Who is Andrew W.K.? The BIZARRE CONSPIRACY That Will BLOW Your Mind!

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  • @rnrtruestories
    @rnrtruestories  Месяц назад +30

    What other topics should I cover?

    • @michaelguerrieri3486
      @michaelguerrieri3486 Месяц назад +3

      Did Grace Slick resent her band for being to mainstream.?

    • @pawlpoche8736
      @pawlpoche8736 Месяц назад +3

      Dwayne almonds strange death

    • @DC-lu3ii
      @DC-lu3ii Месяц назад

      ​@@pawlpoche8736 I second this.

    • @mrdeatheli
      @mrdeatheli Месяц назад

      Do a story about how Steven Tyler, Anthony Kiedis and Ted Nugent are pedophiles!

    • @ChidderPL
      @ChidderPL Месяц назад +1

      I recommend the story of the Polish band Kat. It is a legend that inspired all Polish groups (including Behemoth or Vader). And at the same time, a group that, although it still exists, will not play a concert in its native country. Because it is now hated by fans, journalists, musicians and other people in the music industry. Why? Well, it's a trip down the rabbit hole...

  • @marshall0814
    @marshall0814 Месяц назад +146

    He played Seattle & did a little post-show meet & greet. A girl I know was kinda drunk, reached in her purse & handed him her electricity bill for his autograph. Looking at it he realized she hadnt paid her bill in months. He had his road manger give her enough cash to pay it, fearing her power might be shut off.

    • @TEAMGETHELP
      @TEAMGETHELP Месяц назад +10

      Idk anything about him but I love him for that. Lmfao@her having it on her

    • @nukedukem1
      @nukedukem1 Месяц назад

      Never happened. STFU

    • @marshall0814
      @marshall0814 Месяц назад +8

      @@TEAMGETHELP yeah, I hope she doesn't read this but she was a bit of a nut case.

    • @TheBeerCityBandit
      @TheBeerCityBandit Месяц назад +1

      My GOAT. 🙏

    • @nadaduo1765
      @nadaduo1765 Месяц назад +2

      yeah right lol

  • @bpark222
    @bpark222 Месяц назад +215

    Aren’t the majority of musical acts in the pop/ rock era, at least many of the more popular artist, groomed, their image created, and their image marketed by labels and producers? The story of Andrew wk isn’t so unusual in and of itself, it’s just how extreme, how conspiratorial it became. Honestly, how much of Taylor swift or Beyoncé is real and how much of it is image and persona?

    • @knoname7778
      @knoname7778 Месяц назад +7

      Good point

    • @rocketman8476
      @rocketman8476 Месяц назад +4

      It’s a good question

    • @zehcnasmedia1016
      @zehcnasmedia1016 Месяц назад +29

      All of mainstream pop artists are industry plants, specifically after the 2000s. They all got massive teams of songwriters, producers, marketing teams, distribution, PR teams etc etc etc. The only person that SEEMS to be genuine at the mainstream level... would be Billy Ellish. Since it was just her and her brother writing and recording music in their bedroom. But even then... that's just a claim. The music industry is known for lying about these details in order give their artists more credibility and seem more relatable to the public

    • @gladheads
      @gladheads Месяц назад +11

      Tavistock has been behind the curtain of the music and "entertainment" industry in general for a long time- Tavistock is everywhere

    • @knoname7778
      @knoname7778 Месяц назад +1

      @@gladheads ehhh... where's the proof?

  • @risenfromyoutubesashesagai6302
    @risenfromyoutubesashesagai6302 Месяц назад +64

    Andrew WK track list:
    1. Lets get a party started
    2. Lets start a party
    3. Party party party
    4. Lets party
    5. Party? Lets!
    6. Pizza party
    7. Party pizza
    8. Lets have a pizza party
    9. Party with pizza
    10. Party hard
    11. Party hard with pizza
    12. Its time. For what? A party
    Secret track: P for party, P for pizza

    • @onyachamp
      @onyachamp Месяц назад +4

      You forgot T-Party

    • @jessehutchings
      @jessehutchings Месяц назад

      Pizzagate moment

    • @CantTellYou
      @CantTellYou Месяц назад +1

      @@onyachamp oh hell yea dude that’s my favorite one, he gets real deep into Tupperware parties on that jam

    • @onyachamp
      @onyachamp Месяц назад

      @@CantTellYou Not anymore.
      Tupperware just filed for bankruptcy.

    • @ultraslang
      @ultraslang Месяц назад

      You forgot the demo track "Q: PARTY? A: PARTY!"

  • @williamyates694
    @williamyates694 Месяц назад +151

    Some label rep once said, " The image of Bruce Springsteen and what he wears is just as planned and calculated as KISS."

    • @fgoindarkg
      @fgoindarkg Месяц назад +36

      Exactly. Bruce took a page from Zimmy's book and became famous singing about the working man, something they never were. At least Bob admitted he was always a fraud.

    • @gladheads
      @gladheads Месяц назад +20

      Social engineering using different "Artists" is what alot of this comes down too !!

