Andrew WK

This guy is the fucking sweetest and I love him forever, even if he is now pretending to be eastern European pedo boy porn.

Those picks have to be pre-2001. He's at least 30 now, right?

pics, even.

Has anyone seen that Steev Mike/AWK got replaced conspiracy shit? The sites are bonkers.

Andrew WK is emo about emo

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Man, this motherfucker is cool. He lets people be people and doesn't say bad shit about anyone. I try to be like that, but I draw the line at furries.

lolz kids show

What's the story with this mixtape he's released?! The eMusic previews aren't working on my computer right now, unfortunately.

http://images.emusic.com/music/images/album/281/114/523/11452310/300x300.jpg

Here's the link to it on eMusic, incidentally...

I love Andrew WK. He's like a good version of Journey.

oh you

Girls Own Juice EP
first album whatever it's called
The Wolf
Close Calls With Brick Walls

all really badass (especially the last one)

When something’s covered
Does it just go away?
Or does it just hover
Behind the veil of today?

And she said, “You don’t…”
“You don’t have any houses.”
And he said, “No, you don’t…”
“You don’t have any home”

oh you

It's hard to listen to the first two songs off "the Wolf" without feeling like you need to run a fucking marathon or something.

(in a good way)

Um, he's releasing a solo album of improvisational piano (a la Keith Jarrett) called 55 Cadillac. He says: "I want the listens to feel like they're in the car with me, and I'm playing piano-- just for them-- inside the car, together. That feeling is '55 Cadillac.'" Bizarre.

http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=280473611&blogId=492679536

listens --> listeners

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i264/GYtrfe23453bhgvf/55Cad_VinylOrder.jpg

lol at pic of him hanging out the window. haven't heard of much of this guy's music, but i've always kinda liked him. seems like a cool oddball sort of dude. i mean, going from jamming with wolf eyes to hosting a kids show is an interesting career arc.

that video is rather Lynchian.

His music is fucking great if you're depressed. It will totally kill any sadness on contact. Seriously.

from metafilter

When I was 14, Andrew, myself and two other friends started a band called "Lab Lob Otomy." To Andrew, we were a 'noise' band, gleefully deconstructing and defying everyone else's notions of what was and wasn't music. I think to the rest of the band we were just making as much noise as possible in lieu of actually knowing how to play our instruments. Even then, Andrew was prodigiously talented as a multi-instrumentalist (he played drums in the band, but he was an incredible pianist.)

On top of Lab Lob Otomy, the members collaborated on a bunch of one-off projects, but it became clear around the time Lab Lob Otomy dissolved (around my16th birthday) that we really just couldn't keep up. Andrew was something of a musical perfectionist, and we were just not disciplined or talented enough performers to stay toe to toe with him. I think that says a lot as to why he continued to perform largely solo after that.

As a person he's a very good guy, and even though I initially thought his whole sincerity kick was an Andy Kaufmann-esque pose, I came to realize that he knows it's a joke but he still means it.

I still see him sometimes. I went to his wedding a few months ago. He's good people, and he's managed to carve out an amazing little niche for himself that few performers get, where he can (and does) try just about everything. More power to him.

split 7" coming out on mint/nardwaur june 23rd with the evaporators and andrew wk.

Holy shit; that "55 Cadillac" thing is KILLING me, from album concept to cover. He wants me to feel like he's in the CAR PLAYING PIANO JUST FOR ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i think the best thing to say about him is that he seems to do whatever he wants all the time despite how weird or uncool it is, some of it is just interesting, some of it is really great, and i've not really heard a bad word said about him as a person/person to work with.

that video is rather Lynchian

He put out a tour doc called "Who Knows?" that is pretty amazing, and leans heavily on this kind of old school video editing with psychedelic audio effects and David Lynch tone. The intro is hilarious, he's talking about World War II and all this conceptual & historical stuff while an orchestra slowly builds up in the background while still images of his rocking out (and occasionally making admittedly silly rock faces) slowly zoom in. At one point a stream of light emits from his mouth that fills the screen.

Lots of awesome performances on this, including footage from when he was touring The Wolf in Japan, had a crippling accident, and finished the rest of the tour IN HIS WHEELCHAIR. Inspiring stuff.

In between all the songs are lots of Lynchian spookiness, eerie drones and sound collages while Andrew (or an imposter?) just glowers at the camera silently or contorts his body across the floor. These parts are really freaky and adds to the weird mystique about his act. Once you see this video it's no longer 'Is he really a 24/7 movitational partier?' but 'is he really a performance art schooler who ended up with a pop record deal?'

Yeah, actually I have that video, and it really is a perversely funny performance art thing that completely defies your expectations. Just like the whole Steev Mike thing that was going on for 2+ years. If you don't know what I'm talking about... honestly, I have no way of explaining the twists and turns of that dramatic rollercoaster ride.

I saw Andrew WK performing last night. Un-friggin-believable. I love this guy. "This is not a concert, this is a party", beer and beercans flying around, enormous build-ups followed by everyone going ape-shit mental, half the audience onstage, lost shoes, ripped clothes, everyone covered in beer and water and some serious fun. The show ended with Andrew backed by the Evaporators with Nardwuar the Human Serviette and Wimpy Roy of the Subhumans/DOA on vocals and guitar. So much fun.

res OTM on this thread

also a W.K. concert is always a joy. I've been to two and just so much fun and everyone was so happy! Also at the second one he did a weird & creepy version of 'Blueberry Hill' on solo piano, and he and the band did a three minute version of their Kit-Kat song.

In a statement on the guitar W.K. said, “For over 8 years, I dreamed of creating a guitar made out of a slice of pizza supreme."

http://andrewwk.com/news/andrews-pizza-guitar

lol

i wish i could live this guy's life.

you can, apparently, as there appears to be no difference between being an Andrew WK impersonator and Andrew WK judging from the pizza video.

that video is awesome. goddamnit i wish i could live this guy's life.

(the dude in the video is an andrew wk impersonator)

please direct applications for becoming an andrew wk impersonator to louise harland corporation c/o steev mike

i'm serious though. the dude sounds really off. this isn't the same dude in the build/destroy show or the nardwuar interviews.

He's used them in the past but this guy looks like him a lot. Are you sure it's an impersonator? Where you get that from?

It's him.

i don't even understand why someone would do that.

maybe real andrew wk is allergic to wheat gluten

that's not an impersonator. there are rumor of impersonators, but I don't think this is one of them.

that's his voice, for sure. also, bear in mind that he's nearly 35 now, and the cover of I Get Wet was when he was 22.

1. andrew's voice is weird in this. if he's the same as TV andrew, it's as if he's doing an impression of himself.
2. the recorded voice on I Get Wet sounds way different from LIVE andrew
3. they could ALL be impersonators

http://i.imgur.com/MrHI0.png

this week's AWK shirt.

http://andrewwk.com/news/item-of-the-week

somehow AWK has been involved in this Brony horseshit

WHole time I was watching this video, it just seemed "off". I'm not convinced it's the real AWK either.

doesnt look like him

That metafilter quote upthread is totallt otm. I worked w. Andrew for about a year and a half. He was never short of the most humble, positive guy I've met. Completely filled with wonder at all the awesome things he came across.

I'm gonna float a theory here, you guys tell me if I'm off-base here... Is Andrew WK the reincarnation of Jesus Christ?

there may be 2 AWKs but I don't think there are 3+

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