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Who considers Andrew W. K. nu metal? Doesn't sound right to me. Tuf-Kat 01:35, Mar 22, 2004 (UTC)
AWK definitely should be considered pop-metal. -Wolfinator-x —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.59.126.254 ( talk) 01:49, 21 March 2010 (UTC)
I don't have any idea what genre he is, (I looked up this page to find out) but it should say something about it in the first sentence. it could be "metal" or "heavy metal" or whatever the most broad available term is. 01:18, 3 September 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jesticator ( talk • contribs)
Someone keeps deleting my pages about the albums. They are very informational, and should be kept up.
Around 1994, andrew had a somewhat solo project titled Art of Ancient Boar. Not much is know about it.
Ignoring the capitalization/grammatical errors here [emphasis mine], there's no other reference to this on the 'net. Source? This sentence was addred by user Readytodie on June 27 2006, for reference. Shy 10:47, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
You're excused, tyrant — Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.181.89.115 ( talk) 14:18, 19 July 2019 (UTC)
The article basicly has nothing now. Some moronic being went through and removed everything vital. The info is also way off. Andrew did now hit himself with a doorknob, it wasa piece of a cinder block. Alos, he did not hire session musicians for I Get Wet, the players on the album were his band from 2001 up until 2006 (they may have parted ways, no one is sure). Is it at all possible to change the article back to it's original state? Also, the title to To Live and Shave in L.A.'s album "God and Country Rally!" is not to be changed to "Ralley". The album is called" God and Country Rally!", no E.
-- Readytodie 01:02, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
He recently had a cameo in the show Aqua Teen Hunger Force, playing himself. He had no speaking parts, just a part singing a song about partying, which has not been released on record but is available for download from his website. I just checked out his website and I can't find the song anywhere on there for download. Can anyone provide me a link? I'd like to download it. Thanks, - HumanZoom 07:23, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
Note apparently sent by Andrew WK himself regarding a recent appearance in Seattle Bmathew 07:20, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
That letter was infact sent by Andrew.........it's still being investigated, no one can actually figure out what happened that night. All people are saying so far is that Andrew was not himself (literally or metaphoricly, no one knows yet) that night. -- Readytodie 18:08, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
http://www.seattleweekly.com/music/blogs/reverb/2007/04/wheres_the_party.php
The headline lists his birthplace as Los Angeles, the Bio says Stanford. Anyone able to clear that up?
According to Andrew's official biography on his official site, http://andrewwk.com/about.php, Andrew was born in Stanford. -- Readytodie 18:07, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
As I'm sure none of these claims regarding Scientology can be documented, perhaps someone can remove them and have them replaced with some real biographical information? JerryLewisOverdrive 05:02, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
Yeah, i'm going to have to remove that information. It's all made up, none of it can be proved.-- Readytodie 18:29, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
Took out "In 1997 he was approached by the Church of Scientology for a roll as a rock star. The Church had long wanted to design and control a single person's career in order to promote the philosophy of Dianetics. After a breif meeting with Tom Cruise, the contract was signed and Andrew's life was in the hands of Scientology. The Church began by indoctrinating Andrew in the ways of Scientology and reshaping his personality to fit the ideals they wished express with his music. After months of isolation, Andrew re-emerged a new man. Once the transformation was complete, he began to learn the music he was to be recording for his first album that had been written by Tom Cruise." 66.245.8.125 00:31, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
I saw someone put that fans may have doctored his recent apperance photos in order to make him have shorter hair. I was there at the concert and I saw and spoke to him. Maybe short hair is the wrong word (it wasnt like a buzzcut, but it was much shorter than before), but his hair was definitely shorter than before.
On July 31st he had short hair, on August 4th and 7th he had long hair. They were both the same person, so my conclusion is that he uses hair extensions. This is not an unusual occurrence in his field.
He might've just had it under his hat.
nope, i spoke to him personally july 28, i visited with him for quite some time, and he did not have the hair under his hat. -- Readytodie 04:22, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
Certainly, looking at that Boardrum video, his hair definitely appears short. Wwwhatsup ( talk) 08:41, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
I guess the evidence is in, He cut his hair in 2005 and wears hairpieces. This whole section could be cut down to one sentence. Wwwhatsup 10:18, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
I believe the entire Steev Mike and Multiple Andrew sections could be boiled down to a coule of sentences. Any objections? Wwwhatsup ( talk) 09:17, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
I am removing the entire Steev Mike & Multiple Andrews section to here. It's speculation, mostly uncited and unnecessary.
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I am surprised the article only gives a passing reference to the Bahrain incident. It would seem to at least deserve its own paragraph. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.160.67.53 ( talk) 21:33, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
His hair was long and appeared natural.
