INXS quickly became my favorite band right around the time that Kick was released. INXS was the first concert I ever saw - I believe it was the summer of '88 at Poplar Creek near Chicago where I grew up. The music of INXS to me is timeless and every time I listen to INXS or any of Michael's solo projects like Max Q it takes me back to memories of great summers growing up (oddly enough I listen to everything except for Kick and X during the summer - and those two albums are my winter albums. Weird, huh?). Michael Hutchence was always the pop singer that I thought I would want to be like. To me his death was devastating, especially considering my childhood idle died on my birthday, 11/22. The lyrics written by Michael will last with me forever and I will always miss the lead man from my favorite band.