Damon Gough (stage name Badly Drawn Boy), is a Mercury Prize-winning rock and roll singer/songwriter. He was born 2 October 1969, in Dunstable, Bedfordshire.
He grew up in the Breightmet area of Bolton, Lancashire, England. Following the success of his early EPs, Gough's debut album, The Hour of Bewilderbeast, was released in June 2000, accompanied by four singles (including a re-release of Once Around the Block).The album was critically acclaimed and Badly Drawn Boy was successful in winning the 2000 Mercury Music Prize, beating his contemporaries Doves to the £20,000 prize. The album sold well (300,000 copies) and is widely considered to be his defining work. After a short break, Damon returned to score the film adaptation of Nick Hornby's novel About a Boy. Impressed by his past work, the Weitz brothers asked Gough to score the film, a task which he undertook alone. Three singles from the album were released over the course of 2002. His third album, Have You Fed the Fish?, introduced more guitars and an increasingly mainstream pop sound which was not welcomed by all critics. The album is a play on Gough's minor celebrity status and namechecks fellow musicians such as Madonna and John Lennon. Another three singles and a long American tour accompanied the album.
Badly Drawn Boy album, Born in the U.K., which aims to explain Gough’s experience of growing up in the United Kingdom. The album was promoted with a small UK tour, profits from which were donated to Oxfam, a charity which "offers the chance for thousands of people to use music to achieve something together, which is an idea that gets me excited," said Gough.
Damon has recently announced plans for an "EP or mini LP" to be released by the end of this year.
Discography
* The Hour of Bewilderbeast June 26, 2000)
* About a Boy (April 8, 2002)
* Have You Fed the Fish? (November 4, 2002)
* One Plus One Is One (June 21, 2004)
* Born in the U.K. (October 16, 2006)
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