The Resume

(January 24, 1947-September 7, 2003)
Born Warren William Zevon
Died at fifty six of cancer (from asbestos)
Recorded 'Wanted: Dead or Alive (1969),' 'Warren Zevon (1976),' 'Excitable Boy (1978),' 'Bad Luck Streak In Dancing School (1980),' 'Stand In The Fire (1981),' 'The Envoy (1982),' 'Sentimental Hygiene (1987),' 'Tranverse City (1989),' 'Mr. Bad Example (1991),' 'Learning To Flinch (1993),' 'Mutineer (1995),' 'I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (1996),' 'A Quiet Normal Life: Best of Warren Zevon (1997),' 'Life'll Kill Ya (2000),' 'My Ride's Here (2001)' and 'The Wind (2003)'
Acted in 'She's Having a Baby (1988)' and 'South of Heaven, West of Hell (2000)'
Appeared as himself in an episode of 'The Larry Sanders Show (1992)' and two episodes of 'Suddenly Susan (1996)'

Why he might be annoying:

He was a life long smoker.
He's a one-hit wonder.
He was in a horrible movie titled 'South of Heaven, West of Hell (2000)' that was directed by Dwight Yoakam.

Why he might not be annoying:

He started his music career by playing piano for the Everly Brothers.
He moved to Los Angeles on his own to start his music career.
While being a one-hit wonder, he's considered a credible one-hit wonder.
He wrote Linda Ronstadt's hit 'Poor, Poor, Pitiful Me.'
He wrote a song with 'Tuesdays With Morrie' author Mitch Albom.
An independent minor league Canadian baseball team are named the Werewolves after Warren's song 'Werewolves of London.' Their mascot is named Warren Z. Von.
After being diagnosed with cancer, he was given a few months to live but managed to fight it to stay alive for over a year and record a good-bye album.
Before dying, he performed Bob Dylan's 'Knockin' On Heaven's Door' on the Dave Letterman show.

Credit: His Name is Robert

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Blender Magazine's 50 Most Awesomely Dead Rock Stars [March 2006] (Ranked: 44)
• Blender Magazine's Top 50 Greatest CDs of 2003 [Performers] (Ranked: 28)
• Brothers and Sisters, I Have None
• California Rockers
• Country Music Stars
• Country Rockers
• Fridays' Musical Guest
• Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk Album (Ranked: 2004)
• Grammy for Best Rock Group (Ranked: 2004)
• Hartford Courant's Top 10 Songs for Halloween - Eric Danton [2009] (Ranked: 8)
• His Name is Robert's Profiles [Series 1]
• I am from Chicago
• I Covered 'Poor Poor Pitiful Me'
• I Died in 2003 (Ranked: 56)
• I Have Lung Cancer
• I Have Mesothelioma
• I Have OCD [Obsessive Compulsive Disorder]
• I Sing About Denver
• I Sing About Los Angeles
• Linda Ronstadt Covered My Song
• Linda Ronstadt Sang on My Album
• Metacritic's 30 Best Reviewed Albums [2003] (Ranked: 21)
• My Song is Featured on Rock Band 3
• My Song is on Rhino's 'Have a Nice Decade: The 70's Pop Culture Box'
• New Musical Express' Top Albums [1987] (Ranked: 52)
• Profiles 9001-9250 (Ranked: 9182)
• She's Having a Baby - End Credit Cameos [1988]
• They Might Be Giants References
• Uncut's Top 10 Albums [2003] (Ranked: 1)
• USA Today Pop Candy's 100 People of the Year [2002] (Ranked: 8)
• USA Today Pop Candy's 100 People of the Year [2003] (Ranked: 53)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 10 Votes: 10.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 82 Votes: 43.90% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 48 Votes: 45.83% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 8 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 14 Votes: 21.43% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 75 Votes: 49.33% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 13 Votes: 23.08% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 60 Votes: 38.33% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 116 Votes: 51.72% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 47 Votes: 42.55% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 53 Votes: 47.17% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 53 Votes: 39.62% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 111 Votes: 45.95% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 377 Votes: 57.29% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 516 Votes: 56.01% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 531 Votes: 45.39% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 915 Votes: 45.79% Annoying