When i was in year 4 my elder sister bought The Swing. I listened to it every day after school and fell to sleep at night to it in my bed with my walkman. I could feel the power of music when i was very young but it was'nt untill she got this record and I listened and studied it that I developed a real love and began to follow music. I remember when What you need was released and i thought at it was fucking amazing and I would get angry at the music shows if i did'nt see any inxs and just crap.I was hanging out so bad for Listen like Thieves that after pointing it out to my mum four million times for Christmass she had to tell me she already bought it and not to worry. When i was in boarding school i was allowed to go and see them at the Ent Cent in Sydney on the X tour. I remember my dad and my younger brother picking my up. I bitched a little about school on the way in there and I remember my Dad saying don't worry and think about the good time your going to have. My Dad hung out in a pup for the duration of the concert and once during a argument he told my how proud he was to see us running up the Ent Cent stairs together. It was totally sick when Michael walked around the isles. i saw them in 1994 at the hordern this time i drove with my brother. We got there early and got a position on the front barrier and we could see the electronic divice that displayed next song for them. One of my young street mates who is 18 now went with his Aunty(who saw them in a pub around 1980) and i regret not taking my other young friend who never got the chance. I regret not going to the Newcastle show as well. I followed INXS and Michael since 1984 and i have seen heaps of bands, big day outs ect and i believe INXS were great on record and too unbelievable to see live. Fully high energy concerts. One day i went with my brother to the music shop to buy a guitar amp for him. When got home around one o'clock we pluged it in ready to have a jam then my dad walked out and said to me and my brother that Michael Hutchence has killed himself. I yelled out fuck and kicked a chair and went to kick more shit but my brother and father settled me down. We rang our young mates who came straight down and we talked and walk around the house going what the fuck. Then we went out that night and got wasted. We all got the train down to my elder sister flat that thursday and then went to the funeral. I wish i could have gone to Newcastle Workers to see them in Dec '97. I wish i could have told Michael what he meant to me and my family and friends. I wish he could have seen my younger brother and street mates who all grew up on INXS together to see what great men they have turned into. I can remember when my street mates who are 6 years belowe me would say to me “other kids at school say inxs suck” i would tell them those kids don't know shit and to listen to thier heart when they heard music. INXS and MAX Q and all of Michael's music always made my heart PUMP.