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CLOSE CALLS WITH BRICK (2LP)
ANDREW W.K.
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Not just a party animal but a party guerrilla, Andrew W.K. burst onto the scene with a hybrid of metal, pop, and dance that parodied and paid tribute to the cheesiest, sleaziest aspects of all three styles. The California-born, Michigan-bred W.K. the initials stand for everything from "White Killer" to "Women Kum" to "Wilkes-Krier," the surnames of his mom and dad began classical piano lessons at age four and moved on to playing in Detroit punk and metal bands, including the Pterodactyls. By age 17, W.K. was recording his own material. After moving to New York City a year later, his friends passed his demos on to various labels, including Bulb, who released W.K.'s debut EP, Girls Own Juice, in early 2000 and that fall's Party Til You Puke EP. The buzz around W.K.'s hedonistic, so-dumb-it's-smart rawk resulted in a gig opening for the Foo Fighters as well as deals with Island/Def Jam in the U.S. and Mercury in the U.K.; his first major-label release was 2001's anthemic Party Hard EP. In particular, the U.K. fell in love with W.K.'s ironic trailer-trash look and sound, inspiring critical raves from NME and Kerrang! as well as hysteria at his live shows; he was hospitalized after a fan head-butted him as he crowd-surfed at his London debut at the Highbury Garage. The full-length I Get Wet arrived in late 2001 in the U.K. and in spring 2002 in the U.S., where his "It's Time to Party" was used in a TV commercial for the travel website expedia.com. Andrew W.K. also gigged extensively that spring, both on his own and as part of an MTV 2 package tour. He returned in 2003 with The Wolf, a bigger, lusher album than his debut that earned mixed reviews. The following year, W.K. hosted an advice show on MTV 2, Your Friend, Andrew W.K. He also maintained his busy tour schedule, and released the concert film Who Knows? in early 2006. Andrew W.K.'s third album, Close Calls with Brick Walls, was released in Japan and South Korea that summer, and was issued in the U.S. as a vinyl-only album by Load Records in 2007. That summer, he also appeared as a guest star on Kathy Griffin's television show My Life on the D List.
Tracks include:
I Came For You
Close Calls With Bal Harbour
Not Going To Bed
You Will Remember Tonight
Pushing Drugs
Hand On The Place
One Brother
Las Vegas. Nevada
Dr. Dumont
I Want To See You Go Wild
When I`M High
Golden Eyed Dog
Into The Clear
Mark My Grace
Don`T Call Me Andy
Background
Slam John Against A Brick Wall
Moving Room
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| | Price: | | $31.04 | |
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| | Category: | | METAL | |
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| | Media: | | LP | |
| | Records in set: | | 2 | |
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| | Label: | | LOAD | |
| | Release Number: | | LOAD111 | |
| | Manufactured: | | US | USA |
| | Release Date: | | 1/1/06 | |
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| | Condition: | | NEW | (not used) |
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| | Availability: | | SPECIAL ORDER (Not in stock) | |
| | Last Updated: | | 4/18/08 | |
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| | Seller Item Ref #: | | ANDREWWKCLOSECALLLOADLOAD111LP | (Use this when discussing item with this seller.) |
| | GEMM Reference #: | | GML1421137919 | |
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