The Resume

(November 15, 1974- )
Frontman for Nickelback
Recorded the albums 'Curb (1996),' 'The State (2000)' and 'Silver Side Up (2001)'
Performed and recorded the songs 'Hero' (with Josey Scott), 'Into The Night' (with Santana), 'How You Remind Me,' 'Someday,' 'Photograph,' 'Savin' Me,' 'Far Away,' 'If Everyone Cared,' 'Rockstar,' 'Gotta Be Somebody' and 'If Today Was Your Last Day'
Married Avril Lavigne (July 1, 2013)

Why he might be annoying:

He looks like a cocker spaniel.
He was voted Most Ugliest Rock Star of 2002 and was on the list of Stuff's Most Ugliest Rock Stars Part One.
He said: 'Music doesn't inspire my songs. The best kind of inspiration you could ask for is on the 6 O'Clock news.'
When he was in junior high school, he was sent to juvenial detention for breaking into the school almost a dozen times.

Why he might not be annoying:

His brother Mike is also in the band.
He taught himself guitar when he was 13.
His favorite singer is Sheryl Crow.
He is influenced by the Beatles and The Eagles.
He collaborated with Josey Scott of Saliva with the hit, 'Hero', for the 'Spider-man' soundtrack.
He appeared in Default's music video, 'Wasting My Time.'
He worked with Santana and Theory of a Deadman.
He has a lot of respect and sympathy for single mothers.

Credit: Whitestrpsrocker

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Bad Hair - Male
• Belters
• Billboard's 20 Best Love Songs by Real-Life Couples (Ranked: 14)
• Boston Phoenix's 100 Unsexiest Men in the World [April 2006] (Ranked: 6)
• Boston Phoenix's 100 Unsexiest Men in the World [April 2007] (Ranked: 63)
• Canadian Music Stars
• Celebrity Detroit Red Wing Fans
• Complex.com's 15 Unexpected Celebrity Hook-ups [2012] (Ranked: 14)
• Falsettos
• I Appeared in Nickelback's 'Rockstar' Video [2007]
• I Come from Canada
• I Married in 2013
• I Performed at the Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony [Vancouver 2012]
• I'm Dutch
• I-Tunes 100 Most Download Songs by Artist [2008] (Ranked: 67)
• Jimmy Kimmel Live's Celebrities Read Mean Tweets
• Kidz Bop Kids Covered My Song
• Men With High Voices
• MTV VMA: Best Video from a Film (Ranked: 2002)
• My Song Hit #1 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Hits Chart [2000's] (Ranked: 2002)
• My Song Hit #1 on Billboard's Modern Rock Hits Chart [2000's] (Ranked: 2002)
• Now That's What I Call Music Artists [US Series]
• Playboy Interview Subjects [2000s] (Ranked: 2008)
• Profiles 8001-8250 (Ranked: 8180)
• Rag Mop Hair
• Red Rocks Autograph Tunnel Signers [Denver, Colorado]
• Redheads - Male
• Scarecrows [Tall Thin People]
• Stuff Magazine's Fugliest Rock Stars
• VH-1's I Love the 80's Commentators
• Vocalists Who Look Pained When they Sing
• Whitestrprocker's Profiles [Series 1]

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 29 Votes: 96.55% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 15 Votes: 86.67% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 11 Votes: 36.36% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 372 Votes: 52.15% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 153 Votes: 52.29% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 1694 Votes: 44.81% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 29 Votes: 62.07% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 473 Votes: 42.28% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 105 Votes: 67.62% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 69 Votes: 81.16% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 60 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 144 Votes: 61.81% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 510 Votes: 69.80% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 303 Votes: 75.58% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 137 Votes: 76.64% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 209 Votes: 74.16% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 385 Votes: 69.61% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 496 Votes: 60.28% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 520 Votes: 66.92% Annoying