| 1979-1998
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|
9th
May, 1979 Born in California, raised in Michigan.
Andrew W.K. began taking classical piano lessons at age four.
Encouraged by his parents, he continued to play piano and eventually
took up the drums in his teens, playing in numerous Detroit
punk and metal bands, including the Pterodactyls.
At 17, he began recording solo material and moved to New York
City a year later. |
| 1999 |
|
Andrew
W.K. plays dozens of shows up and down the East Coast, equipped
only with a CD player, keyboard and microphone. |
| 2000 |
|
His
friends passes his demos on to various labels, including Bulb,
who releases W.K.'s debut EP Girls Own Juice in early 2000 and
that fall's Party Til You Puke EP. |
| 2001
|
|
More
one-man shows follows, including two support slots for Foo Fighters
and a Belgian arts festival, before he returns to New York to
focus on forming a band.
The members are; Guitarist Jimmy Coup, formerly of Minnesota's
Coup de Grace; drummer Donald "D.T." Tardy, late of Obituary;
bassist Gregg R.; and guitarists E. Payne and Sergeant Frank.
The crew moves to Florida, and Andrew W.K. signs to Island Records.
His debut album, I Get Wet, is truly a country-wide effort--it
is recorded in Michigan, Los Angeles, New York City, Colorado,
Minnesota and Florida in 2001.
Mercury UK releases the "Party Hard" single in October, which
enters the British charts at #14 as Andrew W.K. plays a series
of sold-out shows and appears on the covers of both NME--twice--and
Kerrang. |
|
2002
|
| JANUARY&FEBRUARY |
At
the start of 2002, Andrew W.K. returns to the UK and tour the
European continent.
28th February, I Get Wet is released in Japan. |
| MARCH |
Andrew
W.K. comes to Japan for promotion of the debut album. He appears
on many TV and radio programs.
26th March, I Get Wet is released in the U.S.
Andrew W.K. starts US tour. |
| April |
He
performs on "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE" |
| May |
Japan tour as follows;
5/13 Club Quattro in NAGOYA
5/14 Club Quattro in OSAKA
5/15 Club Quattro in TOKYO
5/16 Club Quattro in TOKYO
He tours Australis & New Zealand and appears on the Festimad
Festival in Spain, and back to US tour.
|
| JUNE |
He
tours UK and European continent.
26th, he performs at RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS show in LONDON.
He appears on the Himos Festival in Finland, the Roskilde Festival
in Denmark. |
| JULY |
He
plays at OZZFEST and VANS WARPED TOUR. |
| AUGUST |
He
plays at many summer festival;
8/17 the Summer Sonic Festival in TOKYO
8/18 the summer Sonic Festival in OSAKA
8/20 the Llha Do Emai Festival in Portugal
8/23 the Puckelpop Festival in Belgium
8/24 the Reading Festival in Reading
8/25 the Leeds Festival in Leeds |
SEPTEMBER
|
He
tours US and CANADA. |
| DECEMBER |
He
tours with Aerosmith as the opening act. |
| 2003 |
| JANUARY |
ANDREW
W.K. starts working on new album. |
| MARCH |
Japan
tour;
3/18 Akasaka Blitz in TOKYO
3/19 Akasaka Blitz in TOKYO
3/21 BigCat in OSAKA
3/22 Diamond Hall in NAGOYA |
| APRIL |
He
appears on the Skate & Surf Festival. |
| JUNE |
He
tours on the Vans Warped Tour '03 |
| JULY |
In
15th, tne new sigle "Tear It Up" is released in US. |
| AUGUST |
He
starts headliners tour in US.
In 27th, the new album "The Wolf" is released in Japan. |
| SEPTEMBER |
In
9th, "The Wolf" is released in US.
He comes to Japan for promotion of the new album, and completes
the 24 hours signning marathon. |
| OCTOBER |
He
tours UK & European continent, and back to US tour which
continues to by Novemver. |
| NOVEMBER |
The Guitarlist, Jimmy Coup is back to his own band "the
coup de grace" from Andrew W.K.
Andrew W.K. breaks his foot on stage, but he continues the tour
on a wheelchair. |
| DECEMBER |
Japan
tour;
12/9 Zepp in SENDAI
12/10 Zepp in SAPPORO
12/12 Zepp in TOKYO
12/13 Zepp in TOKYO
12/15 Diamond Hall in NAGOYA
12/16 Zepp in OSAKA
12/17 Zepp in FUKUOKA
Kendoll becomes an official guitarlist. |
| 2004 |
| JANUARY |
He performs at the Warped Tour in Japan.
in 16th, he is in car accident;
He dives head on into two cars. It occures at filiming of
his new TV program. No one in or near the accident was injured,
and Andrew W.K. himself is also unharmed.
|
| FEBRUARY |
He
tours US & CANADA.
In 19th, he plays at Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor, his home
town. |
| MARCH |
In
20th, he hosts the "Take Action Tour Party" at Emo's in Austin,
Texas. |
| APRIL |
In
16th, he performs at the Skate & Surf festival at ASBURY
PARK, NJ.
He starts the tour "NEVER ENDING SPRING BREAK PARTY TOUR"
from 17th APRIL to 5th JUNE. |
| MAY |
His
TV show "YOUR FRIEND" starts SATURDAY, MAY 22nd at
9pm on MTV2.
The Guitarist, Erik Payne leaves the band.
John Sutton, guitarist of Pain Principle, is welcomed as a new
guitarist. |
| JUNE |
AWK
hosts the Eidos Backyard Wrestling 2 Party in San Francisco
on June 15th. |
| JULY |
AWK plays;
JULY 9 at Kelowna B.C., Canada. On Aquastage, waterfront park
at THE WAKE FEST 2004.
JULY 18 at Fulong Beach, Taiwan, at "The Ho Hai Yan Festival
Taiwan"
JULY 24 - Elizabeth, NJ at "Hellfest"
Erik is back to the band from the WAKEFEST in CANADA, 9th
JULY.
|
| AUGUST |
AWK
plays;
AUGUST 7 at Wasaga Provincial Park, Wasaga, ON, Canada, at another
one of "The Wakefest" concerts.
AUGUST 20th at Warped Tour 10th Anniversary blow-out in Boston,
at Foxboro Stadium. |
| SEPTEMBER |
In
10th-17th, AWK tours with TO LIVE AND SHAVE IN L.A. as a drummer. |
| OCTOBER |
AWK
performs at "Be Well: Ramones Beat on Cancer", a benefit concert,
in 8th October.
AWK with The Fear Factory at Roseland, NY, in 18th. AWK sing
their song "Edgecrusher".
AWK in the CD "Take Action Vol.4". |
| NOVEMBER |
AWK
in the DVD "Punk Rock Holocaust".
AWK in the Game "Backyard Wrestling 2".
Official Site is hacked from 24th to 30th. |
| DECEMBER |
AWK
appears at WSOU's (Not So) Silent Night in 17th. |
| 2005 |
| JANUARY |
AWK
at the event "Noise Against Fascism" as a Drummer
for To Live And Shave In L.A. in 20th. |
| FEBRUARY |
AWK
Live at American University in 18th. |
| MARCH |
AWK
Live at Duquesne University in 12th.
AWK participates in The GRAMMY Foundation's 2005 Forum on Music
and Entertainment Law in 15th. |
| APRIL |
AWK
Live at Lankford Mall in 15th.
AWK Live at Rutgers University in 23rd. |
| MAY |
AWK
Live at Colonial Club Lawn in 1st. |
