This entry will be much like Andrew W.K.'s music, kind of all over the place. Just a heads-up.
Andrew W.K.'s I Get Wet is one of my all-time guilty pleasures. His music is goofy and his lyrics dumb, but he is really fun to listen to. It's kind of like slap-stick comedy meets a frat party and evolves into a b-action movie. I mean seriously, he hit himself in the face with a brick for the album cover and sings songs like "Party Till You Puke", "Take It Off" and "Ready to Die" (one of my favorite tracks). He plays piano and keyboards with pseudo-hard rock band backing him up. I Get Wet rocked its way to number one on Billboard's Heatseekers chart and earned him a spot on the Ozzfest second stage (I got to see AWK play live that summer). He has a charismatic and goofy stage presence which definitely comes out in his music.
"Party Till You Puke" isn't the greatest track on the album, but the title says it all. It's obnoxious, but for cranking up the volume when you are driving or home alone, it's perfect.
I mentioned before "Ready to Die" is one of my favorite tracks. This is one to really jam-out to and is a must have for any long road trip playlist. The same is true for "I Love NYC". Even if you aren't going to NYC, after 9/11, this song should have a place on the iPod of all patriotic Americans.
AWK did get his share of big time mainstream exposure. His song "Party Hard" was featured on Madden 2003 and Girls Gone Wild The Music Vol. 1. The soundtrack for Freaky Friday included "She is Beautiful". His songs have also appeared in commercials for Target, Coors and Game Cube.
Now granted, AWK isn't something I can listen to all the time, which I guess is why I classify him as a guilty pleasure. But when I want to turn up the volume and act like an idiot, I Get Wet is one of the albums I turn to for inspiration.
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