The Resume

(February 22, 1950-March 14, 2020)
Born in Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Birth name was Neil Andrew Megson
Musician/singer/songwriter/performance artist/artist
Member of the bands Throbbing Gristle (1975-81) and Psychic TV (1982-2009)
Recorded the solo albums 'Je T'Aime' (1985), 'At Stockholm' (1995), 'A Perfect Plan' (1999), 'Direction Ov Travel' (2002), 'Wordship' (2003) and 'When I Was Young' (2004)

Why he might be annoying:

He dropped out of college to join a commune.
He abused Ecstasy.
He has thirteen penis piercings.
He refers to himself in the plural.
He and partner Jacqueline 'Lady Jayne' Breyer spent $200,000 on plastic surgery to try to look like identical, androgynous beings.
New York magazine's assessment of the result: 'He looks like a funhouse version of Courtney Love.'

Why he might not be annoying:

He is a pioneer of industrial music.
He suffered a broken wrist and elbow, broken ribs and a pulmonary embolism while escaping a fire at Rick Rubin's house by crawling out a sencond-floor window (1995).
Nicolas Zinner of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs said, 'Gen is a true living legend.'
The Tate Gallery in London acquired forty years of his art and writing.
After a long battle with stomach cancer, Lady Jayne died in his arms (October 9, 2007).

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 34]
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [February] (Ranked: 2221950)
• College Drop Outs
• Courtney Love Look-alikes
• Hyphenated Names
• I Abused Ecstasy/MDMA
• I am Addicted to Plastic Surgery
• I am from Manchester
• I Died in 2020 (Ranked: 70)
• I Had Breast Enhancement [Some Alleged]
• I Lived on a Commune
• I Married in 1982
• Industrial Rockers
• Men Who Should Have Been Women
• Piercings [L-Z]
• Profiles 30751-31000 (Ranked: 30817)
• Shares Washington's Birthday [February 22nd] (Ranked: 1950)
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20200314)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 12 Votes: 91.67% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 302 Votes: 42.05% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 8 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 145 Votes: 52.41% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 26 Votes: 57.69% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 21 Votes: 52.38% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 7 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 18 Votes: 72.22% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 30 Votes: 70.0% Annoying