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FOT Community => General Discussion => Topic started by: crumbum on January 01, 2010, 12:25:00 PM
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Sorry if this has already been posted; the story broke a while ago and I haven't been on the board in a week:
http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/42452885.html (http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/42452885.html)
http://www.rockfeedback.com/tv/direct/channels/297400/726569/ (http://www.rockfeedback.com/tv/direct/channels/297400/726569/)
Much of the information available is incomplete speculation, but the basic story is true then it appears AWK is a character who has been played by two separate people over the years, and who was created by a third party in concert with a record company or something.
I should say that I feel a little weird calling this a hoax since 1) he's a friend of the show and 2) it doesn't appear any of it was conceived in a mean-spirited way. It certainly doesn't change the fact that the guys who have played AWK have been pretty impressive musicians and performers. Since I'm not familiar with much of the work beyond the first album and a few articles here and there (and the recent BSOWFMU interview of course), I find this more fascinating than disappointing.
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He is sort of addressing this on Twitter. I don't think it's much more than Andrew Wilkes-Krier deliberately adopting and living a calculated stage persona. Which lots of performers do.
I don't care if the music was made by a computer program. I Get Wet is a great album.
He's a weird dude.
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Yeah, I get the stage persona thing, but is this two separate guys? I have to say, the AWK I saw in the GQ ad someone posted earlier did not look like the AWK I saw from across a room back in the early 00's
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I've seen a couple of "There's more than one Andrew WK" images, but they all look like the same guy to me. Same eyebrows, same nose.
That said, I really really hope it turns out there was an actor or something. I want things to be really weird and complicated, and maybe a little evil. I just don't think they are.
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I always thought he just lost like a ton of weight/muscle mass or something, those side-by-side pics add to the intrigue, but the early videos still look like the same guy he always was to me.
First mystery of 2010!
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Yeah, I get the stage persona thing, but is this two separate guys? I have to say, the AWK I saw in the GQ ad someone posted earlier did not look like the AWK I saw from across a room back in the early 00's
OMG Fletch - your new avatar ... I LOVE IT.
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Shit, it's subltle, but if it's true, why not get a younger guy to do photos and be a cuter poster boy version of yourself, I think it's hilarious.
Thanks, Auntie, it's my stage persona, happy new year!
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Peter Crisscoula went into a permanent drug-addled state in 1977. If you look at posters from after that, you'll note that Gene always added a microscopic "e" after Peter - so that the posters always said:
Gene Simmons - Paul Stanley - Ace Frehley - Petere Criss
By the time he got to Ace Frehleye, Gene realized that no one gave a shit who was wearing the makeup, and whether they were wearing a mesh girdle.
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Thanks, Auntie, it's my stage persona, happy new year!
First show I ever saw was Adam Ant, back in '82 or '83. He wasn't with the Ants anymore, but he still had the two drummers and the leather pants and the military jackets.
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Pretty sure he was speaking metaphorically.
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Why didn't they come out with this sooner, my interest in Andrew WK and his music has just expanded 10 fold after hearing this.
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I thinks it's safe to say he shaved, cleaned up, cut bangs and has taken his music in a different direction. Will Oldham, who has collaborated with him has nothing but nice things to say about the guy.
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Pretty sure he was speaking metaphorically.
Agreed, the interview and the stage show or whatever he was doing seems to point in that direction. I'm not sure if any of what he is saying is literal, as the idea seems to be in the AWK spirit. Though, I'm by no means an authority.
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Shit's heavy, man.
So is there like a AWK Corps (not unlike the Green Lantern Corps)?
His positivity is overwhelmingly endearing, who ever he is.
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Shit's heavy, man.
So is there like a AWK Corps (not unlike the Green Lantern Corps)?
If there are 2 performers, I guess there may be a dead body involved. I hadn't thought of that.
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Shit's heavy, man.
So is there like a AWK Corps (not unlike the Green Lantern Corps)?
If there are 2 performers, I guess there may be a dead body involved. I hadn't thought of that.
I feel like there is a better superhero comparison (where there's a whole bunch of the same hero) I can make but I can't put my finger on it. Captain Britain, maybe?
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This reminds me of when I was a kid and the rumor was that WWF wrestler The Ultimate Warrior had died from steroid use and was replaced by a different guy. This is just as dumb.
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I have to admit I didn't look into this far enough (which is to say not far at all) -- on closer inspection it all looks like a bullshit manufactured controversy.
Shouldn't have dignified this topic with a post to begin with. Sorry AWK!
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I have to admit I didn't look into this far enough (which is to say not far at all) -- on closer inspection it all looks like a bullshit manufactured controversy.
Shouldn't have dignified this topic with a post to begin with. Sorry AWK!
I'll just add that this 'debate' is not new.
See:
http://truthaboutandrewwk.blogspot.com/
http://www.freewebs.com/whoisandrewwk/
http://awilkeskrier.homestead.com/
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I have to admit I didn't look into this far enough (which is to say not far at all) -- on closer inspection it all looks like a bullshit manufactured controversy.
Shouldn't have dignified this topic with a post to begin with. Sorry AWK!
I'll just add that this 'debate' is not new.
See:
http://truthaboutandrewwk.blogspot.com/
http://www.freewebs.com/whoisandrewwk/
http://awilkeskrier.homestead.com/
I can't believe people have poured so much time and energy into this... they're like the moon landing hoax theorists or the 9/11 truthers, except it's all based around a musician who is barely known in mainstream culture.
My favorite theory is that it's all a subliminal ad campaign for Sierra Mist.
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I can't believe people have poured so much time and energy into this... they're like the moon landing hoax theorists or the 9/11 truthers, except it's all based around a musician who is barely known in mainstream culture.
My favorite theory is that it's all a subliminal ad campaign for Sierra Mist.
Everyone knows Andrew WK was an inside job. The Bilderberger Group knew all about it from day one.
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(obligatory 'WAKE UP SHEEPLE')
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I can't believe people have poured so much time and energy into this... they're like the moon landing hoax theorists or the 9/11 truthers, except it's all based around a musician who is barely known in mainstream culture.
My favorite theory is that it's all a subliminal ad campaign for Sierra Mist.
Everyone knows Andrew WK was an inside job. The Bilderberger Group knew all about it from day one.
Totally ... I heard about it AGES ago at the Bohemian Grove back when they were work-shopping it.
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http://www.andrewwk.com/index.php?page=page.php?id=64
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Maybe it's like the Man or Astroman clone lineups.
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I can't believe people have poured so much time and energy into this... they're like the moon landing hoax theorists or the 9/11 truthers, except it's all based around a musician who is barely known in mainstream culture.
My favorite theory is that it's all a subliminal ad campaign for Sierra Mist.
Everyone knows Andrew WK was an inside job. The Bilderberger Group knew all about it from day one.
Totally ... I heard about it AGES ago at the Bohemian Grove back when they were work-shopping it.
But Harry Shearer said it was all just for shits and giggles! Now I don't know who to believe.
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All I know is that George W. Bush's brother was Andrew W. K.'s manager at the time. See? George W. Bush? Andrew W. K? Follow the money.
This is weird. I have a mild form of face blindness, and other than the beard I can't tell a difference between the two faces.
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Follow the money.
I miss The Wire. :(
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Andrew WK speaks with MTV -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6taFKgescM
Does this clear anything up?
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The guy on the I Get Wet cover is not the same person that is performing under the Andrew WK name. He even said at one point that the first dude was fired (presumably Album Cover Man?). All of this matters not one whit.
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