The Resume

(1962- )
Born in Columbus, Georgia
Previously known as Danny & the Memories and The Rockets
Current Members:
Frank Sampedro (February 25, 1949- ), guitar
Billy Talbot, bass guitar
Ralph Molina, drums
Notable ex-members:
Danny Whitten (May 8, 1943-November 18, 1972), guitar and vocals
Nils Lofgren (June 21, 1951- ), guitar
Jack Nitzsche (April 22, 1937-August 25, 2000), keyboards
Recorded the albums 'Crazy Horse' (1971), 'Loose' (1972), 'At Crooked Lake' (1972), 'Crazy Moon' (1978) and 'Left for Dead' (1989)
Credited on the Neil Young albums 'Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere' (1969), 'Zuma' (1975), 'Rust Never Sleeps' (1979), 'Re-ac-tor' (1981), 'Life' (1987), 'Ragged Glory' (1990), 'Sleeps with Angels' (1994), 'Broken Arrow' (1996), 'Year of the Horse' (1997) and 'Greendale' (2003)

Why they might be annoying:

They recorded three albums in two years, then recorded only two albums in the next three decades.
The band fired Whitten when drug use made him too erratic.
Young gave Whitten a plane ticket to Los Angeles and $50 bucks to get himself some help.
Instead, Whitten spent all $50 on heroin and fatally overdosed.

Why they might not be annoying:

They morphed from a doo-wop group to a progenitor of the grunge sound.
Their song 'I Don't Want to Talk About It' became a standard, covered by Rod Stewart and others.
Whitten's death inspired Young's songs 'The Needle and the Damage Done' and 'Tonight's the Night.'
Young said, 'I always wince when I hear Neil Young and Crazy Horse, because it's really Crazy Horse. I know it's Crazy Horse.'

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Animal Names
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 09]
• Grunge
• Guitar World's 10 Essential Jam Albums [April 2003] (Ranked: 9)
• I Abused Heroin
• I Died in 1972 (Ranked: 29)
• I Died of a Drug Overdose
• Look at My Album Cover
• New Musical Express' Top Albums [1991] (Ranked: 4)
• People who Have Similar Names on Am I Annoying (Ranked: 353)
• Profiles 22001-22250 (Ranked: 22153)
• Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time (Ranked: 16)
• Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - 201-300 [Performers] (Ranked: 208)
• Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - 301-400 [Performers] (Ranked: 350)
• Village Voice Pazz and Jop Critics Poll Album of the Year (Ranked: 1990)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 57 Votes: 70.18% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 8 Votes: 12.50% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 62 Votes: 51.61% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 19 Votes: 57.89% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 16 Votes: 43.75% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 39 Votes: 53.85% Annoying