    • @rnrpeg1
      @rnrpeg1 Месяц назад +11

      Yeah. But NOT Bob Seger!! 😁😉. One does need to be a bit discerning.
      (And ps, not sure why it's not more widely acknowledged that Springsteen was copping Seger's persona from the git? 🤔)

    • @michaelwills1926
      @michaelwills1926 Месяц назад +9

      @@rnrpeg1if it’s on the radio it’s pop and if it’s pop it’s manufactured

    • @dogmosatchmo
      @dogmosatchmo Месяц назад +4

      ​@@rnrpeg1In general, he(Bob)and local musician friends such as Glenn Frey (later a member of the Eagles) bought into the premises of 1960s pop and rock radio, with its hook-driven hits; he later recalled himself and Frey thinking at the time, "You're nobody if you can't get on the radio."
      Pop.....All the way

  • @Teelirious
    @Teelirious Месяц назад +53

    He's a noise musician playing a character that took over his life and finally allowed him to settle down with a set of triplets from Bryn Mawr. Nice.

  • @chris-yo8nj
    @chris-yo8nj Месяц назад +47

    The only person on earth to say they were inspired by " we are the world."

    • @alephestudios
      @alephestudios Месяц назад +1

      taht's cool

    • @buttermilkbiscuit1021
      @buttermilkbiscuit1021 Месяц назад +1

      Yeah. It always felt that those staving Ethiopian children would end up never ever having that cash flow that Saran Mclaughlin would give to the abandoned sheltered animal cause.

  • @eoghancallaghy2634
    @eoghancallaghy2634 Месяц назад +92

    Saw Andrew W K at warp tour many years ago. The man just knew how to perform. They were incredible

    • @bftvclips8925
      @bftvclips8925 Месяц назад +14

      Watched him bring a kid on stage to sing at the end. He got pulled off stage at the Gathering of the Juggalos. He trolled them. Had no band just him and headbanged a lot with his music playing on USB.

    • @gremlinvibe
      @gremlinvibe Месяц назад +12

      I met him at warped tour. I didn't really care for his music before that but meeting him made me respect him. He was super nice. He talked to us for a while. He didn't have to do that. We were kids. You could tell he was really thankful for his success

  • @mangaas
    @mangaas Месяц назад +135

    The industry often forgets to water its plants.😅

    • @te9591
      @te9591 Месяц назад +15

      @@mangaas the Industry House Plants would make a good band name.

    • @Bubs0271
      @Bubs0271 Месяц назад +1

      Nice

    • @CantTellYou
      @CantTellYou Месяц назад

      that right there is a good piece of business

  • @trendmassacre8423
    @trendmassacre8423 Месяц назад +57

    The fact that he got Donald Tardy from Obituary to play drums for him should be a major goal. I am not sure if Donald still plays for Andrew WK, but he seemed to enjoy that time playing between Andrew and Obituary! Most of these commenters were in diapers or weren't even born when he released his first album, hence the moronic comments below.

    • @PeachysMom
      @PeachysMom Месяц назад +3

      I agree, that guy is a genius

    • @travishardy5757
      @travishardy5757 Месяц назад +3

      Same shit M Manson did in the 90's, just created a bunch of hype and it obviously paid off.

    • @burntvirtue
      @burntvirtue Месяц назад +2

      For real. I ordered I Get Wet based on a postage stamp sized picture of the bloody nosed cover art from Columbia House without ever hearing a note of the music or of the name Andrew W.K. before. Lifelong fan ever since

    • @planetclay
      @planetclay Месяц назад +2

      i was 29 when AWK was 6 so imagine my surprise at having never heard of him until today.

  • @r.edward5701
    @r.edward5701 Месяц назад +25

    He knew exactly what he was doing and stayed true to it. Respect

    • @pucknhusker9426
      @pucknhusker9426 Месяц назад +1

      lol yeah you respect Weinstein, Love and Grohl as well?

  • @Emcfree2084
    @Emcfree2084 Месяц назад +21

    Appeared out of nowhere and instantly got continuous rotation play across music channels with an expensive high production video despite very mediocre at best music. Definitely plausible.

    • @quebon2
      @quebon2 Месяц назад +2

      I mean, that's how many popular acts happen. They go from obscurity to popularity with one big hit.

    • @Emcfree2084
      @Emcfree2084 Месяц назад +10

      @@quebon2yes no one is disputing that a lot of acts are manufactured, that’s the whole point in the video. However if you are saying Andrew WKs growth was natural it doesn’t make sense because his first video got simultaneous play across all the main music channels all at the same time. That doesn’t just happen unless it’s decided by executives in advance.

    • @InstantKarma18
      @InstantKarma18 Месяц назад +4

      @@Emcfree2084 getting dave grohl to have him as the opening act is all you needed to know

    • @Emcfree2084
      @Emcfree2084 Месяц назад

      @@InstantKarma18good point

    • @peaceandwealthseeker4504
      @peaceandwealthseeker4504 Месяц назад +1

      @@Emcfree2084the articles when he dropped seem to support the plant theory but half of music is this way so....

  • @Microtonal_Cats
    @Microtonal_Cats Месяц назад +85

    Not surprised Dave Grohl backed this guy. Andrew WK looks like Dave Grohl on steroids, literally.

    • @michaelwills1926
      @michaelwills1926 Месяц назад +5

      Two peas in the pod

    • @davidl570
      @davidl570 Месяц назад +7

      I just hope Andrew will stay faithful to Kat! Dave could learn something from him.

    • @LibertyPlusTV
      @LibertyPlusTV Месяц назад +12

      Not to mention they killed Cobain and elevated Grohl because he's willing to sell out and Cobain wasn't.

    • @mikespearwood3914
      @mikespearwood3914 Месяц назад +4

      @@LibertyPlusTV "They"? You mean Courtney?

    • @Americansikkunt
      @Americansikkunt Месяц назад +1

      Andrew is Dave Grohl’s clone.

