Michael Hutchence was an Australian musician, singer-songwriter, and actor who co-founded the rock band INXS and was its lead singer and lyricist from 1977 until his death.
SnakeHips’n’LizardLips is my tribute to the man and to the group of fine musicians that were INXS, done the Ma9Na way. Being a musician in Australia, their early songs were very much a part of my own career, and our paths crossed several times throughout the 80’s, with some being not so obvious until later in my life. I tell a simple story that is as much about the private man that not many knew, acknowledging the vibe and fun that Michael and INXS took to the world and leaving an endearing musical footnote in history. Ma9Na.

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