Notes. Find INXS discography, albums and singles on AllMusic. Two years later, when Jon graduated from high school, the band renamed itself INXS, moved from Perth to Sydney, and began to play the pub circuit. Eventually, the two groups merged in 1977, with Jon Farriss joining the unified lineup as drummer. * ^ When "Never Tear Us Apart" was first released in 1988, it originally peaked at number 14 in Australia. After the airing of the 2014 miniseries INXS: Never Tear Us Apart, the single charted again in Australia and ended up surpassing its original peak, peaking at number 11. Australian rockers who reached … In October 1987, INXS released their most commercially successful album, Kick.