  • @plasticoflamingo2952
    @plasticoflamingo2952 Месяц назад +22

    Of course, Corporateland doesn't want anyone to have a positive attitude. Happy, well-adjusted people don't buy a bunch of worthless crap, in order to feel better about themselves.

    • @Anatta-Phi
      @Anatta-Phi Месяц назад +2

      "God Bless Capitalism!" 😒

    • @CantTellYou
      @CantTellYou Месяц назад +1

      Well there is something awkwardly hilarious about coming out a month after 9/11 with a song screaming ““IT’S TIME TO PARTY AND WE PARTY HARD!!!” 😂 I can see why they were a bit timid of the release time

  • @stevenfunderburg1623
    @stevenfunderburg1623 Месяц назад +63

    Did you really just call Limp Bizkit a "serious and angsty" act? 🤣😂😂😂

    • @--_--IMP--_--
      @--_--IMP--_-- Месяц назад +8

      If you think about it, they really are more angsty than a grounded teenager on a Saturday and almost as serious. Whenever I hear any Limp Bizkit on the radio or whatever, the song "I Fell Asleep on My Arm" comes to mind.

    • @michaelwills1926
      @michaelwills1926 Месяц назад +8

      They are all packaged creations. All of them.

    • @twizz420
      @twizz420 Месяц назад +3

      He used it as an example. And he said "serious OR angsty". Limp Bizkit is definitely angsty.

    • @AdAsteris
      @AdAsteris Месяц назад

      He meant to say a "seriously nasty brat".

    • @Tyrannosaurine
      @Tyrannosaurine Месяц назад +6

      I actually think that they are very very serious and very very angsty. And that is precisely what makes them so hilariously awful in my opinion.
      It’s that seriousness that, much like Billy Corgan, is what makes them so ridiculous. Hearing one of those guys talk about the technical details behind the engineering done to make their records, or talk about what a song means or something along those lines in a serious manner is hilarity defined.
      What’s even funnier is when a member gets behind a social cause:
      “You know we were talking about the ability the GOP has to convince people to vote against their own interests using their biases to create utter fear in them and that inspired Fred to write the chorus to ‘Turn It Up, Bitch’. You know the situation is quite serious” or “you know, ‘Nookie’ was a tough one because we were struggling. Wes’ daughter had been in an awful car accident and was in the hospital fighting for her life” (playing in the background: “come on, yeah! You can take that cookie and shove it up your…”)
      See, irony can be funny and not just contrary.

  • @haliphax-
    @haliphax- Месяц назад +23

    Not sure I believe he hit himself in the face with a cinder block to get the bloody nose, as his face doesn't look destroyed or bruised whatsoever in that photo :/

    • @quebon2
      @quebon2 Месяц назад +4

      Yeah that definitely seems like a story he made up to give his persona even more heft.

    • @CantTellYou
      @CantTellYou Месяц назад +2

      Nah I think he really did hit himself with a cinder block… but it was just a light tap & the block had wet red paint dripping off of it

    • @conedust
      @conedust Месяц назад

      You don't have to hit your nose very hard at all to get a nosebleed.

    • @chadlyfe9771
      @chadlyfe9771 26 дней назад

      just more fabricated garbage like the "vulgar display of power" cover

  • @thesecretagentman
    @thesecretagentman Месяц назад +18

    Saw Andrew WK play a party in 2011. He and the band were as advertised. We partied hard.

    • @CantTellYou
      @CantTellYou Месяц назад +1

      Andrew WK and party?
      In the same sentence?! Never before

  • @Kkidzz
    @Kkidzz Месяц назад +18

    Plant? No
    Shrub? Absolutely.

  • @eddiebranden1
    @eddiebranden1 Месяц назад +90

    You forgot his greatest achievement. Marrying Kat Dennings.

  • @johnmcmahon5225
    @johnmcmahon5225 Месяц назад +7

    AWK puts on an incredible show. People crowdsurf up to the stage and then stay up there dancing. Security just held the PA up as kids sat on his shoulders while he sang and played a keyboard.
    No one gets played at hockey and baseball games as much as this guy.

    • @pucknhusker9426
      @pucknhusker9426 Месяц назад

      People like Coldplay and voted for the Na zis

  • @JaymeSplendid
    @JaymeSplendid Месяц назад +18

    I don't know about him being a "plant" seeing how he plays every instrument on his albums himself but I did see his old grind/hardcore band Kathode in Detroit sometime around 1997(ish) and he played drums and did vocals. He still does tours and I seen him play at this tiny Anarchist bookshop - thing in Lansing around 2007-8 and it was just him and his keyboards.

    • @michaelwills1926
      @michaelwills1926 Месяц назад

      Talent on loan

    • @jasonm.donovan8097
      @jasonm.donovan8097 Месяц назад +2

      I would say you saw Kathode maybe more like 1995-6 (at the Trumbull?). I played guitar in Kathode in their last couple months of existence. We would rehearse in a roach-infested flat of a house on Calumet Street. Sweaty, loud and intensely inspiring. He was really a ball of excitable energy then. I recorded their last 7" with them (Kathode/Voidd split on MCR Company) at The Tempermill in Summer 1996 and AWK split for NYC shortly after.

  • @0dreads0
    @0dreads0 Месяц назад +32

    it's not a fake persona I've known and met him countless times (especially after winning a spot to play on stage )he's definitely a real person and musician..

