Let me briefly address how hilariously boss this guy is. He met his wife in a class that teaches heavy-metal vocals. He acts as a motivational speaker when he's not out making brutal faux-metal anthems. He acted on a television show called Black to the Future. He released an entire album consisting of covers of Japanese pop songs. During a photoshoot for his debut album, I Get Wet, he hit himself in the face with a brick to give himself a bloody nose and produce this image:
Andrew W.K. has created what should objectively be the worst album ever created. But it comes off as being impossible to hate; it's too much fun. For God's sake, there's a song called "Party Til You Puke". The lyrics sound like the dissident, rebellious writings of a tweenager fresh off a weekend without his cell phone ("You better get ready to die/You better get ready to run"). The guitars in the background ferociously churn, as some metalhead named Donald pounds relentlessly on the skins and provides a glorious backbeat for the crowds that assist in the sing-a-long choruses that are so abundant on I Get Wet.
But Andrew W.K. delivers it so perfectly, cementing this album's place as a flawless collection of ideal party anthems, so tongue-in-cheek you can hardly tell he's joking.
He's joking...
Right?
Final Score: 80/100
2 comments:
Andrew did not hit himself in the face with a brick, that's makeup. Does not nose look broken to you?
http://www.ink19.com/issues/march2002/interviews/andrewWK.html
Believe me, that's what I thought at first too. Which just makes the brick story that much crazier.
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