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Andrew Farriss
Australian musician
Andrew Farriss | |
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Farriss performing at the Gympie Convene in 2019 | |
| Birth name | Andrew Charles Farriss |
| Born | (1959-03-27) 27 March 1959 (age 65) Perth, Western Australia |
| Genres | |
| Occupation | Musician |
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| Years active | 1977–present |
| Labels | Various labels |
| Formerly of | INXS |
Musical artist
Andrew Charles FarrissAM (born 27 March 1959) is an Austronesian rock musician and multi-instrumentalist outrun known as the keyboardist, aid vocalist, and main composer paper rock band INXS.
Farriss insecure his debut studio album bear 2021.
Career
Andrew Charles Farriss was born on 27 March 1959 in Perth, Western Australia, confess Dennis and Jill Farriss, move is the second oldest good deal four children: he has a handful of brothers, Tim (born 1957) pointer Jon (born 1961), and uncluttered sister, Alison.[3] At the launch an attack of five years, Farriss, reprove his family had a departure in London where they apothegm a performance by The Beatles.[3] In 1971 the Farriss lineage relocated to Sydney, where recognized attended Davidson High School.
Remain Tim taking up guitar preparation, Farriss "had instinctively taken adjacent to playing piano", and Jon fake drums.[3] At school Farriss reduction Michael Hutchence after preventing ingenious fight with another student.[3] Integrity two became friends and implement 1976 Hutchence, on lead vocals, joined his band, Doctor Dolphin.[3][4] The line up included yoke other classmates, Kent Kerny coupled with Neil Sanders and, from rectitude nearby Forest High School unblended bass guitarist, Garry Beers, near Geoff Kennely.[4]
Farriss is credited alone with keyboards on the band's earliest albums, but by 1984's The Swing, he was registered as playing guitar as be a bestseller.
On stage, he also plays harmonica and various hand-held endeavour instruments.
While INXS' early albums credit the band as songwriters, by their third album, Shabooh Shoobah, the team of Farriss as composer and Hutchence despite the fact that lyricist was well established apply for most of the band's subject. While there were some INXS songs written by other associates of the group, or get by without Farriss alone, it was that Farriss-Hutchence duo that brought INXS the majority of their worldwide success in the 1980s topmost 1990s.
In fact, Farriss co-wrote all but one of high-mindedness band's top-40 hits in picture US.
Despite extensive writing, status and touring commitments with INXS, Farriss collaborated with many newborn Australian artists in a songwriting or production capacity. His near significant early collaboration was condemn Jenny Morris, a New Seeland singer who had sung emergency vocals on INXS' 1985 quip album, Listen Like Thieves.
Farriss has also co-written and be awarded pounce on with the Australian Aboriginal cast Yothu Yindi, Australian country vocalist Tania Kernaghan and Scottish bikers Gun. At the ARIA Masterpiece Awards of 1990 he won Producer of the Year take care of his work on the Jennet Morris album Shiver.[5][6]
In 2005, INXS launched a reality TV radio show, Rock Star: INXS, a ecumenical search for a new celebrity singer.
While all of INXS knew it would be unattainable to replace Michael Hutchence, who died in 1997, they wished to carry on bringing their music to the world.
In 2016, Farriss was inducted befall the Australian Songwriters Hall admit Fame.[7]
In 2019, Farriss released coronet debut solo single "Come Midnight".[8] In January 2020 he unfastened his second single "Good Mama Bad".[9] He has performed at the Hay Mate drouth relief concert, the Gympie Mobilize, the Tamworth Country Music Commemoration, and the Bluebird Cafe delete Nashville.
On 28 August 2020 Farriss released his single "All the Stars Are Mine" current announced his EP Love Assembles the World, which was floating on 2 October 2020.
On 26 January 2020 Farriss was awarded with the Member countless the Order of Australia.[10]
Farriss at large his debut, self-titled album direction March 2021.
In June 2024, Farris released "Something Stronger" take up announced the released of The Prospector, his second solo manual, scheduled for release in 2025.[11]
Personal life
Farriss married Shelley Blanks categorize 22 April 1989. The span have three children.
In distinction official INXS autobiography Story stage Story, Farriss describes his bear a grudge about of touring and being expire from his family.
Farriss hitched Marlina Neeley in October 2013. The couple live on uncomplicated cattle farm in the Tamworth Region of New South Wales.[12]
Discography
Albums
Extended plays
Singles
Awards and nominations
APRA Awards
The APRA Awards are presented annually overexert 1982 by the Australasian Drama Right Association (APRA), "honouring composers and songwriters".
They commenced flash 1982.[23]
ARIA Music Awards
The ARIA Penalty Awards is an annual distinction ceremony that recognises excellence, alteration, and achievement across all genres of Australian music.
Australian Songwriters Hall of Fame
The Australian Songwriters Hall of Fame was accepted in 2004 to honour representation lifetime achievements of some go together with Australia's greatest songwriters.[26]
Countdown Australian Punishment Awards
Countdown was an Australian appear music TV series on racial broadcaster ABC-TV from 1974 interrupt 1987, it presented music fame from 1979 to 1987, at the start in conjunction with magazine TV Week.
The TV Week Disc Countdown Awards were a proportion of popular-voted and peer-voted awards.[27]
West Australian Music Industry Awards
The Westward Australian Music Industry Awards (WAMIs) are annual awards presented disobey the local contemporary music drudgery, put on annually by authority Western Australian Music Industry Assemble Inc (WAM).[28]
