question: "Elegantly Wasted" is the first single from and title track of the album "Elegantly Wasted" by INXS, an Australian rock band, formed as The Farriss Brothers in which year?
answer: 1977
context: Title: INXS
  Passage: INXS ( ) were an Australian rock band, formed as The Farriss Brothers in 1977 in Sydney, New South Wales.  They began playing covers in Western Australian pubs and clubs, occasionally playing some of their original music.  Mainstays were main composer and keyboardist Andrew Farriss, drummer Jon Farriss, guitarists Tim Farriss and Kirk Pengilly, bassist Garry Gary Beers and main lyricist and vocalist Michael Hutchence.  For twenty years, INXS was fronted by Hutchence, whose "sultry good looks" and magnetic stage presence made him the focal point of the band.  Initially known for their new wave/pop style, the band later developed a harder pub rock style that included funk and dance elements.
  Title: INXS (album)
  Passage: INXS is Australian rock band INXS's first album.  It was released on Deluxe Records in Australia on 13 October 1980.  The band recorded the album in midnight to dawn sessions during 1979 to 1980 after performing, on average, two gigs a day at local pubs around Sydney.  All tracks were credited to band members, Garry Gary Beers (bass guitar and double bass); brothers Andrew (keyboards and guitar), Jon (drums, keyboards) and Tim Farriss (lead guitar); Michael Hutchence (lead vocals); and Kirk Pengilly (guitar, saxophone and backing vocals).  The album was co-produced by the band and Duncan McGuire (ex-Ayers Rock).  It spawned the single, "Just Keep Walking" (September 1980), which became their first Australian Top 40 hit.  "INXS" peaked in the Top 30 of the related Kent Music Report Albums Chart.  The album did not appear internationally until 1984.
  Title: Elegantly Wasted (song)
  Passage: "Elegantly Wasted" is the first single from and title track of the album "Elegantly Wasted" by INXS, released in Europe, Japan, Australia and South Africa, and the US.  The song is said to have been written after Michael Hutchence and Bono from U2 went out for a "night on the town".
  Title: Definitive INXS
  Passage: Definitive INXS is a two-CD compilation of Australian rock band INXS released in 2002.  It has almost the same track listing as "The Best of INXS".  The compilation features most of their hit singles, as well as two previously unreleased tracks, "Salvation Jane" and "Tight".  "Salvation Jane" is an outtake taken from the "X" sessions in 1990.  The 2002 remaster of "X" features the song's original demo.  "Tight" was written by songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Andrew Farriss and recorded by the band during the sessions for "Welcome to Wherever You Are" in 1992.  The song was reworked by the remaining members of INXS in 2002 after the death of vocalist Michael Hutchence in 1997.  The compilation also features a cover of Steppenwolf's "Born to Be Wild", which was specially recorded for the April 1993 launch of Virgin Radio in the UK and was first included on the Japanse release of "Full Moon, Dirty Hearts".
  Title: INXS: Live in Aspen – February 1997
  Passage: Live in Aspen is from Australian rock band INXS.  Recorded live at the Wheeler Opera House in Aspen Colorado USA, it is now considered to be a rare 1997 Australian limited edition 6-track CD.  It was released exclusively through Brashs Record Store following the release of the album Elegantly Wasted.
  Title: Taste It: The Collection
  Passage: Taste It: The Collection is a compilation of hits and album tracks released by Australian rock band INXS in 2006 spanning the albums "X", "Live Baby Live", "Welcome to Wherever You Are", "Full Moon, Dirty Hearts", "The Greatest Hits" and "Elegantly Wasted".
  Title: Elegantly Wasted
  Passage: Elegantly Wasted is the tenth studio album by Australian rock band INXS.  It was released in April 1997, and is the final album recorded with lead singer Michael Hutchence, who was found dead in a Sydney hotel room in November that same year.
  Title: Searching (INXS song)
  Passage: "Searching" is the fourth single from the album "Elegantly Wasted" by INXS.  It was never officially released although scheduled for the UK market.  The song was written by Michael Hutchence and Andrew Farriss and recorded by the band in Dublin during the summer of 1996.  It is also the final single to feature original front man Michael Hutchence, who died two months after the song was released.
  Title: Don't Lose Your Head (INXS song)
  Passage: "Don't Lose Your Head" is the third single from the album "Elegantly Wasted" by INXS.  Released in Europe (Germany and The Netherlands) and Japan at the end of 1997.  No official release for this in USA.  The song was written by Michael Hutchence and Andrew Farriss and recorded by the band in Dublin during the summer of 1996.
  Title: Everything (INXS song)
  Passage: "Everything" is the second single from the album "Elegantly Wasted" by INXS.  It was released only in Mexico, Europe and Australia.  The song was written by Michael Hutchence and Andrew Farriss and recorded by the band in Dublin during the summer of 1996.
citations: Elegantly Wasted (song) INXS