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So, I'm 27 at the time and I had taken a three hour drive to pick up my sister at Penn State the night before. It was a fun evening, that night before, as we got looped and hung 'til the wee hours with a very popular cover band from Philly that had played a rather large gig on campus that evening. I slept on the top bunk of Megan's (my sister) bed that night. I hadn't slept in a buk bed for years. That combined with the numerous beers I had that evening led to a rather loud, crashing fall from grace in the middle of the night. On the way down I hit the left side (temple) of my head on the corner of her roomate's bureau. I also landed very hard on my shoulder. Megan said all I did was sort of groan and stayed on the floor.....for the rest of the night. Basically, it was yet another extremely hilarious moment which I continue to share with my sister to this day along with many others both past and present. So i wake up and one of the first things her roomate tells me is that Michael Hutchence committed suicide. I must say I was pretty stunned, as I had just seen my sixthe INXS show just a couple short months earlier at The Tower Theater in Phila. Anyway, I needed to get home because you see, I sing too and had an outdoor “polar bear party” gig scheduled that night in which we were to do about ten tunes in Wilmington, Delaware. The gig went well and I had Hutchence on my mind the whole time. I couldn't get it out of my head. It's guys like him, Bono, and Robert Smith who inspired me to sing my heart out in the first place. These guys are the “home team”, man. At the end of the evening after the headliner I went home again pretty soused. I called a friend and started to try to explain my sadness. It didn't really flow, though, and the conversation was over quickly. I decided it would be best if I dealt with it alone. So, I just sat in my chair and cried. Haven't told anyone 'til now, and never will tell anyone again. Weird stuff.

Thanks so much for giving us fans a wonderful site all about Michael. I have accidentally wandered into so many offensive sites concerning his life and his death, that I stopped searching the web, until a friend of mine told me about your site. I am truly grateful to you for honoring his gift to the music world in this particular way. Michael and his music will never be forgotten.

Thanks again!

I just want to say how much I miss his face.He was as beautiful on the outside as he was on the inside. I miss you and I love you.

Thank you for creating this beautiful site. I have been waiting for a tribute or remembrance such as this.

Michael Hutchence has a place in my heart forever. I saw INXS in concert several times. On a few occassions Michael wore roses in his hair. That is how I remember him now.

I really enjoy looking through the beautiful website that you've created. When I learned of Michael's death, I was shocked. Now I am happier knowing he had a productive & prosperous, although short, life thanks to your love for him. My thoughts will never be far from him and his music will never die.

This sit is absolutely beautiful.

Thank you! And thank you for your beautiful son---

Words will never express how everyone, including myself, feels even now. Every time I hear an INXS song on the radio or play a CD, memories come flooding back to me. The songs have captured moments of time for me--kind of like a soundtrack for life.

Thanks. Love and Peace

Paula Gormish

WHERE ARE YOU?????

DENICE HEPPENSTALL( DUSTY )

I would like to use this avenue to find a long lost friend. Dusty became my penfriend in England back in 1993 due to INXS. I was the only one she chose to write back to out of over 200 letters from good old Smash Hits magazine. I raved on and on about a fantastic Aussie band called INXS and i sent her pictures and their music and she became hooked.

Every time I saw them live ( which was plenty ) I bought two t-shirts..one for me and the other I sent to her in England.Years later they did a pub tour of England and Dusty was at the front with only a few fans as they were hardly known in Yorkshire...Here she is with her INXS t-shirt from an Aussie tour and singing ALL the lyrics ..Michael gave her a confused look and then the hugest smile .

THis was the type of stuff we talked about for over 10 years by correspondence.

NOW I HAVE LOST HER

I am hoping that she visits here so we can resume where we left off

MICHAEL...WHY DID YOU DO IT ??

I WISH WE KNEW THE REAL TRUTH.

I was about 19 when I moved from Adelaide SA to Sydney. Having grown up on a diet of Jimmy Barnes, Aussie Crawl and INXS I was amazed and 'Blown away' when I was lucky enough to find myself working at Rhinoceros Recording studios with Michael and others.

Outrageous and contagious the energy level was truly insane. These amazing talents dealt with their extraordinary lives in different ways. Michael seemed to me a very compassionate and obviously creative man. He had time to talk to you and fine out who you were, what you were doing, what your art was.

A nation claiming you for their own is a great accolade and no doubt comes with burdens that only the few will know. How do you escape or deal with constant media attention?

I don't know where we go after this, but where ever it is I hope there will be recording studios. I want another album Michael!

AS I now work in multimedia I understand the amount of work that sits under the surface of this site, well done to all involved.

It was sad to hear of Michael death. My thoughts to all the family. I love the site, it has been well done.

He was a great man and musician.In my country allpeople like his music.When I hear one of his songs I remember when I was a teenager when everything was so cool

I would like to begin by expressing my deepest sympathy to Michael's family and friends. His passing not only touched you, but did so to the millions of fans worldwide.

I had the opportunity to see INXS live in concert in September of 1997 in Norfolk, Virginia. It was a show I will never forget. When he sang “I'm Just A Man”, I cried and I still do when I hear it now.

Thank you, Mr. Hutchence for bringing such and lovely, caring human being into this world. Even though he was only here for such a short time, his presence was surely felt.

Also, thank you for this wonderful site. It's nice to see the positive side of Michael instead of all the other garbage.

Mr. Hutchence, I wish your family well and thank you for sharing you thoughts.

Love and Peace,
Angela

Sitting here listening to Michael's last album yet again. Tears rolling down my face as I listen to each word.

I recently read a review of this album in Who Weekly written by Barry Divola. This reviewer said how disappointing this album is. Well you listen up you moron! There's a little saying that I've adopted to suit you - 'In life those who can - do and those who can't - criticise'.

The loss of Michael was not only the tragic loss of a life gone far too soon but it is a loss of a talent that will always live on in the hearts of many. Whether we feel more sentimental about this very last album than we would have felt about one made if he was still alive is completely besides the point.

I'll never understand the shallowness of people who think that they are so damn good that they have the right to criticise others. Each piece of art that someone produces says different things to different people.

Too bad the only thing this reviewer is hearing is the sound of his own ego.

Michael, you will always live in my heart. I have been a fan from the beginning. I saw you every time you set foot on a stage in Sydney and those memories are as much a part of me as air and water.

Rest in Peace.
Suzanna.