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Robert Wyatt

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Musician

The Resume

    (January 28, 1945- )
    Born in Bristol, England, United Kingdom
    Birth name was Robert Wyatt-Ellidge
    Drummer and singer
    Member of Soft Machine (1966-71)
    Recorded the solo albums 'The End of an Ear' (1970), 'Rock Bottom' (1974), 'Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard' (1975), 'Nothing Can Stop Us' (1982), 'Old Rottenhat' (1985), 'Dondestan' (1991), 'Shleep' (1997) and 'ComicOpera' (2007)
    Recorded the singles 'I'm a Believer' (1974) and 'Shipbuilding' (1982)
    Half-brother of actor Julian Glover

Why he might be annoying:

    Drunk at a party, he fell from a fourth-floor window, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down (June 1, 1973).
    He joined the British Communist Party.
    He recorded 'I'm A Believer' because he thought it had been written by one of his musical heroes, Neil Sedaka. (The song was actually written by Neil Diamond.)
    He estimated that he lost half an octave from his upper range thanks to a three pack a day cigarette habit.
    He described his songs as 'slightly out of tune nursery rhymes.'

Why he might not be annoying:

    He continued his music career despite being confined to a wheelchair.
    Pink Floyd raised £10,000 for his medical expenses at a pair of benefit concerts.
    He won a battle with the show Top of the Pops, which had tried to keep him from from performing in a wheelchair, claiming it was 'not suitable for family viewing.'
    'The Guardian' called him 'one of the great heroes of British counterculture.'
    'The Observer' called his voice 'a musical signature that is as recognizable and as heart-stopping as Miles Davis's muted trumpet.'

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 22 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 156 Votes: 60.26% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying