The Resume

(1980- )
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Eric Bazilian (July 21, 1953- ), vocals, guitar, mandolin, harmonica, saxophone
Rob Hyman (April 24, 1950- ), vocals, keyboards, accordion, melodica
David Uosikkinen (1956- ), drums
John Lilley (March 3, 1954- ), guitar, keyboards, mandolin, dobro
Fran Smith, Jr., bass guitar
Broke up in 1995, reformed in 2001
Recorded the albums 'Amore' (1983), 'Nervous Night' (1985), 'One Way Home' (1987), 'Zig Zag' (1989), 'Out of Body' (1993), 'Time Stands Still' (2007) and 'Both Sides Live' (2008)
Recorded the singles 'All You Zombies,' 'And We Danced,' 'Day By Day' and 'Where Do the Children Go'

Why they might be annoying:

They claim to have named themselves after a nickname for the melodica. (And the Hooters restaurant chain really named itself after owls.)
They became much bigger in Europe than the US.
Frequent Biblical references in their songs led to rumors that they had morphed into a Christian rock band.
Hyman said, 'The way we play and sing, we call it Hooterization,' while Bazilian said, 'All we gotta do is fight for the right to Hoot.'

Why they might not be annoying:

They were named best new band in the Rolling Stone readers' poll (1985).
They were the opening band for the Philadelphia portion of Live Aid.
Hyman was nominated for the Song of the Year Grammy for co-writing Cyndi Lauper's 'Time After Time,' while Bazilian was nominated for writing Joan Osborne's 'One of Us.'

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Accordionists
• Blender Magazine's 50 Worst Artist in Music History [September 2003] (Ranked: 32)
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 16]
• I am from Philadelphia
• I Covered a Beatles Song
• I Covered a Bob Dylan Song
• I Covered 'Time After Time'
• I Performed at Live Aid [July 13, 1985]
• I Performed at The Wall: Live in Berlin (July 21, 1990)
• Look at My Stairs
• People who Have Similar Names on Am I Annoying (Ranked: 614)
• Profiles 24251-24500 (Ranked: 24369)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 9 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 5 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 38 Votes: 34.21% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 14 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 12 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 30 Votes: 56.67% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 31 Votes: 64.52% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 11 Votes: 27.27% Annoying