    • @te9591
      @te9591 Месяц назад +1

      Yeah

    • @nicholaslafferty3928
      @nicholaslafferty3928 Месяц назад

      Nice!

    • @paoloaccomando4778
      @paoloaccomando4778 Месяц назад +1

      Hahaha,he is absolutely real,but absolutely fake,
      Groomed and planted for the consumption of the masses.
      Never wrote a single note of music.
      Glorified Coverband guy,and Corporate Shill.

    • @alephestudios
      @alephestudios Месяц назад

      @@paoloaccomando4778 name a famous artist after the year 2000 that doesn't fit your description

    • @paoloaccomando4778
      @paoloaccomando4778 Месяц назад

      @@alephestudios is Avenged Sevenfold Famous enough?

  • @Spooky_515
    @Spooky_515 Месяц назад +51

    Linkin Park was an industry concoction as well. No footage of them grinding in clubs because they were put together by record executives and given the name Linkin Park so they would be placed next to Limp Bizkit at record stores which is the style the record company was going for. Total cash grab

    • @trendmassacre8423
      @trendmassacre8423 Месяц назад +10

      Now THIS I can get behind, Lincoln Park (rip Chester) was an industry band!

    • @Jojo-u6c
      @Jojo-u6c Месяц назад +4

      Bro there's pics and video of them jamming together as kids. I think thier original band name was zero or from zero before the linkin park name.

    • @Spooky_515
      @Spooky_515 Месяц назад +11

      @@trendmassacre8423I still like some of their songs but Chester sort of had that boy band reject vibe. Like he tried out for O Town and didn’t get the part but the exec pulled him aside and said I’ve got something else for you. I’m not taking shots, Chester had an amazing set of pipes and ended up being a good vocalist.

    • @robertholston4708
      @robertholston4708 Месяц назад

      I remember hearing they wanted to name the band Hybrid Theory but that had been taken.

    • @Spooky_515
      @Spooky_515 Месяц назад +5

      @@robertholston4708that was the working title of the band prior to when it was put together. Record companies didn’t know what to do with rock music at the time and they wanted something like Fred Durst and limp Bizkit and since they couldn’t find it, they created it. This is how Durst became VP of interscope and why other labels were telling guys like Zak Wyld to be like Fred and sound like limp or they weren’t interested. May seem crazy now but it’s true

  • @PuertoGeekan
    @PuertoGeekan Месяц назад +76

    He's the Andy Kaufman of Rock n Roll. They even share the initials AK and the first name.

    • @sircliffordmalcolmjac5870
      @sircliffordmalcolmjac5870 Месяц назад +1

      I like that comparison buddy!!😁😁🤘🤘

    • @PeteMunchel-sn9ff
      @PeteMunchel-sn9ff Месяц назад +1

      This is actually a great comparison lol

    • @DontcareBear2049
      @DontcareBear2049 Месяц назад +4

      Exactly, he seems more like a performance artist than a musician.

    • @micahpacileo2307
      @micahpacileo2307 Месяц назад +1

      this is a good comsarison hahah nice one buddy i hope you have a good day lol

    • @micahpacileo2307
      @micahpacileo2307 Месяц назад

      @@DontcareBear2049 haha did you come up with this ? have a good day

  • @chilly6470
    @chilly6470 Месяц назад +12

    I'm none the wiser after watching this.

    • @knowbody9679
      @knowbody9679 Месяц назад +9

      No doubt. This was absolute utter shite. I’ve watched this whole thing I learned nothing

    • @nannettefreeman7331
      @nannettefreeman7331 Месяц назад +1

      Ditto ✌🏼

  • @suryadas6987
    @suryadas6987 Месяц назад +10

    Interesting video, brother. I always thought the guy was nothing more than a "Spinal Tap" type of deal....just a parody of sorts. Never did I think that he was a serious artist.

  • @henryvargas653
    @henryvargas653 Месяц назад +21

    You stopped so early! There's more Steev Mike lore! There's the leaked journals! The disappearance!

    • @burntvirtue
      @burntvirtue Месяц назад +7

      Yeah this just ends without telling the whole story. If you must retread this all again, at least do the whole job

    • @controversialverbal3792
      @controversialverbal3792 Месяц назад +5

      Any suggestion on where you can find all that?

    • @voiddiary
      @voiddiary Месяц назад

      He is not vlogging hard

  • @midwestmind691
    @midwestmind691 Месяц назад +35

    Video Game Awards 2003 when he had a broken foot, still performed and headbanged in a wheel chair was awesome.

    • @te9591
      @te9591 Месяц назад +1

      @@midwestmind691 what was he doing at video game awards?

    • @midwestmind691
      @midwestmind691 Месяц назад +4

      @@te9591 Just being a musical act.

  • @pokerphil1st
    @pokerphil1st Месяц назад +30

    He seems like a rock Andy Kaufman to me. Btw that first scene is hilarious.

    • @rnrtruestories
      @rnrtruestories  Месяц назад +1

      Yes! He’s like benjy bronk

    • @te9591
      @te9591 Месяц назад +1

      ​@@rnrtruestorieswtf is that?

