Andrew Charles Farriss is a rock musician (born March 27, 1959 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia) best known as the keyboardist and key songwriter for the Australian band INXS. March 27 is the 86th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (87th in leap years). ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Perth is the capital of the Australian state of Western Australia. ... Emblems: Floral - Kangaroo Paw (Anigozanthos manglesii); Mammal - Numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus); Bird - Black Swan (Cygnus atratus) Motto: none Slogan or Nickname: Wildflower State Other Australian states and territories Capital Perth Government Const. ... INXS (pronounced In Excess) is an Australian rock group. ...

Farriss first met INXS lead singer Michael Hutchence in high school after breaking up a fight between Hutchence and another student. The two eventually became friends, but it would be a long time before Hutchence joined his band, which would become INXS. Michael Hutchence Michael Hutchence (January 22, 1960 – November 22, 1997) was the lead singer of the Australian rock band, INXS. // Michael Kelland John Hutchence was born in Sydney, son of Kelland (Kell) and Patricia Hutchence, but was subsequently raised in Hong Kong. ...

Farriss is credited solely with keyboards on the band's earliest albums, but by 1984's The Swing, he was listed as playing guitar as well as keys. Onstage, he also plays harmonica and various handheld percussion instruments. The Swing is Australian rock band INXSs fourth studio album. ...

While INXS' early albums credit the band as songwriters, by their third album, Shabooh Shoobah, the team of Farriss as composer and Hutchence as lyricist was well established. While there were some INXS songs written by other members of the group, or by Farriss alone, it was this combination that brought INXS the majority of their international success in the 1980s and 1990s. In fact, Farriss co-wrote all of the band's top-40 hits in the US, except for "Disappear," which was written by Hutchence with Farriss' younger brother Jon who is the band's drummer. Shabooh Shoobah is Australian rock group INXSs third album. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... See also 1990s, the band Germans dancing on the Berlin Wall in late 1989, the symbol of the cold war divide falls down as the world unites in the 1990s. ...

Despite extensive writing, recording and touring commitments with INXS, Farriss collaborated with many other Australian artists in a songwriting or production capacity. His most significant early collaboration was with Jenny Morris, a New Zealand singer who had sung back-up vocals on INXS' 1984 hit album, The Swing. Farriss has also co-written and produced with the Australian Aboriginal band Yothu Yindi and Australian country singer Tania Kernaghan. Jenny Morris is a New Zealand rock singer. ... The Swing is Australian rock band INXSs fourth studio album. ... See also, List of Indigenous Australian group names Indigenous Australians are the first human inhabitants of the Australian continent and its nearby islands. ... Yothu Yindi (Yolngu for Child and Mother) is an Australian band with Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal members. ... Tania Maree Kernaghan, born 18 July 1968 in Albury, New South Wales, is an Australian Country Music Singer. ...

In 2004 INXS launched a reality TV show, Rock Star: INXS, a world-wide search for a new lead singer to replace the late Michael Hutchence, who committed suicide in 1997. Canadian J.D. Fortune was the eventual winner, and the band's first album with Fortune, Switch, was released in late 2005. Farriss was often seen as introverted compared to his band mates and he appeared shy to offer criticizm to contestants. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Suicide (from Latin sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the act of willfully ending ones own life. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... J.D. Fortune along with INXS J.D. Fortune is the stage name of Jason Dean Bennison (born September 1, 1973 in Mississauga, Ontario), a Canadian rock singer, winner of the 2005 CBS reality television series Rock Star: INXS, and the current singer of rock band INXS for their latest... Switch is the 11th studio album by the Australian rock band INXS. It was released on November 29, 2005. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He has three children. Grace, Josie and Matthew.

External links

• Andrew Farriss bio at ROCKBAND.COM
• Andrew Farriss at the Internet Movie Database