The song was previewed several months before the album's release in September 1996 at the Australian ARIA Music Awards. It is also the final single to feature original lead vocalist Michael Hutchence, who died two months after the song was released. The song was written by Michael Hutchence and Andrew Farriss and recorded by the band in Dublin during the summer of 1996. It was never officially released although scheduled for the UK market. There, the frontman laid down some new vocals to layer underneath the tracks he'd already recorded." Searching" is the fourth single from the album Elegantly Wasted by INXS. On his way home, the singer stopped by the studio where he and bandmate Andrew Farriss had been working. What the fuck are you doing?”īono eventually played peacemaker (as he does), but Hutchence continued to stew. You’re being a fucking asshole,” Hutchence told the Oasis singer, according to the book INXS: Story to Story. “Hey, man, why don’t you shut up and sit down. Initially, the three rockers chatted over beers, but Gallagher progressively became more belligerent. The INXS singer joined U2’s Bono at a local pub for drinks when Liam Gallagher happened to waltz in. Months after the Brits, Hutchence was in Dublin, working on some Elegantly Wasted songs. “We probably wouldn't have done anything if Michael Hutchence hadn't come out and said his little bit: 'I heard Liam wants to fight me.' We were like, 'Don't fucking try and pick a fight with us, man, because we're the best at giving verbal abuse,' and off we went.” “It wasn't scripted or anything like that,” Noel later said of his has-been remark at the Brits. In the press, both men had made snide comments, but generally dodged questions about the incident. The INXS singer was rumored to have nearly come to blows with Liam Gallaher backstage at the 1995 MTV Europe Awards in an argument reportedly about actress Patsy Kensit (whom Liam would later marry). There had been some history between Hutchence and Oasis. Watch Oasis Insult Michael Hutchence at the 1996 Brit Awards The winner was Oasis, taking home the hardware for “Wonderwall.” While accepting, Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher took a shot at Hutchence: “Has-beens shouldn’t present fuckin’ awards to gonna-bes.” The band was still in the early stages of demoing Elegantly Wasted when Hutchence was invited to present British Video of the Year at the Brit Awards. … So, it just seemed like the logical time to take a break.” This helped to create a situation resulting in a lot of personal and business friction within the band, as well as the record label. “As a band, we have recorded an album every 12 to 18 months over the last five or six years. “We really wanted to get off the old carousel for a while,” singer Michael Hutchence explained at the time. The band opted to take off a few years, recharging their musical muscles before returning with 1997’s Elegantly Wasted. INXS’ new wave sound suddenly seemed more dated than ever. Grunge had become the taste du jour, with rock’s alternative explosion just beginning. While mixed reviews were certainly part of the reason behind the failure of Full Moon, Dirty Hearts, a larger impact came from changing tastes in popular music.
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