    • @cherrybloodflavor
      @cherrybloodflavor Месяц назад

      @@te9591look it up lil bro

    • @burntvirtue
      @burntvirtue Месяц назад

      ​@@rnrtruestoriesPlease don't taint AWK by comparing him to a shitweasel try hard like Bronk

    • @CantTellYou
      @CantTellYou Месяц назад +1

      The part where he’s acting like a playful house cat under the piano is one of my favorite “not really but almost interviews” ever

  • @henryturnerjr3857
    @henryturnerjr3857 Месяц назад +8

    Barely remember the guy. But couldn't help but notice his arms seem to be different sized in every flashback interview. Maybe that's why people say it's more than one guy. 🤔

  • @johnnytrash2839
    @johnnytrash2839 Месяц назад +15

    I'm 44 and have seen a lot of concerts in my time. Andrew WK in 2003 was one of the most positive vibe shows I've ever seen, it was amazing. I met him about a decade later too and he's a rad guy.

  • @Boneless_McGee
    @Boneless_McGee Месяц назад +4

    I can't believe this guy has conspiracy theories about him that didn't involve *Pizzagate*
    I never heard of any of this stuff before.
    I just know that when I first started hearing Andrew w.k. music it sounded like it was written in the early eighties but produced in the 2000s.

  • @Kaoruishere
    @Kaoruishere Месяц назад +4

    The thing is that the stories behind the guy and the conspiracy theories spun around him are more interesting than the actual music. He's a sort-of Jobriath, the story of someone whose career never took off. It could have worked, though. Had he appeared on the scene between 1999 and 2000 (in the context of nu-metal and whatever else was around at the time) he would have been on MTV all the time with a string of inescapable hits, but by 2002 he already was out of step with current trends (not just because 9/11 happened), so the buzz that the magazines were trying to write into reality never quite translated into the real world, as into the charts. At least, that's how I remember it. Never heard the songs on the radio, and barely caught the music videos on the channels.

  • @robbiekeller1353
    @robbiekeller1353 Месяц назад +12

    I worked at Best Buy when that came out, my job was to put out the cds. I will never forgive WK for making me put those stickers over all his albums.

    • @rnrtruestories
      @rnrtruestories  Месяц назад +5

      Haha thanks for sharing

    • @dogmosatchmo
      @dogmosatchmo Месяц назад +1

      All three copies?😂

    • @robbiekeller1353
      @robbiekeller1353 Месяц назад +1

      @@dogmosatchmo I wish, we sold four copies of that album

    • @tobysshades
      @tobysshades Месяц назад

      He didn't make you, your employer did. I Get Wet is a badass album

  • @poindextertunes
    @poindextertunes Месяц назад +30

    1:45 I always thought Springsteen sucked but god dxmn that was awful 😂

    • @TheMaleZebra
      @TheMaleZebra Месяц назад

      Yup. Sounds like he was trying to take a hard dump and sing.

    • @woiowoiow190
      @woiowoiow190 Месяц назад +5

      Have you heard Bob dilans contribution, a nightmare sound straight from hell.

    • @stpaulimdog
      @stpaulimdog Месяц назад +4

      I never liked Springstink either

  • @circles79
    @circles79 Месяц назад +4

    a plant that planted itself as a subversive act of positivity.

  • @thefallenfaith1986
    @thefallenfaith1986 Месяц назад +24

    I always wanted Andrew W.K. and Wesley Willis to do something together. Not necessarily an album or anything, but like a bit where they would be hanging out a TV channel such as on the old G4 or Adult Swim and riffing off each other... something wacky aling those lines.

    • @onyachamp
      @onyachamp Месяц назад +8

      Andrew W K is a rock God
      He can really rock it out to the Max.
      He could really kick a horses ass.

    • @spacesuitor
      @spacesuitor Месяц назад +4

      Rock over London
      Rock on Chicago
      Pizza: Put it on tacos.

  • @SPBTheHuman
    @SPBTheHuman Месяц назад +1

    Bold of you to release this video so close to September 11th.

  • @stornkolson
    @stornkolson Месяц назад +9

    I've always hated that dude, but he actually seems pretty cool

  • @Chimpy1
    @Chimpy1 Месяц назад +7

    I only ever knew of him because of their song party hard, and thats it. I never knew nor understood why he was always booked at festivals or anything

  • @nolagospeltracts8264
    @nolagospeltracts8264 Месяц назад +43

    This is a story about the actual music not being able to live up to the hype.

    • @truhhhhhhhokIII3
      @truhhhhhhhokIII3 Месяц назад +13

      Nah the music was super hype. Some people just diefy rockers when they shouldnt.

    • @EhrenLoudermilk
      @EhrenLoudermilk Месяц назад +3

      ​@@truhhhhhhhokIII3right. Sure.

    • @burntvirtue
      @burntvirtue Месяц назад +5

      ​@@EhrenLoudermilkHe's right. Listen to it.

  • @nhoegler
    @nhoegler Месяц назад +166

    Is this Moist Critical's dad?

  • @AleKar1991
    @AleKar1991 Месяц назад +6

    Being the ghostwriter for Andrew WK's annoying silly lyrics is really a shameful credit 😂

  • @OmahaGTP
    @OmahaGTP Месяц назад +25

    I used to get ripped to his first album, start to finish, constantly. It’s unrelentingly positive and I needed it at the time.

    • @codyblair2633
      @codyblair2633 Месяц назад +2

      @OmahaGTP i still listen to it weekly and always when cutting grass hahaha

    • @OmahaGTP
      @OmahaGTP 26 дней назад

      @@codyblair2633 Haha, yes!

  • @Levi_Skardsen
    @Levi_Skardsen 20 дней назад +1

    Him playing at Gathering of the Juggalos was the funniest thing ever. No matter what they threw at him or shouted at him, he just carried on like he was determined to win them over.

