The Resume

(1968-1977)
Members were:
David Gates (keyboardist/singer)
James Griffin (guitarist/singer)
Mike Botts (drummer)
Robb Royer (guitarist)
Larry Knitchel (guitarist)
Recorded 'If,' 'Baby I'm-a Want You,' 'Make It With You,' 'Everything I Own,' 'Mother Freedom' and 'Lost Without Your Love'

Why they might be annoying:

The lyrics to 'If' are pretty goofy: 'If a picture paints a thousand words/Then why can't I paint you?'
Their songs were almost always laid-back soft rock ballads.
They broke up in 1973 when Gates and Griffin had a dispute over songwriting duties.
They regrouped in 1976, but the reunion was short-lived.

Why they might not be annoying:

Their songs were all over the radio in the 1970s.
David Gates, the band's songwriter, also wrote the hit 'Popsicles and Icicles' for the Murmaids.
They are the most critically respected of the early 1970s soft rock artists.
David Gates now runs a ranch in California.

Credit: The Truffle

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Andy Williams Show Guests [1962-71]
• Blender Magazine's 25 Biggest Wusses ... Ever! [July 2006] (Ranked: 19)
• I Performed on American Bandstand [A-D]
• I Sing About My Instrument
• Look at My Guitar
• Midnight Special Performers [A-K]
• My Song Hit #1 on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary Songs Chart [1970s] (Ranked: 1971)
• My Song Hit #1 on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary Songs Chart [1970s] (Ranked: 1972)
• My Song Hit #1 on Billboard's US Singles Chart [1970's] (Ranked: 1970)
• Profiles 10251-10500 (Ranked: 10434)
• The Truffle's Profiles [Series 1]
• Variety Show Hosts

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 10 Votes: 30.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 15 Votes: 26.67% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 59 Votes: 45.76% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 11 Votes: 36.36% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 10 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 9 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 53 Votes: 49.06% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 134 Votes: 68.66% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 23 Votes: 43.48% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 19 Votes: 31.58% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 30 Votes: 63.33% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 45 Votes: 42.22% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 38 Votes: 52.63% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 91 Votes: 68.13% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 122 Votes: 65.57% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 174 Votes: 67.82% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 257 Votes: 61.87% Annoying