The Resume

(January 4, 1960- )
Frontman for R.E.M.
Birth name is John Michael Stipe
Recorded 'Stand,' 'The Great Beyond,' 'It's the End of the World,' 'Losing My Religion,' 'Everybody Hurts,' 'Man on the Moon' and 'What's The Frequency, Kenneth?'
Produced the movies 'Velvet Goldmine,' 'Being John Malkovich' and 'Stranger Inside'
An atheist

Why he might be annoying:

His group's career was revived when Chris Elliot's TV show 'Get a Life' used 'Stand' as its theme song.
He refused to let Microsoft use 'It's the End of the World' as the theme song for the Windows 95 campaign because it was too commercialized, but he had no problem with its use in 'Independence Day.'
He angered his neighbors when he put a sign out on the side of his rented historical house that protested speed bumps (April, 2001).
Courtney Love claims that he slept with Kurt Cobain.
He has a cartoon tattoo on his right upper arm.
He is a vegetarian.
He looks like a cancer patient/AIDS patient/holocaust survivor.

Why he might not be annoying:

He is the leader of a band that has been together for more than 20 years.
His band was considered by Rolling Stone as the Best of 1988.
He supports important causes worldwide.
He is left handed.
He admitted to being gay (May, 2001).

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 12-12-12: The Concert for Sandy Relief
• About.com's Top 10 Wackiest Atlanta Celebrities (Ranked: 10)
• Adventures of Pete and Pete
• Allegedly Gay Men
• All-Star Tribute 'What's Going On'
• Artists United to Win Without War [2003]
• Blender Magazine's 22 Greatest Voices [MTV2] (Ranked: 20)
• Carnegie Hall Concerts
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [January] (Ranked: 1041960)
• Celebrities on the Cover of Rolling Stone’s 1,000th Issue [May 7, 2006]
• Chrome Domes and Cue Balls
• Diseased Initials
• Esquire's Worst Dressed Men in America [2004]
• Guest Voices on the Simpsons
• I am a Buddhist
• I am an Atheist
• I am Lactose Intolerant
• I am Left Handed - Male [Q-Z]
• I Appeared in 'Colbert Report's' 'We'll Meet Again' Farewell Medley
• I Attended University of Georgia
• I Collaborated with Thom Yorke
• I Covered a Beach Boys Song
• I Said Fuck on Mainstream TV
• I Sing About Kurt Cobain
• Jimmy Fallon Impersonations
• Known By a Middle Name
• Look at Me, I Got a Microphone
• Military Brats
• Musicians Who Act
• PeTA's Sexy Male Vegetarians of 2008
• Profiles 1501-1750 (Ranked: 1624)
• Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Musical Stars of the 20th Century (Ranked: 10)
• R.E.M.
• R.E.M. References
• Rock the Vote - Spokespeople
• Rolling Stone’s 200 Greatest Singers of All Time [101-200] (Ranked: 152)
• Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Songwriters (Ranked: 85)
• Rolling Stone's 50 Greatest Portraits
• Space Ghost, Coast to Coast
• Stuff Magazine's Fugliest Rock Stars
• United Against Hate
• USA Today Pop Candy's 100 People of the Year [2001] (Ranked: 21)
• Weird Al Yankovic Parodied My Song
• Weird Al Yankovic's Fake Interviews
• Weird Al's Polka

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 20 Votes: 55.00% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 12 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 30 Votes: 43.33% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 79 Votes: 43.04% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 103 Votes: 46.60% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 17 Votes: 47.06% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 73 Votes: 57.53% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 26 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 71 Votes: 50.70% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 87 Votes: 49.43% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 152 Votes: 48.68% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 60 Votes: 51.67% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 173 Votes: 47.98% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 285 Votes: 46.32% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 89 Votes: 40.45% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 101 Votes: 37.62% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 216 Votes: 43.98% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 390 Votes: 42.82% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 905 Votes: 48.95% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 1513 Votes: 41.90% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 1047 Votes: 62.46% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 2557 Votes: 52.84% Annoying
In 2001, Out of 9635 Votes: 45.14% Annoying