  • @dionsekone
    @dionsekone Месяц назад +2

    As a New Zealander, I remember watching that Andrew WK interview on Space. It was a late Friday night and just couldn't believe what I was watching. He also dislocated and split his pinky finger when he started going crazy during his piano performance.

  • @Emulous79
    @Emulous79 Месяц назад +3

    The public does this = locked in a mental ward
    Celebrities do this = fame and money

  • @elguitarTom
    @elguitarTom Месяц назад +4

    Dude goes from slim, to jacked, to dad bod in every other clip. Guy was on / off roids like a yoyo

  • @catcocomx
    @catcocomx Месяц назад +9

    Not gonna mention destroy build destroy

  • @A..D..D
    @A..D..D Месяц назад +3

    In the “ We want fun” music video , Andrew has Butterbean up on his shoulders . That takes a lot of core strength . This video mentions he could be a brain washed agent , If he’s not a performer he could be a super soldier .

  • @tristenwhite5876
    @tristenwhite5876 Месяц назад +2

    Anybody else remember the CN show he was on “Destroy! Build! Destroy!”

  • @therealandrecorbin4050
    @therealandrecorbin4050 Месяц назад +4

    He picked death metal musicians he liked for his band.
    Shout out to Eric, all the best to you brother. Cheers

  • @onceagain77
    @onceagain77 Месяц назад +1

    That moist critical guy is like a pint-sized version of Andrew.

  • @steviewolfeofficial
    @steviewolfeofficial Месяц назад +2

    I really don't care that he obviously is one. His music rocks. Party Hard among others are staples in my work out playlist.

  • @JeffPalasek-cw2hv
    @JeffPalasek-cw2hv Месяц назад +11

    I was so annoyed with the reviews I read of Andrew W.K. Alot of disingenuous critics kissing his butt claiming that he had all the best of 80's metal except he could actually *harmonize.*
    WHAT?! That analysis was absurd! The critic clearly didn't have anything to say, but was supposed to give a positive review, and so they made something up randomly.

    • @Ishitonyou666
      @Ishitonyou666 Месяц назад

      That’s why never take critics seriously, they are paid shills for the industry

  • @jamesasc7709
    @jamesasc7709 Месяц назад +29

    was 100% an industry invention

    • @DavieLeeRaymond
      @DavieLeeRaymond Месяц назад +10

      Agreed. Complete label invention.

    • @cryptojoecoin5480
      @cryptojoecoin5480 Месяц назад +12

      He appeared out of nowhere, which is the dead giveaway. Never heard of him, then he was everywhere.

    • @tobysshades
      @tobysshades Месяц назад

      Even if that's the case he was able to make a career out of it. I saw him in 2017 and he released another album since then

  • @richardlcastillo
    @richardlcastillo Месяц назад +5

    This person was so hyped you couldn't avoid him in any media, talk t.v., movie soundtracks, ect, for years. He had been out for 4 or 5 years when I finally sat down and listened to what the music really was, and it was like if Nickelodeon invented Ministry. They were pushing a no cursing,no drug/drinking, version of that guitar driven industrial sound that was popular at raves in the U.K. with bands like Agent orange and Lords of Acid. It didn't work and Andrew was just another failed experiment to cash in on underground sounds with followings like punk and metal.

    • @LikeWhatever
      @LikeWhatever Месяц назад +3

      Like Nickelodeon invented Ministry, haha that's great

    • @riffcrypt8438
      @riffcrypt8438 Месяц назад +3

      "Like if Nikelodeon invented Ministry" is quite possibly the single best description of AWK I've ever heard in my life hahahaha

    • @tobysshades
      @tobysshades Месяц назад

      What are you talking about? He still tours

    • @LikeWhatever
      @LikeWhatever 28 дней назад

      @tobysshades To be fair he hasn't played a show in 4 years. I coincidentally saw his (as of now) last one at Riot Fest 2021.

    • @rickstalentedtongue910
      @rickstalentedtongue910 23 дня назад

      @@tobysshades Local fair grounds? Woopty doo. He opens for Mickey Thomas at orange country carnival.

  • @ColeWheeler4Lyfe
    @ColeWheeler4Lyfe Месяц назад +5

    We all live in a post Butthole Surfers world. 😂

  • @chachi_arcola
    @chachi_arcola Месяц назад +4

    And now he wakes up next to Kat Dennings every morning. All's well that ends well i suppose

  • @andrewvanhalen1984
    @andrewvanhalen1984 Месяц назад +4

    I saw him in 2017, and he was amazing. I hope he's happy and doing alright.

    • @pucknhusker9426
      @pucknhusker9426 Месяц назад

      Im sure hes got an ear to ear grin wile chewing on a kids adrenal gland living it up with his murderous buddy's Dave and Cortney

    • @tobysshades
      @tobysshades Месяц назад

      Same!

  • @James-ly3wf
    @James-ly3wf Месяц назад +4

    Everything’s the opposite of what it’s pretending to be. Everything

  • @tempeff8670
    @tempeff8670 Месяц назад +3

    He was performing in tiny cities and towns in Canada and appearing in 'zines' way back in the day. My cousin caught wind of him and went to one of his shows in Kelowna and got to know him and is now friends with him.

  • @360entertainment2
    @360entertainment2 Месяц назад +7

    I love Andrew WK and I don’t for a minute thinks he’s a plant, I believe he’s just a genuine dude. I was going through some hard times around the time You’re Not Alone and the songs on that album helped me push through that darkness and if I ever get to meet him I’m gonna thank him for his music!

