- Bolton-born singer/songwriter (stagename: Badly Drawn Boy) recognised for his trademark tea cosy hats. Damon Gough's chance encounter with DJ Andy Votel in Manchester's Generation X bar brought about a meeting of minds that would launch independent record label Twisted Nerve (named after the Bryan Forbes film) and the release of well-received Badly Drawn Boy EPs in the late 1990s. 2000 saw Gough's debut album "The Hour of Bewilderbeast" win the coveted Mercury Music Prize and, within a year, he had recorded the soundtrack to Hugh Grant vehicle "About A Boy". After a spell signed to XL Recordings, Gough signed to EMI. Other albums include "Have You Fed The Fish?", "One Plus One Is One", "Born In The U.K", "Is There Nothing We Could Do?", It's What I'm Thinking Pt. 1 - Photographing Snowflakes", and "Being Flynn".
- IMDb mini biography by: sunlollyseller
- Wooly hat
- Two children: Edith and Oscar.
- Founded Twisted Nerve Records with partner Andy Votel, who released the album 'Styles of the Unexpected' in April 2001. They met in a Manchester nightclub.
- His album 'The Hour of Bewilderbeast' was one of the most critically acclaimed albums of 2000, and his latest release, the soundtrack to the movie 'About a Boy,' has been equally lauded, enthusiastically embraced by both critics and the public. He's currently (June 2002) in a Los Angeles studio working on his "official" follow-up to 'Bewilderbeast,' due later this year.
- He is a big Bruce Springsteen fan and chose him as his specialist subject for his appearance on Mastermind (1972).
- Has a sister, Gemma.
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