The Resume

(January 22, 1960-November 22, 1997)
Frontman for INXS
Recorded with INXS 'One Thing,' 'Original Sin,' 'What You Need,' 'Listen Like Thieves,' 'Shine Like It Does,' 'Need You Tonight,' 'Devil Inside,' 'New Sensation,' 'Never Tear Us Apart,' 'Suicide Blonde,' 'Disappear,' 'Stairs,' 'Heaven Sent,' 'Beautiful Girl,' 'Strangest Party (These Are the Times),' 'Deliver Me' and 'Elegantly Wasted'

Why he might be annoying:

He was compared physically to Jim Morrison.
He smoked.
He abused alcohol and drugs.
He suffered from depression.
He was involved in a bitter child custody fight with girlfriend Paula Yates and Bob Geldof.
He and Yates named their daughter Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily.
At thirty-seven, he hanged to death in the bathroom of his hotel room (November 22, 1997).
Toxicology found alcohol, cocaine, Prozac and other prescription drugs in his bloodstream.
His death may have resulted as an act of auto eroticism.

Why he might not be annoying:

He was a Boy Scout.
He was a champion swimmer.
He released multi-platinum 'Kick' late in 1987.
He dated supermodel Helena Christensen and vocalist Kylie Minogue.
He lived fast and died young.
His solo debut was posthumously (1999).
His father maintains his memorial website.
Research:Tim Howard

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 20 to 1's Celebrity Dangerous Liaisons (Ranked: 20)
• Blender Magazine's 25 Worst Rock-Star Actors of All Time [January/February 2005] (Ranked: 13)
• Blender Magazine's 50 Hottest Rock & Roll Couples of All Time [November 2003] (Ranked: 46)
• Blender Magazine's 50 Most Awesomely Dead Rock Stars [March 2006] (Ranked: 24)
• Company Magazine's 100 Sexiest Men [2000] (Ranked: 36)
• Company Magazine's 100 Sexiest Men of the Century [1999] (Ranked: 36)
• E!'s 101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment [2003] (Ranked: 52)
• E!'s True Hollywood Story
• I Come from Oz
• I Committed Suicide
• I Died From Auto-Erotic Asphyxiation [Some Disputed]
• I Died in 1997 (Ranked: 37)
• I Died in a Hotel Room (Ranked: 37)
• I Fathered Children Out of Wedlock
• I Gave My Kid a Ridiculous Name
• I Performed at Live Aid [July 13, 1985]
• I Record Music That Sounds Kinda Gay
• Look at Me, I Got a Microphone
• Look at Me, I'm a Man in Shades
• Melody Maker's Top 20 Rock Hellraisers (Ranked: 11)
• Oasis Doesn't Like Me
• Playgirl Magazine's 10 Sexiest Rock Stars [1988]
• Playgirl Magazine's 10 Sexiest Rock Stars [1993]
• Profiles 4251-4500 (Ranked: 4269)
• Swimmers
• UK Channel 4's 100 Greatest Sex Symbols [2007] (Ranked: 83)
• VH-1's 100 Greatest Shocking Moments in Rock 'n Roll (Ranked: 65)
• VH-1's 100 Greatest Videos (Ranked: 88)
• VH-1's 100 Sexiest Artists (Ranked: 35)
• VH-1's Behind the Music
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 19971122)
• Weird Al's Polka

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 18 Votes: 88.89% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 66 Votes: 59.09% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 14 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 24 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 10 Votes: 90.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 11 Votes: 81.82% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 73 Votes: 58.90% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 60 Votes: 41.67% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 52 Votes: 40.38% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 63 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 77 Votes: 49.35% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 52 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 90 Votes: 63.33% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 186 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 150 Votes: 57.33% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 271 Votes: 54.98% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 370 Votes: 54.86% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 644 Votes: 64.13% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 1118 Votes: 65.92% Annoying