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At one time this article was mostly about the internet mystery surrounding the identity of Andrew W. K., now there is no mention of it at all. Being as this was a long & attested to phenomenon I believe there should be some mention of it in the article, at least what can be sourced elsewhere. Maybe a few sentences like suggested in the "multiple Andrews" section in this discussion, but maybe a link to (what is now a simple redirect) a "Steev Mike" article, with "Main article: Steev Mike" or something along those lines. I believe this was too prevalent of a "conspiracy theory" to just be omitted from wikipedia entirely. Nagelfar ( talk) 19:05, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
I think it is just a bunch of rumor and speculation and is thus not encyclopedic. What is evident is that AWK himself is quite happy to ferment such speculation. Wwwhatsup ( talk) 11:05, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
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An anonymous editor just added Andrew is also a very competant cricketer and has played in various celebraity fundraising cricket matches. (4/10 for spelling :)) Do we have a citation? I guess this would need a new section 'Other activities'? Wwwhatsup ( talk) 13:00, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
As far as my A.W.K. knowledge goes, he has never been a cricket player. Although I could ask him, I feel that it is not needed, and i'm pretty sure he's not a cricket player -- Readytodie ( talk) 15:51, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
Some mention should be made of his appearance in Melissa Cross's DVD - Zen and the Art of Screaming. User:24.148.118.195 10:22, February 16, 2008
I added it, someone should check to see if I formatted it right though. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.148.118.195 ( talk) 17:49, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
What about his hosting of the show 'Destroy Build Destroy' on Cartoon Network back in 2009? Neither page has any mention of it. 71.171.1.32 ( talk) 13:49, 10 October 2017 (UTC)
A bunch of pix in today's Brooklyn Vegan might indicate that Andrew is growing his hair out. Wwwhatsup ( talk) 06:01, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
Recently, "Steev Mike" has been outed as Andrew himself by Andrew's brother, professional golfer Patrick Wilkes-Krier, who writes:
Hello,
this is Andrews brother, Patrick Wilkes-Krier (as known me from professional golf) and I have read over some posts people had posted and that is all a load of junk! Do not believe it! However I have some valuable information..the truth! Because me and Andrew talked over this and I promised to never tell this, but I am favoring you, the fans!
The plan was for Andrew to cut in a new style, yes, he has indeed got a haircut! But the pictures you see on the homepage were taken back in February some time. So that was a working way to grab attention which was successful. Then to get people (hackers) to post lies about how this whole messy situation started (which wa spart of the plan and were nothing but lies to grab attention and create confusion to promote the album) and then for Andrews made up character Kristine Williams to come clean. However, that was another part of the lies.
So the truth you wonder? Well the plan was for me, Patrick Wilkes-Krier, to be the guy behind it all. To be behind the lies, hackers and Steev Mike person. Now, Steev Mike you wonder is he 'real' or 'made up', simple answer is he is REAL. Steve Mike was a friend of mine, but Andrew did not get along with him and in the future things were tense between them as they picked arguements out and always disagreed with each other. But it came to the point were Steve moved to Orlando. And to mine and Steve's shock, Andrew said "thank you, I have just created a character which can bring excitement, unhappyness and confusion as a part of a role to help boost my ego". Andrew walked off with a smile that day (August 9th 2000). And until now, thats what Andrew has been hiding. It is not something bad, and as he said he wanted to boost his ego with this Steev Mike thing, I guess its working. But Andrew promised to never tell the truth about Steev Mike to anyone else because he was afraid someone would steal his idea and get recognition for a publicity stunt never done before.
Andrew will hate me for this, but we've had our ups and downs, and at this time we are on the down side. However, he can hate me but it is for everyones own good because Andrew doesnt realise it hurts you people, but I think he now would realise it and once he released his new album (Child Of Infinitive Fortune) he would come clean. And about Steev Mike, the real spelling is STEVE, he thought it looked better and was different he told me.
Thank you for your time, Patrick Wilkes-Krier
I almost nominated the Steev Mike redirect page for deletion because there is no mention of that name anywhere in the Andrew W.K. article. If the "name" has appeared in reliable sources and linked to the subject (especially if it is indeed the same person), a cursory mention is all that's needed here. 147.70.242.40 ( talk) 15:44, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
The way the article begins "Andrew W.K. (born Andrew Fetterly Wilkes-Krier)" make it sound like he legally changed his name to "Andrew W.K.," but to my knowledge Andrew W.K." is just a stage name if so it should read "Andrew Fetterly Wilkes-Krier, better known by the stage name Andrew W.K.," I'm not positive on it being a stage name, so I'd like some confirmation before I change the article.-- Marcus Brute ( talk) 23:06, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
I just saw him say on Fox News that he got married last year, and converted to his wife's faith of Islam. Sadistik ( talk) 05:10, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
Someone changed his real name to Andrew Wigger Kibblets. Obvious page abuse. Keep an eye on the changes. -- Afuzzyllama ( talk) 08:20, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
On Youtube, AndrewWK has posted video of himself standing in for a Tulsa weatherman, and claimed that he was "charged with inappropriate broadcast content by the local telecommunication authorities." However, there are no "local telecommunication authorities." There is no such charge as "inappropriate broadcast content." 70.185.224.94 ( talk) 07:32, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
I made a change to the intro which was reverted by Wwwhatsup, specifically that AWK did an interview on Dec. 15, 2009, revealing rather interesting information about himself. I provided a citation. You wanna talk about that, or just edit out information you don't like? Valkyryn ( talk) 18:27, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
Even a cursory look on the web will show that the various "conspiracies" and other PR related nonsense are being driven by Andrew himself. Most of the conspiracy related articles, public "outings" and other conflicting stories are coming from the same source. The section that quotes Andrew's public appearance in London misquotes his words and takes them out of context.
