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I have just read the dedication that Angela left on the memorial site and found myself trying to fight back the tears, two full years after the death of Michael Hutchence. I felt I could identify with everything she said. It angers me, also, to find that the coverage of Michael Hutchence's death was scant at best. I found that no-one seemed to really care, and that a lot of people hate INXS to such an extent (for some reason) that they were actually sort of happy that he died. I never had the pleasure of seeing Michael and co in concert, and that is something that hurts me beyond most peoples' recognition and I feel as if I missed out on something truly wonderful. I did, however, have the good fortune to be able to interview Kirk Pengilly from the band shortly after the release of Elegantly Wasted, but to be honest, I was really gutted that it wasn't Michael. I have just heard his solo album, and it makes it harder to accept that he is gone, because it feels so final. That is the last recording we will ever hear from the great man. There is, apparently, no more to be had, unless INXS release some secret tapes or B-sides or something. I find that hard to take, and I have found myself having to fight back the tears all week in anticipation of being able to hear the album. I really wish more than anything else in the world that it wasn't the end. But I look at the happiness Michael gave me since a friend inadvertently introduced me to Listen Like Thieves in 1986, and I think that his music lives on even although he doesn't. I feel so sorry for Tiger, and I wept when I saw that the album had been dedicated to her before Michael died. This is the only reminder she has of her father. I think I have been going on too long here, as there is nothing that will bring him back, but I have to say that reading this memorial web-site has been one of the most moving things I have ever read. I think it is especially touching when you see the care and devotion that Kelland Hutchence has put into it. It is clear to see where Michael got many of his great qualities.

Thanks for listening.

I still miss Michael everyday. The band was just great, I loved it very much.

the new site is wonderfull.

sadly missed

You were an inspiration

PMC

The music of Michael and INXS formed part of the soundtrack of my adolescent years. Whenever I hear their songs, memories flood my mind. One of the nice things about musicians is that when they leave us (only temporarily) they live on in our hearts when we hear their music.

My sincere condolences go out to Michael's family.

My wife and I are expecting a baby in March of'99. If it's a boy, we are both leaning towards the name of Kelland. We like Kell for short and my wife knows the effect INXS and Michael have have upon my life. We already have a 3 year old boy named Lucas who loves to dance to Elegantly Wasted(Lyrics are not in the game yet, just a great dance beat).

Take care.

INXSingly yours for 16 years,

Jeff Rodgers
Walnut Creek, California

YOU SING ME SILENT

You devestate and carve our hearts
with a voice that burns the soul.
So sad, silent and funny
the world's excess taken toll.
You sing me silent with your song
mesmorizingly entrance.
Encapturing body, heart and soul
You taught me how to dance.
Man of many faces,
taking me in with one breath.
Leaving me high,
Making me fly.
Where is your voice?
Where is your cry?
Too many looking,
Perhaps thats why.
With one note you captured a
generation,
that day now gone, but still alive.
You sing me silent.

Written by Amanda G.

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Thankyou, Kel for this wonderful site. You'll never know what your special boy did for me. This site is a great way to keep his spirit alive, although I have this feeling that he is still living through that beautiful little grand daughter of yours. Thankyou.

Thankyou Kel and others for this marvellous tribute to a fascinating Australian.

Dear Kelland,

I would just like to say thank you for giving Michael's fans such a nice collection of memories. We all have his music to remember him by, but these personal memories add even more. The childhood pictures are the best! Thank you again.

What a wonderful site; what a terrible loss. No visitor to these pages can fail to be moved by the passion behind the tributes from those who were close to Michael. Like many others, I identify with Michael through his music. His music was my music. “Underneath the Colours” and “Shaboo Shoobah” my youth. I look around him and observe that his passing leaves an unfillable void - as a son, a brother, father, mate, friend, songwriter, performer.

Michael, I hope you are dancing on heaven's jetty. To the Hutchence family and those close to him, I offer my heartfelt sympathies and deepest condolences. We have all lost a piece of us.
******

What is there to say.
He was able to say it all.

Every day that goes by, I have you to thank for lots, it is just a shame I never got to say it. Thanks for the memories and some of the best days of my life.

Ellysha

Michael,

You are sadly missed, although you are still with me through your music and memories of seeing INXS Live in concert.You were a great entertainer and your music was brilliant, a standard which other rock bands should look to match.

Rest in peace
Mark

I would just like to say how much people miss michael back hear in Grt Britian.He is sadly missed but will never be forgotten.But is music will live for ever.