Hello! My name is Rich. I have been closely following Andrew W.K. and his music career for 10+ years. If you have visited other Andrew W.K. online outlets, I’ve also gone by the nickname “dickalan”. Make sure to say “hello” in the comments of this post if we have crossed paths before! Yep, that’s me right there —>

Anyway, if this is your first time visiting the website let me give you a quick introduction to what this is all about and why being “back” is a big deal. I initially launched the fanpage AndrewWKMusic around July, 2009. It was originally hosted with “Google Sites” until we outgrew it and moved to more legitimate hosting and also upgraded the website. For nostalgia, you can still check out that original website as it exists in its backed-up form. Eventually I launched AndrewWKMusic.com in the Winter of 2009. And that’s when this fanpage really started making somewhat of an  impact. Over the next three years I gradually accomplished everything I hoped to achieve + more! This was of course only possible due to the incredible fan base Andrew W.K. has. Thank you guys! Unfortunately around November, 2012 I had to shut the website down. Luckily, you can still see a very limited backup of AndrewWKMusic.com. Which leads us up to today (5/9/14). I’m happy to announce today that I’m re-launching AndrewWKMusic.com. If you didn’t already know this, it also happens to be Andrew W.K.’s birthday today. Happy birthday Andrew! Also, if you start navigating through the site and you notice a lot of blank spaces it’s because I’m still working to rebuild the site. Please be patient as I get all the content back to 100% of where it use to be.

A Fan Club?

You may have already noticed a change in our slogan from “Archiving All Things AWK” to “The Unofficial Fan Club”. Although the core of this website still revolves around the media archive, you will now be prompted to join our “fan club” before you can begin downloading archived material. Meaning you need to join our Fan Club. Joining the fan club/forum and downloading archived material will always be FREE. However, there are costs associated with hosting this site plus the time I spend pouring all my love into it. So if you would like to make a donation feel free by clicking the button below.

The Music

In some weird and ironic way I’ve actually accumulated more rare stuff since I’ve been off the grid than when I was actively trying to reach out to people. Lastly, AWK fans are amazing and filled with passion.  And for that reason I can’t wait to collaborate and discuss and party with you!

LONG LIVE THE PARTY!
-Rich

Yep, it’s new and I am fast at getting it to you.

8/15/2012

If you didn’t know already, Andrew W.K. is releasing a bonus disc along with his 10th Anniversary – I Get Wet reissue. The tracklisting was released on the official website two weeks ago.

DISC 1 (“I Get Wet” – The Original Album):

1. It’s Time To Party
2. Party Hard
3. Girls Own Love
4. Ready To Die
5. Take It Off
6. I Love NYC
7. She Is Beautiful
8. Party Til You Puke
9. Fun Night
10. Got To Do It
11. I Get Wet
12. Don’t Stop Living In The Red

DISC 2 (The Bonus Tracks):

1. It’s Time To Party (Live)
2. It’s Time To Party (1999 Version)
3. Party Hard (Live)
4. Party Hard (1999 Version)
5. Girls Own Love (Live)
6. Girls Own Love (1999 Version)
7. Ready To Die (Live)
8. Take It Off (Live)
9. I Love NYC (Live)
10. She Is Beautiful (Live)
11. She Is Beautiful (1999 Version)
12. Party Til You Puke (Live)
13. It Just Got Hotter (Sundogs Version)
14. Got To Do It (Keyboards Version)
15. I Get Wet (Live)
16. Don’t Stop Living In The Red (1999 Version)

Until I actually hear the “1999 Versions” on the bonus CD it’s hard to know if they are alternative versions to the We Want Fun LP, or if they’re the same. Either way I have a little present for anyone wanting to wet their appetite for this 10 year release on the 28th. So in the spirit of rarities and demos here are six more “demos” from 1999. They are additional tracks or alternative versions to anything you would hear on the We Want Fun album. So don’t bypass them assuming you have them. They haven’t been heard or appeared anywhere else except here.

1. She Is Beautiful
2. Girls Own Juice
3. Really In Love
4. We’re Not Going To Get Old
5. Kicks and Bricks
6. I Love NYC

You’ll notice that the first two tracks are in a slightly different style. That’s because they’re most likely some of the earliest “Andrew W.K.” tracks to-date. The last four are a little more polished and more similar to what you’d hear on the We Want Fun album. As more info becomes available and as more tracks are compiled, I reserve the right to add songs to these 1999 Recording Sessions. But for now you can download what I have so far, here: 1999-00-00-1999 Recording Sessions

Recently, a lot more light has been shed on early “Andrew W.K.” and Andrew Wilkes-Krier music. Potentially, there is a lot more music out there than I had previously estimated. Very exciting times to be a hardcore AWK fan to say the least.  More info on that will eventually come forward, but only when it’s ready.

1995-No Wave High School [Cass]

This cassette is incredibly rare. It is estimated that only four copies were ever made. About 1 1/2 years ago this cassette went up on ebay for over $100 and now you have it for free!

Nobody can introduce this to you better than the man himself. In the second interview I did with Andrew W.K. he tells how he was involved with this release/band.

The first band in high school I was in was called “Lab Lobotomy”, or at least it was the first band that played shows and tried to do whatever we could do. But originally it was supposed to be called “Lobotomy”, but I spelled it wrong with an “a”, “La-botomy” instead of “Lo-botomy”. Of course I probably made t-shirts and a whole bunch of stuff before I noticed it was misspelled, which is just amazing. So I think the way we as a band kind of covered that, was deciding to embrace it and call it “Lab” and then spell it correctly after that. That’s how that band got named that ridiculous name. Lab Labotomy had Jaime Morales in it playing guitar and a man named Alex Goldman played trumpet, guitar, and sang as well. Also, a man named Allan Hazlett who is a philosophy professor now at NYU I think, was in the band. I got in touch with him not so long ago through email but I haven’t seen him… [looks him up online]. OK, this is saying he’s in the UK now, it’s gotta be the same guy. So now it’s saying [the internet] that he lives in England, I wonder if he’s teaching… he’s really fascinating. After High school I really lost touch with all of those friends to a small degree and then I was blown away when I heard that he decided to go and become a philosopher. He’s at the university of Edinburgh. That’s pretty amazing. So anyway that was Lab Lobotomy.

Wow! It’s finally here. This reaches deep into the Hanson Records discography. Ever since they were released in 1995 “HN004″ & “HN00006″ has been struggling to see the light of day. It wasn’t easy considering only 30 copies (roughly) of each were ever made. But once again AndrewWKMusic has pulled through for you!  Just click on the link to start your download (no more 4shared.com yea!).

Enjoy this music err noise!

1995-The Transition Team [Cassette]

1995-She’s A Perfectionist [Cassette]

Help www.AndrewWKMusic.com out  in order to continually bring you items like the ones above. We only need $60 more dollars to cover our hosting costs through the end of the year. Thank YOU!
-dickalan

Ancient Art of Boar – The Transition Team

 Ancient Art of Boar – She’s A Perfectionist

Coming Soon…

I do not archive Andrew W.K. LPs on this fanpage. It’s my way of demonstrating, encouraging and advocating the financial support of this artist. However, we do archive EPs. Archived here. There’s nothing like the real thing, so buy it at the official www.AndrewWK.com/store.