The performers included Glenn Shorrock , James Reyne , Ross Wilson , Todd Hunter , Alan Mansfield , Robert Taylor and Tommy Emmanuel , and a host of other Oz music legends – Men At Work regrouped for the first time in a decade to perform , and the remaining members of INXS performed live for the first time since the death of their lead singer music.group_membership Hutchence ; Peter Garrett and Jimmy Barnes duetted on `` Dreams of Ordinary Men '' and `` Speak No Evil '' .

U2 's lead singer music.group_membership wrote the song about the suicide of his close friend Michael Hutchence , lead singer of the band INXS .

When a doctor explains auto-erotic asphyxiation to Kenny , Kyle and Butters , he refers to the deaths of actor David Carradine and INXS singer music.group_membership Hutchence .

Ayesa was also a competitor of CBS television series `` '' to be the new lead singer music.group_membership INXS and was one of the final three contestants along with runner-up Marty Casey and winner J. D. Fortune .

`` Devil 's Party '' is a song by Australian band INXS , released as the third single from their eleventh studio album `` Switch '' , which was also the first with new lead singer music.group_membership . Fortune , winner of the `` '' competition .

In Australian band INXS chose J.D . Fortune as their new lead singer music.group_membership

On September 20 , 2005 , former Salt Springs resident J.D . Fortune , was named lead singer music.group_membership internationally acclaimed rock and roll band INXS after winning the CBS reality television show `` '' .

`` Perfect Strangers '' is a song by Australian band INXS released as the fourth single from their eleventh studio album `` Switch '' , which was also the first album with lead singer music.group_membership . Fortune , winner of the `` '' competition .

`` Pretty Vegas '' is the first single released from `` Switch '' , the eleventh studio album by the Australian rock band INXS and first with new lead singer music.group_membership . Fortune , winner of the `` '' competition .

Since the game was being played close to the U.S.-Canada border , Canadian television rights holders Global broadcast portions of an NFL-sponsored `` Passport To The Super Bowl '' event in nearby Windsor , Ontario , featuring a performance by the newly revived 1980s rock group INXS with Canadian native lead singer music.group_membership . Fortune , though the network limited coverage of the Windsor event to short segments immediately prior to commercial breaks .

The ceremony also featured performing artists such as Jimmy Barnes , INXS , Midnight Oil , Kylie Minogue , Slim Dusty , Christine Anu , Nikki Webster , John Paul Young , Men at Work , Melbourne-based singer music.group_membership Amorosi , Tommy Emmanuel , and pop duo Savage Garden .

Thomas Newman wrote the original score as an eerie blend of orchestra and organ arrangements , while the music soundtrack contains a number of notable songs and several covers , including `` Good Times '' , a duet between INXS and former Cold Chisel lead singer music.group_membership Barnes which reached No . 2 on the Australian charts in early 1987 .

Since the 1990s Young worked as a music manager for several artists , including Vanessa Mae and INXS singer music.group_membership Gribbin aka .

John McFee ( born September 9 , 1950 , Santa Cruz , California ) is an American singer music.group_membership songwriter , guitarist , record producer , and multi-instrumentalist , and long-time member of The Doobie Brothers .

McDonald was recruited by the band The Doobie Brothers in April 1975 when lead singer music.group_membership Johnston became ill during a national tour .

Kimball also continued to work as a session singer music.group_membership singing background vocals with a trio composed of Michael McDonald from The Doobie Brothers and Bill Champlin of Chicago .

These include guitarist and rock pioneer Chuck Berry , singer music.group_membership actress Josephine Baker , `` Queen of Rock '' Tina Turner , pop singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow , Michael McDonald of the Doobie Brothers , and rappers Nelly , Chingy and Akon , all of whom are either current or former residents of St. Louis .

The song was written as a collaboration between Van Halen and Doobie Brothers singer music.group_membership McDonald .

Walker is the birthplace of Eric Burdon , lead singer music.group_membership The Animals who later recorded with War at the beginning of that band 's career .

War is the third album by funk group War , or their first following the departure of singer music.group_membership Burdon and the group 's name change from the original : Eric Burdon and War .

As well , War band member Lonnie Jordan told Billboard.com he felt `` blessed '' to meet Stubbs and thought that the Four Tops singer music.group_membership `` voice was so good he was just , like , from another planet . ''

Dire Straits guitarist and singer music.group_membership Knopfler lectured at the college when it was known as Loughton College .

`` Romeo and Juliet '' is a song by the British rock band Dire Straits , written by singer music.group_membership lead guitarist Mark Knopfler .

Together with Walsh , Walker assembled a band of seasoned session players and luminaries such as free-improvising saxophone player Evan Parker , Dire Straits ' Mark Knopfler on guitar and the R & B singer music.group_membership Ocean .

Upon reading that Dire Straits ' guitarist and singer music.group_membership Knopfler produced the album , Frame began writing songs based on a sound that he thought Knopfler could work with .

He is best known as the lead guitarist , lead singer music.group_membership songwriter for the rock band Dire Straits , which he co-founded with his younger brother , David Knopfler , in 1977 .

The album was Humble Pie 's first following the departure of guitarist Peter Frampton , which placed singer music.group_membership co-founder Steve Marriott as the band 's de facto leader .

The song was commissioned as part of a musical tribute series to Alan Vega , the lead singer music.group_membership the band Suicide .

Blag Dahlia , lead singer music.group_membership the notorious punk band Dwarves ( band ) , mixed a version of the album which was set to be released by a startup label in the Spring of 2012 .

These home recordings were spliced together during mastering by Blag Dahlia , the singer music.group_membership The Dwarves .

The song was remixed by The Dwarves singer music.group_membership Dahlia .

This pair of sessions featured a wider range of musicians than previous releases , including Dwarves singer music.group_membership Dahlia .

The Cardigans are a Swedish rock band formed in Jönköping , Sweden , in 1992 , by guitarist Peter Svensson , bassist Magnus Sveningsson , drummer Bengt Lagerberg , keyboardist Lars-Olof Johansson and lead singer music.group_membership Persson , with the line-up remaining unchanged to this day .

Animal Heart is the debut solo album by Nina Persson , singer music.group_membership The Cardigans , released on February 10 , 2014 through Lojinx in Europe and The End Records in North America .

He is married to Nina Persson , the lead singer music.group_membership the Swedish rock band , The Cardigans .

Johnson has produced albums by Michigan folk-rock group Breathe Owl Breathe , Swedish singer music.group_membership Cardigans front-woman Nina Persson , and Denver rock band Ark Life .

Larson is married to The Cardigans lead singer music.group_membership Nina Persson .