History Music / AndrewWK

Andrew Fetterly Wilkes-Krier (born May 9, 1979), better known as Andrew W.K., is an American rock vocalist, classically-trained pianist, songwriter, motivational speaker, television personality[[note]]Hosted the Creator/CartoonNetwork show ''Destroy Build Destroy'' and the short-live Creator/{{MTV}} show ''Your Friend, Andrew W.K.''[[/note]] and self-proclaimed "professional partier". It is very likely that he is ''the'' biggest CloudCuckoolander in rock.

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* BadassBaritone: When he's actually singing, rather than screaming.

Andrew's most recognizable release to this day is his debut album ''I Get Wet'', which contains his most popular song ("Party Hard") and boasts famous (and controversial)[[note]]due to claims of advocating either violence or drug abuse[[/note]] [[https://genius.com/album_cover_arts/8829 cover art]] depicting him with a profusely bleeding nose. (The blood was a mix of real blood Andrew produced from smashing a piece of a cinder block into his face -- you read that correctly -- and the blood of an animal he got from a butcher.)

->''"I WANNA HAVE A PARTY!!! I WANNA HAVE A PARTY!!! \\
I WANNA HAVE A PARTY!!! I WANNA HAVE A PARTY!!! \\
YOU CAN'T KILL THE PARTY!!! YOU CAN'T KILL THE PARTY!!! \\
YOU CAN'T KILL THE PARTY, LONG LIVE THE PARTY!!!"''

Andrew Fetterly Wilkes-Krier (born May 9, 1979), better known as Andrew WK, is an American rock vocalist, classically-trained pianist, songwriter, motivational speaker, television personality[[note]]Hosted the Creator/CartoonNetwork show ''Destroy Build Destroy'' and the short-live Creator/{{MTV}} show ''Your Friend, Andrew W.K.''[[/note]] and self-proclaimed "professional partier".

Over a long and varied career, Andrew is most famous for his boisterous approach to rock music, characterized by shouted, chanted vocals, multi-layered guitars, huge pop hooks and keyboard flourishes. His sound was mostly a poppy metal sound of pure adrenaline, but, starting with his second album, he tried some experimentation, most notably ''55 Cadillac,'' an album made up of piano instrumentals. Andrew tours with his signature sound both with a full band (with up to three guitar players) and with a more minimal setup - himself, a keyboard programmed with songs and a backup singer. Andrew is also famous for his persona - a relentlessly optimistic, somewhat philosophical man with an insatiable desire to motivate, or "party," as he usually refers to it.

It is very likely that he is ''the'' biggest CloudCuckoolander in rock.

His most famous record to this day is his debut, ''I Get Wet,'' which has the [[https://genius.com/album_cover_arts/8829 famous cover]] of his nose bleeding profusely.[[note]]To get the blood, Andrew initially tried smashing a brick into his face - you read that correctly - although that wasn't enough blood. He than added some of the blood of an animal he got from a butcher.[[/note]] The complete discography:

In April 2015, Andrew started his own Saturday morning radio show, ''America W.K.'' on Radio/GlennBeck's The Blaze network, but it ended at the end of the same year.

You can read more about all the insane/awesome stuff Andrew has done over at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_wk That Other Wiki.]]

!IT'S TIME TO PARTY!!!

* UpToEleven: The better part of his discography. Averted in some cases in an attempt to stretch out, such as the instrumental piano album, ''55 Cadillac.''

* '''CloudCuckoolander''': There really is no one quite like him in the modern day music biz. For example, do you know how he got that broken nose on the ''I Get Wet'' cover? ''He smashed his own face against a brick''. That takes balls and a whole lot of lack of common sense.