Jonathan James Farriss (born 10 August 1961) is an Australian drummer and founding member of rock band INXS.

Farriss auditioned to be in the band Guinness with future INXS band-mates Kirk Pengilly and brother Tim, but was rejected for being only nine years old at the time.

He co-produced several tracks on that album featuring artists including Rob Thomas, Ben Harper, Tricky, John Mayer and Pat Monahan.

"[6] Farriss produced Richard Clapton's Glory Road in 1987[7] and played on The Great Escape in 1982 as well as performed on drums on three tracks.

Farriss co-produced Jimmy Barnes' Love and Fear[8] and performed drums, programming, bass, keyboards, backing vocals.

Farriss said, "A lot of artists have covered INXS music, the likes of Tom Jones, Joe Cocker, Snow Patrol, countless others, and we thought, 'Why don't we do that?'

[10] Smokin Joe (feat Viv Richards)[11] was released in March 2015 on Farriss' independent label Drum Opera.

But the goal was to have fun – I had no pressure on myself or expectations of it being a chart success or fit into any specific genre or live anywhere in particular, other than in people's hearts" says Farriss of their first meeting in the studio.