The Resume

(1968-1978)
Formed in Germany
Members included:
Irmin Schmidt (keyboardist)
Michael Karoli (guitarist)
Hoger Czukay (bassist)
Jaki Liebezeit (drummer)
Malcolm Mooney (singer, 1968-1970)
Damo Suzuki (singer, 1970-1973)
Recorded 'Monster Movie,' 'Tago Mago,' 'Ege Bamyasi,' 'Future Days,' and 'Soon Over Babaluma'

Why they might be annoying:

Three members--Czukay, Schmidt, and Liebezeit--were in their thirties when they formed the band.
Malcolm Mooney had a nervous breakdown and left after their first record.
They were smokers (pot and cigarettes).
Damo Suzuki left the band to become a Jehovah's Witness.

Why they might not be annoying:

Schmidt and Czukay were students of the composer Karlheinz Stockhausen.
They hired Suzuki when they found him singing on the streets.
They included elements of rock, avante-garde, R&B, jazz, and classical.
They experimented with different recording and tape editing techniques.
The English group The Fall recorded a song called 'I am Damo Suzuki.'
They are admired by punks, post-punks, and electronica artists.
They have continued to work together after the group's breakup.
Michael Karoli died of cancer in 2001.

Credit: The Truffle

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• I Sing About Soup
• New Musical Express' Top Albums [1974] (Ranked: 11)
• New Musical Express' Top Albums [1974] (Ranked: 41)
• New Musical Express' Top Albums [1974] (Ranked: 52)
• New Musical Express' Top Tracks [1976] (Ranked: 17)
• Pitchfork Media's Top 100 Albums of the 1970's (Ranked: 19)
• Pitchfork Media's Top 100 Albums of the 1970's (Ranked: 29)
• Pitchfork Media's Top 100 Albums of the 1970's (Ranked: 56)
• Profiles 12751-13000 (Ranked: 12886)
• Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - 401-500 [2020] (Ranked: 454)
• The Truffle's Profiles [Series 2]

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 35 Votes: 5.71% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 9 Votes: 77.78% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 7 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 20 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 24 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 27 Votes: 74.07% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 69 Votes: 71.01% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 111 Votes: 74.77% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 223 Votes: 65.02% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 41 Votes: 51.22% Annoying