The Resume

(1968- )
Birth name is Merrill Nisker
Recorded 'Rock Show' 'Set It Off' 'Diddle My Skittle' 'Lovertits' 'I Don't Give A...' 'Kick It' 'Shake Yer Dix' and 'Back It Up Boys'

Why she might be annoying:

Ever see the cover to her second album, Fatherfucker?
She's into cross-dressing.
She rarely shaves (anything!).
She's known by a single name.
She looks and sounds like the evil offspring of the lead singers of Placebo and Lords Of Acid.
She is not to be confused with Internet model Peachez.
Her act didn't go over well on tour with Marilyn Manson (2003).

Why she might not be annoying:

She is a lesbian icon.
She's done a television interview from a bathtub.
People have sex at her concerts like there's no tomorrow.
She got Iggy Pop to do a song with her ('Kick It').
She has extremely witty (and sexy!) lyrics.
She has an original sound.
She turned down Madonna and Britney Spears for collaborations, but did do one with Pink.
She has fans in Queens of the Stone Age and Elastica.

Credit: Captain Hair

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Annoyatorium's Least Annoying [2005] (Ranked: 5)
• AOL's 20 Women Who Rock [2007] (Ranked: 13)
• Blender Magazine's Filthiest Lyrics of All Time [October 2006] (Ranked: 3)
• Captain Hair's Profiles
• Chart Magazine's 20 Sexiest Canadian Musicians [October 2004]
• Coachella [Performers] (Ranked: 2007)
• Electroclash Artists
• Entertainers Loved by Lesbians
• Fruity Names
• I Publicly Supported Pussy Riot
• Known By a Single Name
• Lesbians
• Look at Me, I Got a Microphone
• Mean Girls [2004]
• Musicians You Should Fear
• New Musical Express' Top Albums [2003] (Ranked: 29)
• New Musical Express' Top Tracks [2000] (Ranked: 98)
• People who Have Similar Names on Am I Annoying (Ranked: 76)
• Profiles 10001-10250 (Ranked: 10223)
• Rock Chicks
• Shock Rockers
• Uncut's Top 100 Albums [2009] (Ranked: 92)
• Unknown's Least Annoying
• USA Today Pop Candy's 100 People of the Year [2003] (Ranked: 52)
• Wire's Top Albums [2006] (Ranked: 43)
• Women who Dress like Whores

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 13 Votes: 76.92% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 25 Votes: 56.00% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 27 Votes: 59.26% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 57 Votes: 77.19% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 26 Votes: 80.77% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 57 Votes: 68.42% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 164 Votes: 70.73% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 45 Votes: 57.78% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 102 Votes: 68.63% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 131 Votes: 69.47% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 256 Votes: 62.89% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 369 Votes: 69.11% Annoying