Max Q (band)
This article is about an Australian musical group. See Max Q (disambiguation) for other meanings of the term "Max Q".Max Q were a short-lived
Australian rock band, active in the late 1980s, essentially a vanity recording project for
INXS frontman
Michael Hutchence. It consisted of Hutchence (Vocals) and
Ollie Olsen (Production), accompanied by key members of the
Melbourne post-punk scene, most of whom had previously collaborated with Olsen.
The project followed on from Hutchence and Olsen's work on the film
Dogs In Space, where they met. Max Q released one critically acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful self-titled album in 1989 and had minor hits with the songs "Sometimes" (a cover of an
Orchestra Of Skin And Bone track) and "Way of the World". They toured briefly before Hutchence went back to his day job with INXS.
The other members of INXS have been reported as being unhappy with Hutchence's solo "career". As of 2005, The Max Q album has not been re-issued.
The band name "Max Q" is an aeronautical term, short for "Maximum Quotient": the point of maximum stress on an aircraft during flight that it can sustain without failing. The Hutchence band was named after Ollie Olsen's dog, Max.
Another band of the same name currently consists of astronauts assigned to the
Johnson Space Center in
Houston, Texas.
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Michael Hutchence: Vocals, Songwriting
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Ollie Olsen: Production, Songwriting
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Arne Hanna: Guitar
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Michael Sheridan: Guitar, Feedback
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Bill McDonald: Bass Guitar
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Gus Till: Piano, MIDI Programming
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John Murphy: Percussion, Trumpet, Screams
Additional musicians
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Peggy Harley: Backing Vocals
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Marie Hoy: Backing Vocals (Soul Engine)
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Pat Powell: Backing Vocals (Bucket Head)
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Pam Ross: Narration
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Michael Hutchence fan site on Max Q*
Offical Michael Hutchence memory site on Max Q*
Interview with Ollie Olsen about Max Q*
Airtran Magazine on astronaut Stephen Robertson's band*
Michael Hutchence Fan Forum
