1. Andrew Charles Farriss was born on 27 March 1959 and is an Australian rock musician and multi-instrumentalist best known as the keyboardist, backing vocalist, and main composer for rock band INXS.
12 Facts About Andrew Farriss
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In 1971 the Andrew Farriss family relocated to Sydney, where he attended Davidson High School.
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At school Andrew Farriss met Michael Hutchence after preventing a fight with another student.
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Andrew Farriss is credited solely with keyboards on the band's earliest albums, but by 1984's The Swing, he was listed as playing guitar as well.
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Andrew Farriss co-wrote all but one of the band's top-40 hits in the US.
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Andrew Farriss's most significant early collaboration was with Jenny Morris, a New Zealand singer who had sung back-up vocals on INXS' 1985 hit album, Listen Like Thieves.
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Andrew Farriss has co-written and produced with the Australian Aboriginal band Yothu Yindi, Australian country singer Tania Kernaghan and Scottish rockers Gun.
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In 2016, Andrew Farriss was inducted into the Australian Songwriters Hall of Fame.
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In 2019, Andrew Farriss released his debut solo single "Come Midnight".
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Andrew Farriss has performed solo at the Hay Mate drought relief concert, the Gympie Muster, the Tamworth Country Music Festival, and the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville.
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On 28 August 2020 Andrew Farriss released his single "All the Stars Are Mine" and announced his EP Love Makes the World, which was released on 2 October 2020.
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On 26 January 2020 Andrew Farriss was awarded with the Member of the Order of Australia.