From The Farriss Brothers to The Vegetables to INXS
The band briefly called themselves The Vegetables (for whatever reason) and sung a song called We Are the Vegetables. But one day, during a chance meeting in the parking lot of the Narrabeen Antler, a pub in New South Wales, Tim was approached by Gary Morris, the manager of the band Midnight Oil.
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The Farriss Brothers/The Vegetables had started regularly supporting Midnight Oil and other local bands. Morris told the guys that a member of the Oil’s crew suggested they change their group’s name and had suggested INXS. The inspiration came from the English band XTC and Australian jam makers IXL. Although it reads as “in excess,” Morris wanted them to market themselves as “inaccessible.”