Jon Farriss

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Jonathon James Farriss (born 10 August 1961, in Perth, Western Australia, Australia) is the drummer for the Australian rock band, INXS.

He is the younger brother of fellow band members, Tim Farriss and Andrew Farriss, and was the youngest member of INXS until J.D. Fortune joined on lead vocals.

Farriss is known for integrating traditional rock drums with more funk and dance influenced beats as well as acoustic drums and sequencers and pads. Examples of these teqniques can be found in such songs as "Need You Tonight" and "The Stairs".

Farriss has also been credited with backing vocals on many of the band's earlier albums, as well as keyboards on the album X.

Among his song writing credits with INXS (mostly collaborations with Michael Hutchence) are "Red Red Sun," "The Gift," "Deepest Red" (a rare b-side) "Faith In Each-Other," "Back On Line," "Never Let You Go" and the hit "Disappear".

[edit] Trivia

• Third of four children born to Dennis and Jill Farriss: sons Tim (1957) and Andrew (1959), and daughter Alison.
• Jon was playing drums professionally by the age of ten.
• Formerly married to actress Leslie Bega, from 14 February 1992 to 1997.
• In 2006, married long-time girlfriend Kerry Norris in a small beach-side ceremony in Jervis Bay, followed by a party at their home in Hyams Beach.
• Jon has been nicknamed 'Slappy' by INXS fans at Rockband.com.
• Is credited as "Jazzy Jonny J" on Tim Farriss' album Deep Inside, a compilation of samples.

[edit] External links

• Official INXS site: www.inxs.com
• INXS.PL - Polish INXS website
• Jon Farriss bio at ROCKBAND.COM
• Jon Farriss at the Internet Movie Database