Biography

CM Murphy's blissful rural childhood of surfing, billy carting and ice-hockey came to an abrupt halt after the untimely death of his father, theatrical agent Mark Murphy, when Chris was just 14. Janice, his mother, took over the family agency in Sydney, where Chris worked from the age of 17 until he went out on his own to become one of the world's top music managers. Murphy is best known as being the manager of INXS from 1980-95, but also established the rooArt and Petrol record labels, was owner of one of Australia's top radio stations, was a pioneer of digital radio and publishing as well as an innovator in the organic food industry.
- IMDb mini biography by: CM Murphy

I vowed never to get into management until I met 6 young men with big smiles and a huge amount of talent...INXS.

INXS's music is time less, along with the fact that many young people are discovering the music is good today as it was years ago. They are also discovering a very unique rock star, something that they don't see these days. They are realizing that there is only and will only ever be one Michael Hutchence. Looking back at music videos and live performances they are discovering rare talent and that is helping drive this new wave.

The night Morris offered them to me, I told him I'd take them midway through their third song. I stood there thinking, "This is pretty funky'. This kid up front is pretty weird. This band plays really, really well ... What Morris didn't realize was that I only intended to take them on as their booking agent. I didn't want to be their manager.