Neil Hannon (born November 7, 1970http://divineguitar.co.uk/biography.php) is a singer and songwriter, best known as the creator and lead member of the orchestral pop group The Divine Comedy. The band's official website even goes so far as to say, "The Divine Comedy is Neil Hannon," and Hannon is quoted in an interviewhttp://www.musicomh.com/interviews/neil-hannon.htm as saying, "The Divine Comedy will always be my band because... I thought of it first!"