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Tim Farriss
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Tim Farriss
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1957-08-16,Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Gender
Male
Biography
Timothy William Farriss (born 16 August 1957) is an Australian musician, founding member and the lead guitarist of the rock band INXS. Farriss was born in Perth, Western Australia, to Dennis and Jill Farriss, and is the oldest of four children: he has two brothers, Andrew and Jon, and a sister, Alison. He was classically trained on the guitar from the ages of eight to twelve by Peter Fredericci, who played with the Australian Symphony Orchestra. As an adolescent, Farriss attended The Forest High School in Sydney. There he quickly formed a friendship with Kirk Pengilly. Farriss (lead guitar) and Pengilly (guitar and saxophone) soon formed the band "Guinness," the eventual base and bedrock to the future internationally successful group INXS. During Farriss's painful recovery from an operation to remove abnormal bone growths in his legs, the result of a Hereditary Multiple Exostoses (which his brother Jon also suffers from), his brother Andrew recruited school friends and "Doctor Dolphin" bandmates Garry Gary Beers (bass guitar) and Michael Hutchence (vocals). During the Summer XS tour in 1991 INXS played Wembley Stadium in front of 73,791 people, at one point Michael Hutchence told Farriss to "play the fucking riff Timmy", which led to Farriss being nicknamed the Riff Meister, and later the Riff Sheriff. The moment was captured on film and CD for "Live Baby Live". Farriss plays various G&L (with which INXS hold an endorsement) and Fender guitars, his favourite being a 1956 Stratocaster. During the 2006 Switch tour Farriss suffered a knee injury, leading to surgery and the cancellation of several performances; after a short time recuperating he went back on stage wearing a knee support. Farriss recorded the CD Deep Inside in 1996, which features over 1000 samples of various instruments. He has also 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. 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. He also has his own studio, 'Montana', in which he and his sound engineer work with many up and coming Australian artists. On 6 February 1981, Farriss married his high school sweetheart Bethany Anne (Buffy) Reefman and subsequently had two sons. INXS bandmates see Farriss as the "father figure", as he was the first to get married and to have children. "Tim is like the ballast in the band...He's the one who gives the band a bit of leadership, a sense of unity, and he'll usually project a very practical, logical view of everything." Farriss is a very private man who enjoys deep-sea fishing (tag and release), cricket, swimming, tennis, scuba diving, golf, snowboarding and working on the Kangaroo Valley family farm which he bought from his brother Andrew. He once served as president of the Manly Warringah District Cricket Club. ... Source: Article "Tim Farriss" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography

INXS: Living INXS

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INXS: Living INXS
1985-11-04

INXS: Live in Buenos Aires 1991

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INXS: Live in Buenos Aires 1991
1991-01-22

INXS – What You Need: The Video Hits Collection

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INXS – What You Need: The Video Hits Collection
2005-06-07

Mystify: Michael Hutchence

7.2

Mystify: Michael Hutchence
2019-04-28

Behind the Music: Michael Hutchence

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Behind the Music: Michael Hutchence
2000-01-09

INXS: Live Germany 1984

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INXS: Live Germany 1984
2010-01-07

I'm Only Looking – The Best Of INXS

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I'm Only Looking – The Best Of INXS
2004-06-29

INXS: Welcome to Wherever You Are

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INXS: Welcome to Wherever You Are
2004-06-29

INXS: Live Baby Live - Wembley Stadium

7.4

INXS: Live Baby Live - Wembley Stadium
1991-07-13

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INXS: Kick 30
2017-11-03

Australian Made: The Movie

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Australian Made: The Movie
1987-07-01

INXS: Mystify - Live at Rockpalast

7.2

INXS: Mystify - Live at Rockpalast
1997-06-21

US Festival 1983 Days 1-3

9.5

US Festival 1983 Days 1-3
2009-07-16

5.7

The Early Show
1999-11-01

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The List
2007-11-13

MTV Video Music Awards

7.5

MTV Video Music Awards
1984-09-14

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Champs-Elysées
1982-01-16

INXS : Never Tear Us Apart

5.7

INXS : Never Tear Us Apart
2014-02-09

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Rockstar
2005-07-11

6.2

Sacrée soirée
1987-09-02