The Resume

(1967- )
Formed in San Francisco
Line-up in 1968:
Dick Peterson, bass guitar and vocals
Leigh Stephens, guitar
Paul Whaley, drums
Best known for the single ‘Summertime Blues' and album ‘Vincebus Eruptum' (both 1968)

Why they might be annoying:

They were a one-hit wonder.
They named themselves after a strain of LSD.
They changed personnel so rapidly that the album ‘New! Improved! Blue Cheer' (1969) had different guitarists on sides one and two.

Why they might not be annoying:

They are considered pioneers of heavy metal.
They were a six-piece band until they saw the Jimi Hendrix Experience at Monterey and became a trio.
Their manager said they ‘play so hard and heavy they make cottage cheese out of the air.'

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• B.C. or A.D.
• Bay Area Rockers
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 01]
• Hit Parader's Top 100 Metal Albums of All Time (Ranked: 87)
• I Covered Eddie Cochran's 'Summertime Blues'
• I Performed on American Bandstand [A-D]
• Look at Me, I Got My Hands on My Hips
• Power Trios
• Profiles 19251-19500 (Ranked: 19256)
• Psychedelic Rockers
• Red, White and Blue
• Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time (Ranked: 73)
• Spin's 40 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time [Performers] (Ranked: 22)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 12 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 200 Votes: 65.00% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 110 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 87 Votes: 51.72% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 31 Votes: 67.74% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 77 Votes: 75.32% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 16 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 15 Votes: 73.33% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 28 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 25 Votes: 44.00% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 24 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 66 Votes: 69.70% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 72 Votes: 52.78% Annoying