    • @icebatofvalikinRRBZ8
      @icebatofvalikinRRBZ8 Месяц назад +1

      Yes

    • @christophernixonart
      @christophernixonart Месяц назад +1

      Sometime around 2005, my old roommate talked to him at a show and at some point gave Andrew his address. Awhile later, Andrew sent a letter to my roommate. The letter started out with something like "I thought it was about time that I wrote you.." then the rest was an encouragement to my friend to keep going with his music pursuits and not to give up on his dreams. I'm not sure about all the other stuff, but he seemed sincere.

  • @MedalionDS9
    @MedalionDS9 Месяц назад +2

    I don't know much about him beyond his first couple of songs in the early 2000's that were absolute bangers... he comes across energetic, dirty, and upbeat and heavy yet still poppy at the sametime

    • @tobysshades
      @tobysshades Месяц назад

      He's a solid dude. I saw him on tour a few years ago and they fucking rocked. He's super friendly and will sign autographs and chill with fans

  • @WolfWould
    @WolfWould Месяц назад +4

    Kids, basically it's was AI in analog form.

  • @radbradke
    @radbradke Месяц назад

    I randomly caught Mr. W.K. on a warped tour in like 2002. I was blown away by the performance & shared him with anybody I’ve ever met since. Was not expecting that.

  • @Warsie-Fan
    @Warsie-Fan Месяц назад +2

    Andrew W.K. had appeared on one of the seasons for the animated AQUA TEEN HUNGER FORCE. They used one of his songs... sorta. He kept saying "Party Party Party" to the familiar beat of Party Hard. Strange? He couldn't sing his own song? My eyebrows are raised 🤔

  • @dreamersdisease2481
    @dreamersdisease2481 Месяц назад +3

    This is the first time I've seen what you look like and I definitely pictured something different in my head😂

    • @ashwitmoro
      @ashwitmoro Месяц назад +1

      And it's STILL impossible to pair that voice with that face. 😂

  • @yvettevitacaponigro
    @yvettevitacaponigro Месяц назад +3

    Thank you for sharing this story with us! I just learned something today! ✌🏼😊

  • @coryrain
    @coryrain Месяц назад +5

    Wow. A name I haven't heard in decades!

  • @KeianhhnaieK
    @KeianhhnaieK Месяц назад +3

    The fact that this phony has had any traction in the music industry whatsoever, is a testament to what a joke the music industry is.

  • @allright
    @allright Месяц назад +5

    0:10 This clip always made laugh.

  • @perceivedvelocity9914
    @perceivedvelocity9914 Месяц назад +10

    Andrew WK was one of the very first Internet trolls. He's a weird guy. He is obsessed with positivity. He also wants to mess with people. Whenever he gets bored he says something odd and contradictory.

    • @mikespearwood3914
      @mikespearwood3914 Месяц назад

      Sounds a bit like Mike Patton's personality.

    • @NK-le5ws
      @NK-le5ws Месяц назад

      Autism WK

    • @rickstalentedtongue910
      @rickstalentedtongue910 23 дня назад

      It is because he does not have music or art on his mind and he has nothing to say, so he exhibits ADD and just starts blathering or turning plants upside down etc.

    • @mikespearwood3914
      @mikespearwood3914 23 дня назад

      @@rickstalentedtongue910 Sounds a lot like Mike Patton's personality.

    • @rickstalentedtongue910
      @rickstalentedtongue910 22 дня назад

      @@mikespearwood3914 Lol!

  • @bangslamwham88
    @bangslamwham88 Месяц назад +28

    Kat Dennings is the reason I envy Andrew W.K. these days.

    • @eyesofnight
      @eyesofnight Месяц назад +11

      Two amazing talents on that woman

    • @UndercoverNormie
      @UndercoverNormie Месяц назад +5

      @@eyesofnight I'd say 5 but that's just me

    • @knowbody9679
      @knowbody9679 Месяц назад

      @@UndercoverNormie
      😂

    • @tzt1182
      @tzt1182 Месяц назад +2

      @@UndercoverNormie Sounds like you want to go air tight with her.

    • @te9591
      @te9591 Месяц назад

      ​@@tzt1182 air tight?

  • @Flame-Bright-Cheer
    @Flame-Bright-Cheer Месяц назад

    I've known of Andrew WK but never really became a fan until this video thank you for such a comprehensive look at a uncomfortable artist

  • @thejamnasium6447
    @thejamnasium6447 Месяц назад +3

    his music always gargled balls so it's not surprising it's all industry insider bullshit

  • @Jagermonsta
    @Jagermonsta Месяц назад +2

    you just need to take a step back and realise that he was someone who's autistic or adhd, and "W.K." was his alter ego, or mask so he could express himself how he wanted to
    maybe probably not

  • @poiluparadis
    @poiluparadis Месяц назад +15

    I didn't like him then and I'm fine with him fading away.
    Love the channel!

  • @sasquanaut611
    @sasquanaut611 Месяц назад

    You can say whatever, but the guitar riffs from some of those early songs were epic

  • @TheSickNeeds
    @TheSickNeeds Месяц назад +3

    10:35 "more serious" and shows Limp Bizkit 😂🤣😂😂😂😂😂🤣😂😂

  • @pipelineaudio
    @pipelineaudio Месяц назад +3

    When do we get to the bizarre conspiracy that will blow your mind?

