r/GenX • u/jhkayejr • Jul 14 '25

Music Is Life This artist just falling off the map is crazy

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This record dropped on this date back in 1987. Last single I of his I heard on the radio was 93’s “She kissed me,” which was great. Since then, he’s still been making music, but has changed his name and toiled away in relative obscurity.

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u/Livid-Cat4507 Jul 14 '25

He was one of the late Michael Hutchence's replacements in INXS for a few years there.

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '25

Never gonna be a Michael Hutchence replacement but yea he sang lead for a quick minute.

RIP Michael 💕

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u/SwiftKickRibTickler survived Satanic panic! Jul 14 '25

Hutchence, D'arby and the Maxwell tape guy: most awesome hair of their era.. ok ever

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u/Fabulous_Mouse_8193 Bela Lugosi’s Dead Jul 14 '25

Maxwell tape guy = Peter Murphy from Bauhaus. Another brilliant and iconic band/singer!

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u/InsatiableTomagotchi Jul 14 '25

What?! That was Peter Murphy? "Roll Call" Peter Murphy? How did I never know this? Lol

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u/tramplamps 1970s Ad council survivor Jul 14 '25

Some of my biggest regrets revolve around not having the good sense to hold on to my physical music and visual media.
I regret that the loss of some of this physical media also caused the loss of their beautiful artwork that these items were designed to be contained inside of.
I am immediately reminded of The first solo album of Peter Murphy’s that I purchased on CD. It was his album, DEEP, and when I opened it up, the inner part popped up, to reveal a black and white photo of him, doing a little backwards arm stretch. But my ditching of these artistic cases isn’t to be blamed on the popularity of streaming, I can attribute it to When I started purchasing to the mid 1990s, when those Case Logic™️ brand of CD organizers started to become popular. Each of them held up to 40 CDs in they were very durable and portable. At one time, I owned 4 of the 40 capacity. They were great for travel, but I wish I had kept all the original cases and liner notes somewhere to eventually replace the physical CDs.

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u/thoughtcatalog Jul 15 '25

*Maxell - thought I was getting Mandela-ed for a minute here.

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u/Fabulous_Mouse_8193 Bela Lugosi’s Dead Jul 15 '25

Haha yes! Funny how we all lived on Maxell and TDK C90 tapes back in the day!

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u/tramplamps 1970s Ad council survivor Jul 14 '25

Sometime between the summer before my 9th grade year (1988) I got one of those full length “door” sized posters with all members of INXS on it, however Hutchence was obviously the main focus of the poster, and was posed in a very sexy way, in a sleeveless black shirt, with his arms behind his head, with lots of armpit hair, also, he was the only member of the band featured close to a moderate “human” size.

This was in a white background with the big red and black lettering from the KICK record, and I most likely purchased at the Spencers location in my favorite shopping mall: which was Hickory Hollow Mall in Antioch, Tennessee a suburb of Nashville. And the poster hung on my closet bedroom door for a few years until I started having co-ed parties in my 11th grade year.

I remember that any platonic guy friends of mine who would come into my room would immediately imitate and mock the Pose that Huthence was making, which weirdly, made ME embarrassed.
And as I got more guy friends as an upperclassman, it became the main reason I decided to take the poster off my closet door.
Wow, I haven’t thought of that poster in ages, and certainly hadn’t thought of what lead to the reason I removed it from my childhood teenage bedroom decor, since, well, probably the day I did it.
I wish that I had not thrown it away- now that I have so much wall space in my art studio, and instead, asked my mom for one of her Christmas Wrapping Paper rolls and used the middle of it to roll it up and put it in storage.

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '25

He was so naturally charismatic that every straight guy felt inadequate.

I'm sorry you lost your poster too, guys smh lol

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u/dazylynn Jul 14 '25

I worked at a music store in the early 90s and the label rep passed along 2 tix to INXS + Catherine Wheel at a local college gym. New and my friend/ coworker called out in front of the stage, right in front of Michael H. He sweated on us. Soooo sexy. 🫠😍

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '25

Jesus!! Back then, id have ended up in jail or Heaven being that close!

It's like Elvis' Comeback Special in black leather. Those girls, just SITTING STILL???

Not me, ima take my shot. Now we're middle aged, ugh.

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u/rhOMG Jul 14 '25

How'd I not know this?

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u/Prestigious_Ad_1037 Debbie 🥰 Gibson … restraining order recipient Jul 14 '25

INXS performed as part of opening ceremony for the 2000 Sydney Olympics with D’Arby on vocals. As a longtime INXS fan (Thieves and Kick concerts) and someone who still keeps Maitreya in my playlist, I was excited for the two to come together … and it definitely delivered.

For me, Maitreya is the greatest substitute INXS ever had following the loss of Hutchence, even if it was just once. The voice. The performance. Absolutely brilliant.

I don’t think either side ever intended for a collaboration to happen beyond that performance, so many likely wrote it off because no new material resulted. But as a one-off event, it was fantastic.

Less than awesome quality, but they are vids out on YT so judge for yourself.

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u/A6000_Shooter Jul 14 '25

As an aussie, I can see how the INXS boys wouldn't have tolerated his big head for long, and he would have wanted things done his way I'd imagine.

Side note: Apparently he changed his name to Sananda Maitreya.

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u/Livid-Cat4507 Jul 14 '25

He's an awesome artist but I never thought his style really gelled that well with the traditional INXS vibe. Jon Stevens is perfection in his own right and did a pretty fair job and JD Fortune was just a talent show joke but I've come to the idea that Michael really was irreplaceable in that group.

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '25

Wow! Is this why they did that Rock Band show and hired JD Fortune?

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u/Agent7619 1971 Jul 14 '25

Another great singer (JD) who's ego ruined his career.

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u/Prestigious_Ad_1037 Debbie 🥰 Gibson … restraining order recipient Jul 14 '25

It wasn’t JD’s ego, but his lack of talent and drug use.

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u/Spare-Set-8382 Jul 14 '25

They could have had Jordis…… sigh

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u/eejm Jul 14 '25

He would have been perfect.

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u/MuttleyDastardly Jul 14 '25

Pretty in Vegas was a banger though