Elegantly Wasted (1997) INXS made its last album before Michael Hutchence’s death with Bruce Fairbairn, the Canadian producer best known for some of Bon Jovi and Aerosmith’s biggest albums.

ELEGANTLY WASTEDINXSMercury RecordsReleased last week, “Elegantly Wasted” already has been touted as a comeback for INXS — something of a misnomer; in truth, the veteran Aussie rockers never ...

When INXS' world tour in support of their album Elegantly Wasted wound to a close on Sept. 27, 1997, no one could have known the life of singer Michael Hutchence was also drawing to a close. Eight ...

The ’90s have not been terribly kind to INXS. The Australian band has sold more than 20 million albums since making its debut in 1980, but neither 1992’s Welcome to Wherever You Are nor 1993 ...

Hutchence was found dead on 22 November 1997 after he took his own life, just seven months after INXS released their 10th album ‘Elegantly Wasted’. He was 37-years-old.

Hutchence died on November 22, 1997, at the age of 37, shortly after the release of INXS’ tenth album Elegantly Wasted. His eponymous solo album, which he co-produced with Gill and Saber, was ...