The Resume

(August 30, 1935-March 18, 2001)
Birth name is John Edmund Andrew Phillips
Member of the Mamas and the Papas
They recorded ‘California Dreamin,' ‘Monday Monday' and ‘Creeque Alley'
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1998)

Why he might be annoying:

He was married four times.
He began dating Michelle Phillips when she was just sixteen years old.
He was addicted to cocaine, heroin, amphetamines and alcohol.
He introduced his daughter Mackenzie Phillips to drugs.
He was convicted of drug trafficking in 1981.
He was given a liver transplant after years of abusing drugs and alcohol.

Why he might not be annoying:

He was a talented musician, writing all of the music for the Mamas and the Papas hits.
He and Mackenzie Phillips spoke often about the perils of drug and alcohol abuse.
He wrote the song ‘San Francisco' which became the anthem of the hippie generation.
He helped organize the Monterey Pop Festival.
He died of heart failure.

Credit: Tina

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Alcohol Contributed to My Death
• Alleged Kid Lovers
• California Rockers
• Criminals
• E!'s True Hollywood Story
• Ed Sullivan Show Guests
• Howard Stern's WWOR Show
• I Abused Amphetamines
• I Abused Cocaine
• I Abused Heroin
• I Abused LSD
• I am an Angelino [Residents of Los Angeles]
• I Attended Annapolis
• I Died in 2001 (Ranked: 65)
• I Have a New Liver
• I Married in 1972
• I Married in 1995
• I Met My Future Wife When She was Just a Kid
• I Sing About California
• I Sing About Monday
• I Sing About New York
• I'm in the Band with My Spouse
• Look at Me, I Read the News Today
• Look at Me, I'm Reading
• Mamas and the Papas
• MCA's 20th Century Master Artists
• Military Brats
• My Album Hit #1 on Billboard's US Album Chart [1960's] (Ranked: 1966)
• My Song Hit #1 on Billboard's US Singles Chart [1960's] (Ranked: 1966)
• Myra Breckinridge [1970]
• People with John or Mary in their Names
• Profiles 18251-18500 (Ranked: 18278)
• Radar Online Top 7 Worst Celebrity Parents (Ranked: 2)
• Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Members (Ranked: 1998)
• Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - 101-200 [Performers] (Ranked: 127)
• Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - 401-500 [Performers] (Ranked: 423)
• Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time - 1-100 [Performers] (Ranked: 89)
• Scarecrows [Tall Thin People]
• Tina's Profiles [Series 1]
• VH-1's Behind the Music

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 7 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 11 Votes: 27.27% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 20 Votes: 65.00% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 26 Votes: 42.31% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 26 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 29 Votes: 51.72% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 20 Votes: 45.00% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 89 Votes: 48.31% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 34 Votes: 55.88% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 28 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 48 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 56 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 223 Votes: 69.51% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 39 Votes: 58.97% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 99 Votes: 57.58% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 94 Votes: 67.02% Annoying