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Andy Ross

Nickname/s

A-Ross, The Sauce, Rusty

Birth Date

March 8, 1979 (age 40)

Hometown

Worcester, Massachusetts

Instruments

Guitar, keyboard, ukulele

Main Role in OK Go

Lead guitarist, backup singer

Years Active in Music

2000 - present

Years Active in OK Go

2005 - present

Genres

indie rock, indie pop, alt rock, pop rock, electronica

Labels

Serious Business, Paracadute, EMI, Capitol

Assosiated Acts

Secret Dakota Ring, Unsacred Hearts, DraculaZombieUSA, Cold Memory, Phter, D-Funky and the Beechmont Chilles, Conjugal Visit

Andrew "Andy" Ross(born March 8, 1979), is an American musician most famous as guitarist, keyboardist and vocalist for the rock band OK Go since 2005. He is also behind a solo project, Secret Dakota Ring, which released albums in 2004 and 2008. Ross is also co-founder of Serious Business Records, a label under which Secret Dakota Ring publish their records. Andy is lead developer of a mobile game developer company Space Inch, LLC.

Biography[]

Ross attended Columbia University, where he had studied computer science, an

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OK Go is an American indie rock band which formed in Chicago, Illinois, United States in 1998. The band consists of Damian Kulash (guitar, vocals), Tim Nordwind (bass), Andy Ross (guitar, keyboards), and Dan Konopka (drums). The band is best known for their singles "Get Over It", "A Million Ways", "Here It Goes Again" and "This Too Shall Pass" and for their high concept, low budget, one-shot music videos.

They play indie rock music, with influences such as Cheap Trick, T Rex and Queen. They share management with They Might Be Giants, with whom they toured before signing to Capitol Records. They served as the house band to the public radio program This American Life on the show's fifth anniversary tour. Ira Glass, the show's host, wrote their first official bio, calling them "living catnip" and describing their songs as "part indie rock, part stadium rock, part straight up pop with the occasional whiff of The Pixies or The Cars or Elliott Smith."

In the United Kingdom, "Get Over It", from their self-

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OK Go

American rock band

This article is about the band. For the band's eponymous debut album, see OK Go (album).

OK Go is an American rock band originally from Chicago, Illinois, now based in Los Angeles, California. The band is composed of Damian Kulash (lead vocals, guitar), Tim Nordwind (bass, vocals), Dan Konopka (drums and percussion), and Andy Ross (guitar, keyboards and vocals), who joined them in 2005, replacing original guitarist Andy Duncan. The band is known for its quirky and complex music videos which are often elaborately choreographed to be filmed in a single long take.

The original members formed as OK Go in 1998 and released two studio albums before Duncan's departure. The band's video for "Here It Goes Again" won a Grammy Award for Best Music Video in 2007.

History

Formation and early years (1998–2000)

The band's lead singer, Damian Kulash, met bassist Tim Nordwind at Interlochen Arts Camp near Traverse City, Michigan, when they were 11.^[2] The band name comes from an inside joke developed at Interlochen; their art teacher