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Kristin Hersh

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Musician

The Resume

    (August 7, 1966- )
    Front woman for Throwing Muses
    Recorded 'Bright Yellow Gun (with Throwing Muses)' 'White Trash Moon,' 'Fog,' 'Listerine' and 'Rabbits Dying'

Why she might be annoying:

    When Critic (New Zealand student newspaper) asked her about coping with family life, she said: 'I think about maybe not doing it anymore, about giving the children to people who could take better care of them, but in the end I'm mother that the kids want so they take the bitter with the sweet.'
    She hates doing fashion shoots.
    She was diagnosed with bi-polar schizophrenia.
    She trashes her old band, Throwing Muses, in the song 'Listerine.'
    She trashed her current husband (and manager) in several songs, causing him to break down in tears.
    The court branded her an 'unfit mother' and took away her custody of her oldest child when he was three.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She refuses to change her independent music style to pop.
    She has a unique melodic voice.
    She plays all the instruments on her album 'Sunny Border Blue.'
    She truly loved her band, Throwing Muses, and the breakup hurt her.
    Her stepsister and former bandmate is Tanya Donelly.
    She and Donelly were best friends before her mother married Donelly's father.
    She has a talent for telling stories.
    She had to spend eight years in a psychiatric hospital.
    She suffered from seizures and hallucinations.

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 23 Votes: 39.13% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 15 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 51 Votes: 80.39% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 15 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 26 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 40 Votes: 42.50% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 50 Votes: 48.00% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 61 Votes: 67.21% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 122 Votes: 72.13% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 211 Votes: 65.88% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 322 Votes: 54.66% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 631 Votes: 68.62% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 734 Votes: 47.82% Annoying