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Badly Drawn Boy

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The Resume

    (October 2, 1969- )
    Born in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
    Birth name was Damon Michael Gough
    Recorded the albums 'The Hour of Bewilderbeast' (2000), 'About a Boy' (2002), 'Have You Fed the Fish?' (2002), 'One Plus One Is One' (2004), 'Born in the U.K.' (2006), 'Is There Nothing We Could Do?' (2009), 'It's What I'm Thinking Pt. 1 -- Photographing Snowflakes' (2010), and 'Banana Skin Shoes' (2020)

Why he might be annoying:

    To hide his receding hairline, he wears a knit cap that bears a strong resemblance to a tea cozy.
    He had to re-record the song 'Magic in the Air' to remove lyrics interpolated from Taja Sevelle's 'Love Is Contagious' after Sevelle's publishing company objected.
    He admits his live shows can be 'shambolic,' featuring long stretches of him talking rather than singing, songs starting and stopping, and forgotten lyrics.
    He has had several onstage meltdowns, such as a festival in Northampton that ended with him throwing a tambourine at a woman in the audience.
    He did not make music for most of the 2010s due to a combination of drinking and depression.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He is a multi-instrumentalist, playing guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, banjo, and harmonica.
    He won the Mercury Prize for British album of the year (2000).
    He donated his earnings from the 'Born in the U.K.' tour to the charity Oxfam.
    He named Bruce Springsteen his musical hero, and chose Springsteen as his specialist subject when he appeared on a celebrity edition of Mastermind (2015).
    He quit drinking alcohol (2015).
    He said, 'The bad gigs always get the press, rather than all the amazing gigs I've done, but that's just the way the world is.'

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 84 Votes: 45.24% Annoying