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  1. Damon Michael Gough (born 2 October 1969), known by the stage name Badly Drawn Boy, is an English indie singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Gough chose his stage name from a character in the show Sam and the Magic Ball, which he saw on TV at a party in Trafford, Greater Manchester, in 1995. Before he thought of using this name he made ...

  2. Jun 26, 2020 · In 2016, when he was 18 years old, the Canadian pop star Shawn Mendes shared some thoughts about his personal evolution since parlaying viral fame on the video app Vine into a successful ...

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  3. The Hour of Bewilderbeast is the debut studio album by British musician Badly Drawn Boy, released on 26 June 2000. Damon Gough, who performs as Badly Drawn Boy, wrote, produced, and played several instruments on the album's eighteen tracks, several of which also feature accompaniment by members of the British indie rock bands Alfie and Doves .

  4. Badly Drawn Boy rose in popularity in 1997 when he joined the likes of Thom Yorke, Richard Ashcroft, and Mike D on the celebrity-filled UNKLE album Psyence Fiction. Due to the mild UK chart success of the 1999 single "Once Around the Block", XL Recordings signed up Badly Drawn Boy to release the debut album The Hour of Bewilderbeast in 2000.

  5. Jun 8, 2020 · Badly Drawn Boy: heart on his album sleeve. Damon Gough has channelled what might seem like clichés – the value of therapy, giving up drinking, meeting a new partner – into an inventive, upbeat album, his first in eight years

  6. Having won the Mercury music prize in 2000 for his first album, The Hour of Bewilderbeast, he returned in 2002 with the soundtrack for the film About a Boy.

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  8. Dec 8, 2022 · Gough, who is better known as Badly Drawn Boy, released his first single, EP1, in September 1997 and shot to fame three years later when he won the Mercury Music Prize.