    • @88_TROUBLE_88
      @88_TROUBLE_88 Месяц назад

      IKR

    • @rickstalentedtongue910
      @rickstalentedtongue910 23 дня назад

      As usual, the industry doesn't even know what the word conspiracy means, he should have said bizarre theory. And there were only reasonable theories from what he mentioned.

  • @michaelrochester48
    @michaelrochester48 Месяц назад +2

    He said on VH1 that he’s a huge fan of abba

  • @dannybursace9151
    @dannybursace9151 Месяц назад +1

    AWK rules!! He’s awesome & we need him back…listen to his stuff if you haven’t…dude is the real deal

  • @skincarver462
    @skincarver462 Месяц назад +3

    i wasnt a fan of his whole thing but i wont shit on him for bringing positivity

    • @te9591
      @te9591 Месяц назад

      He's very original for the rock genre.

    • @pucknhusker9426
      @pucknhusker9426 Месяц назад

      @@te9591 🤣😏

    • @pucknhusker9426
      @pucknhusker9426 Месяц назад +1

      Yes praise the positivity cult 🤤😵‍💫🤢

  • @mutavhello6654
    @mutavhello6654 Месяц назад +2

    He was an artists who's name i heard a ton growing up, but i never really heard or met anyone that actually listened to his music...

  • @dennisrounds1996
    @dennisrounds1996 Месяц назад +4

    I Love to Party
    When I Party
    PARTY HARD

  • @EricSchneider82
    @EricSchneider82 Месяц назад

    The most fun I've ever had at a live show was when Andrew WK opened for Danko Jones at the Phoenix in London Ontario in 2003 i think. The place was packed, AWK was awesome, half the crowd was on stage at some point, and at least 60% of the people left after AWK because nobody cared about Danko Jones.

  • @conservativehippie9736
    @conservativehippie9736 Месяц назад +3

    I could never stand Andrew...got on my nerves

    • @FalseNi9e
      @FalseNi9e Месяц назад

      Straight horrible shit from him

  • @claytonbouldin9381
    @claytonbouldin9381 Месяц назад +1

    My favorite part is when he became a motivational speaker.

  • @RupertWins
    @RupertWins Месяц назад

    I hung out with him in DC and we sang Ignition Remix together. Then a few nights later I was in Union Square in NY and some kid walked by with AWK swag and I was like "where'd you get that". He was playing around the corner. We walked over just as he was walking to his bus and he said, "hey! What are you doing here?!". I think he's pretty cool

  • @ItalianPolock1
    @ItalianPolock1 Месяц назад +2

    Madden 2003 is where I first heard Party Hard

  • @Ratzfourtyfour
    @Ratzfourtyfour Месяц назад +1

    I just hated the chord progression of his first single, never looked back.

  • @johnsmith6217
    @johnsmith6217 Месяц назад +3

    I wonder what Bruce Springsteen had to do to become famous? It had to have been a lot because his music and and all around existence is garbage

  • @deansmith6593
    @deansmith6593 Месяц назад +7

    Saw him on Saturday Night Live. Hit mute after about 30 seconds. The band was awful and his singing was horrid.

    • @trendmassacre8423
      @trendmassacre8423 Месяц назад +3

      Cool story, Bro. I bet you love Breaking Benjamins though.

    • @deansmith6593
      @deansmith6593 Месяц назад

      @@trendmassacre8423 How much you want to bet?...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Dolt

  • @pawlpoche8736
    @pawlpoche8736 Месяц назад +14

    If you haven’t covered the topic of Dwayne Allman‘s death that’s pretty deep

    • @lancecohen4079
      @lancecohen4079 Месяц назад +2

      @@pawlpoche8736 *Duane

    • @pawlpoche8736
      @pawlpoche8736 Месяц назад +2

      @@lancecohen4079 spell correct sucks!

    • @lancecohen4079
      @lancecohen4079 Месяц назад

      @@pawlpoche8736 indeed.

    • @Metalbass10000
      @Metalbass10000 Месяц назад

      Great topic. The tragedies, the ups and downs, of that band, the families, could cover three videos.

    • @michaelwills1926
      @michaelwills1926 Месяц назад +1

      The allmans were connected to the Laurel Canyon scene and everyone in that group were direct plants by the military industrial complex under the “culture creation” department

  • @FURTHER_ADO
    @FURTHER_ADO Месяц назад +3

    1:47 My #1 piece of evidence explaining why i despise Springsteen doing his whole Boss bit. Idk if Any clip from a music video makes me cringe more than this other than him and Courtney Cox doing the Carlton dance together. So to Springsteen and all his fans, GFY.

  • @maplebob23
    @maplebob23 Месяц назад

    I sometimes think about him. I only know him from his appearances on Red Eye w/Greg Gutfeld. It’s good to know that at least he has some kind of conspiracy theory to fall back on.

  • @gonesavage
    @gonesavage Месяц назад

    It was confusing as he would deny the rumors yet retweet every single mention of the rumors. If he wanted it to go away, he wouldn’t have retweeted everything. It made it more mysterious.
    The guardian article is pretty epic.
    I really appreciated his later persona of ultra positive person. I really never cared one way or the other if he was “fake” or “real”. Party Hard is still one of the best songs ever. The newest weird thing he did was completely go away. No sign of him since just after his marriage. Good on him.

  • @neilsackman4723
    @neilsackman4723 Месяц назад +1

    I saw him live once and it was pretty damn fun.

  • @woiowoiow190
    @woiowoiow190 Месяц назад +1

    It was bob dylans contribution that kept him off of drugs.