When INXS first started having some minor hits in the early Eighties we played a few gigs with them. I never found them too impressive and couldn’t abide their ska covers. (they did Gangsters by The Specials) But they did have something which was that rock star charisma. One night we exchanged pleasantries on the stairs of Macys but I didn’t think they would go anywhere.
Then a few years later I was at The Venue chatting to Brian Mannix of Uncanny X-Men after a gig together when the DJ put this song on. Brian said in so many words that this was the moment when INXS learned to rock. And yes it was a great rock song. Totally exciting. Brilliant lead in and then BAM!
I think I was actually coerced into dancing to the song that night but of course it was after a gig and I was slightly drunk. The DJ that night ended up managing Little Murders for a few months.
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