16 Facts About Kirk Pengilly

Kirk Pengilly is an Australian musician and member of the Australian rock group INXS.

Kirk Pengilly moved to Sydney in 1966, and became best friends with fellow band member Tim Farriss with whom he attended Forest High School.

Kirk Pengilly was the creator of the rare Happy Christmas record sent to early 1980s fanclub members in Australia and the United States.

Kirk Pengilly's position sees him as the key publicity spokesperson, a role he does not take lightly.

Kirk Pengilly is the band's archivist, faithfully logging daily entries in diaries that date back to the beginning of INXS.

Kirk Pengilly stated that Michael Hutchence's death in 1997 came as a big shock because Hutchence was in "a great place" and believes it was an accident.

In 1982 Kirk Pengilly became involved in a one-off EP project with the band, The Igniters.

In 1987 Kirk Pengilly appeared in the music video "You're Gonna Get Hurt", released by Australian singer Jenny Morris, unrecognizable without his trademark glasses.

Kirk Pengilly played saxophone for Richard Clapton on his Distant Thunder album in 1993, and has been a session guitarist for Shona Laing and saxophonist for Martin Plaza.

Kirk Pengilly starred in the first series of Celebrity MasterChef Australia and progressed to the finals, where he came second to Olympic swimmer Eamon Sullivan.

Kirk Pengilly has one daughter, April Rose Kirk Pengilly, born in 1988, with his ex-girlfriend Karen Hutchinson.

Hutchinson and Kirk Pengilly were together for ten years, in which time she toured with the band.

Kirk Pengilly is married to seven-time world women's champion professional surfer, Layne Beachley.

Kirk Pengilly is an ambassador of Glaucoma Australia, after experiencing glaucoma in 1987 at the age of 29.

Kirk Pengilly underwent surgery for aggressive prostate cancer in 2015 after indications of the condition started in 2012.

Kirk Pengilly plays a SG1820 Yamaha guitar after being influenced by hearing Carlos Santana playing one.