Keith Daniels: Andrew W K

YAYYAYYAYYAYYAYYAYYAY!!!

Me too. Hands down the nicest, most sincere-sounding musician I've ever talked to.

I picked up the phone thinking "Yeah, Andrew WK, party party party" and hung up the phone thinking "I get it now."

Nice job. The guy obviously likes to talk.

"Oh my god...there's a piece of bone" made me laugh out loud.

I'll probably never really be a fan of his music but it's refreshing to see an artist working in that medium who isn't a complete and utter moron or corporate whore

i book a club in columbia sc. i also worked at the college radio station. anyway i booked andrew last september, really before he had blown up, at least around here. we had about 250 people come out for the show, and it was one of the best i'd ever seen. throughout the whole show all he talked about was how he was there to make us happy. after the show he thanked everyone, signed autographs, went to waffle house, did everything a normal person would do, and did everything a famous person should do, and was totally cool about everything. he honestly seems more amazed that people enjoy his music, and is more pleased by seeing other people enjoy his shows. since then i've talked to andrew at the Skate and Surf Fest in Jersey (his agent got me and 4 friends 3 day passes for free), where even though it was 8 months later, he still remembered the club, the town, the night that we fist met. i've also gotten to interview him during the Warped Tour, actually right before he played with the Dropkick Murphy's. alot of people think he's a joke and don't like his music, but it's not the music that matters but the character of the man. and besides, every big show we've had at my club since he played, we play the I Get Wet album at the end of the night and everyone gets on the bar and dances. probably one of the best times of my life.

Nice interview Keith.

When I heard him on Jo Whiley's show on Radio 1 in 2001 I was stunned by his intensity and sincerity more than anything else...so much so that I bought his releases on Bulb Records from eBay...
You can listen to his interview from that show here.

After seeing him live twice I can confirm that what he intended to do at shows is indeed the case...I sang along and bounced about to every track and so did most of the people in the venues.

I'm just pissed off that 'The Wolf' isn't out on vinyl...but I'll survive, barely...

To all the Andrew WK haters who simply don't get it I just want to say SanDimasHighSchoolfootballrules!

[Edited on Sep 22, 2003 by WaTed]

Great interview Keith.

I saw this thing on MTV a long while back where Andrew WK went to this dorm and hung out with all these girls who cornrowed his hair and whatnot and he had one of them play kayboard @ his show that night.He seemed so nice and cool and down to earth and I've liked him since I saw that.He seems like a really sincere person.

i want to make little andrew wk babies

i can't express how much this mans music means to me, he's just honestly encredible. i had such a good time at his show, i wish there were more artists out there like him.

lifes about fun damnit!

Andrew W.K. is such a stooge...but in a good way.

Keith you rock for getting to talk to AWK and AWK rocks for being a dork.

I love this quote at the end:

"Sometimes you could just have something, and it doesn't need to mean anything, just like some of these songs. Yes, they have lyrics, they have things they're talking about, but look, if it feels good, and you enjoy it - that's as much as it needs to mean. We're just so curious, and we want to have as much knowledge about something as we can, but sometimes the beauty of something is just that it feels good - and that's all the knowledge we need about it. It's just something that we enjoy."

I saw him with Throwrag and Flogging Molly last December in LA. My friend had done a tour with Throwrag on guitar, so I got to hang out back stage. I was all set to say something smarmy to him, but he was actually a nice guy.

His music does suck tremendous spelunkable ass though.

the man is about fun,and music and life has gotta be fun,we're only here so long..

m/ m/
ROCK ON..

he's just soooooo yummy...

I didn't "get" him until i saw him live. He's a true artist.

I can't really understand anyone who doesn't identify with the pure exuberance that AWK exudes. Honestly, saying you hate AWK is like saying you hate the movie Starship Troopers or donuts, its like saying "Screw you fun, screw you joy, I want to live in a miserly little world where everything is ruled by logic and the human soul is quashed under the weight of rationality."

But then again, one of my favorite activities is putting on the old "Action Goggles" and going into the backyard to hack up things with a machete, so maybe I should be taken as a poor example to follow.

You should check out the message boards on his site sometime. His fans are beautiful. They're sitting there going "It's #61 on the charts! I hope it goes higher! Go Andrew!" Can you think of any other band out there who's fans are like that?

how very robin circa aug 2002.