Badly Drawn Boy

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Badly Drawn Boy
Background information
Birth name	Damon Michael Gough
Born	(1969-10-02) 2 October 1969 (age 55) Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England
Origin	Bolton, Greater Manchester, England
Genres	Indie rock, indie folk, lo-fi
Occupation	Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)	Guitar, vocals, bass, drums, percussion, banjo, piano, keyboards, harmonica
Years active	1995–present
Labels	Twisted Nerve Records XL Recordings (1998–2004) EMI (2006–2008) BDB Records/One Last Fruit (2009–present)
Website	badlydrawnboy.co.uk

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 some business cards, each one unique, with a printed picture of a drawing by his nephew and a small collage by Gough.

A chance meeting with Andy Votel at the Generation X bar in Manchester, where Gough's friends Scott Abraham and Damon Hayhurst were contributing to an exhibition by the Space Monkey Clothing Company and Votel was DJing, led to the foundation of Twisted Nerve Records.

In 2002, Q magazine named Badly Drawn Boy in their list of the "50 Bands to See Before You Die", although this was as part of a sub-list of "5 Bands That Could Go Either Way" on account of Gough's tendency to talk and tell stories for extended periods in concert rather than play songs.