1. Timothy William Farriss was born on 16 August 1957 and is an Australian musician, founding member and the lead guitarist of the rock band INXS.
13 Facts About Tim Farriss
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Tim Farriss was classically trained on the guitar from the ages of eight to twelve by Peter Fredericci, who played with the Australian Symphony Orchestra.
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Tim Farriss recorded the CD Deep Inside in 1996, which features over 1000 samples of various instruments.
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Tim Farriss has made a fishing video Fish in Space in 1989, the name coming as a humorous reference to bandmate Michael Hutchence's film, Dogs in Space.
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Tim Farriss wrote and performed the song "Any Day But Sunday" on the soundtrack for the 1984 film No Small Affair, starring Demi Moore and Jon Cryer.
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On 6 February 1981, Tim Farriss married his high school sweetheart Bethany Anne Reefman and subsequently had two sons.
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Tim Farriss is a very private man who enjoys deep-sea fishing, cricket, swimming, tennis, scuba diving, golf, snowboarding and working on the Kangaroo Valley family farm which he bought from his brother Andrew.
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Tim Farriss once served as president of the Manly Warringah District Cricket Club.
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In January 2015, Tim Farriss severed a finger whilst operating a winch on a boat.
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Tim Farriss underwent operations to attempt to reattach the finger, followed by physiotherapy.
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Tim Farriss began legal action in 2019 against the owners of the boat for damages, and revealed that he is only able to play a few beginner level chords on the guitar since the accident.
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Tim Farriss lost his legal case on 28 January 2022 when the Supreme Court of New South Wales handed down its judgment in favour of the defendants.
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The Court ordered that Tim Farriss pay the defendants' legal costs.