The section is implying he is "not" Andrew WK when in fact he is saying that he has changed into a "different" person. If one watches all three clips he explains everything in full and talks about all of these details.
I think that the "Steev Mike" and "front man admission" sections should be condensed into a section title Publicity Stunt or otherwise noted as various techniques of Anrew WK's PR related persona manipulation. Creatcher ( talk) 22:43, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
The "Party All Goddamn Night" EP This should added.
http://www.andrewwkmusic.com/blog/2011/02/20/the-party-all-goddamn-night-ep 86.46.48.88 ( talk) 22:17, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
This section bascially says that the man made a public appearance and said one or two things. I don't see the value of this information, let along giving it its own section. PurpleChez ( talk) 19:37, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
Ok, the "Steev Mike" section is FULL of citation needed tags, including one I had to add because one of the citations leads to a nonexistant webpage, and I'm willing to bet that there are others like that. If any of this even belongs here, it just barely makes the cut, and the entire thign needs to be cleaned up — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.184.177.57 ( talk) 15:37, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
It isn't BronyCon, but I believe this should have a mention. http://www.thegauntlet.com/article/1225/25485/ANDREW-W.K.-Confirms-Speaking-Engagement-At-My-Little-Pony-Convention Intelligent Deathclaw ( talk) 23:48, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
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- please don't touch this artists page or related pages. Removing the AWKGOJ EP demonstrates how little you know about this artist. It's arguable that the AWKGOJ EP is what caused Andrew W.K. to get signed to Island Records in the first place. Basically, if it weren't for this EP, this entire wikipedia page likely wouldn't exist in the first place. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dickalan ( talk • contribs) 20:59, 28 September 2018 (UTC)
Per the current text:
>Andrew set a world record for Longest Drum Session in a Retail Store at the MTV O Music Awards on Thursday, June 20, 2013 after drumming non-stop for 24 hours.[70]
The citation is dead, but there are many other sources referencing MTV's press release.
But there's nothing on Guiness World Record's website:
While there is this:
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2015/9/spotlight-longest-drumming-marathon-395750
Which is, er, significantly longer.
This explains the strange 'in a Retail Store' qualifying statement in the record's supposed title. But there's more:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbKaTM9O0T4
See that? 6 minutes in, on the certificate they hand to him:
>Longest Drum Session in a Retail Store In New York City
What's up with the hastily scribbled text? I seem to remember that, partway through the record attempt, they realised it wouldn't be a record.
This was the year prior, and set in a retail store. Obviously, a record limited to stores inside one city is not a world record.
Let the truth be heard. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.24.197.76 ( talk) 19:06, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
2021 - I added in a Conspiracy Theory section and moved down the Steev Mike explanation from the Close Calls section that it was previously noted in. Added in details of the Journal that should probably be noted now as a reference. I tried to keep everything succinct, but i'm sure there's lots more that could be explained and added here.
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Who considers Andrew W. K. nu metal? Doesn't sound right to me. Tuf-Kat 01:35, Mar 22, 2004 (UTC)
AWK definitely should be considered pop-metal. -Wolfinator-x —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.59.126.254 ( talk) 01:49, 21 March 2010 (UTC)
I don't have any idea what genre he is, (I looked up this page to find out) but it should say something about it in the first sentence. it could be "metal" or "heavy metal" or whatever the most broad available term is. 01:18, 3 September 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jesticator ( talk • contribs)
Someone keeps deleting my pages about the albums. They are very informational, and should be kept up.
Around 1994, andrew had a somewhat solo project titled Art of Ancient Boar. Not much is know about it.
Ignoring the capitalization/grammatical errors here [emphasis mine], there's no other reference to this on the 'net. Source? This sentence was addred by user Readytodie on June 27 2006, for reference. Shy 10:47, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
You're excused, tyrant — Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.181.89.115 ( talk) 14:18, 19 July 2019 (UTC)
The article basicly has nothing now. Some moronic being went through and removed everything vital. The info is also way off. Andrew did now hit himself with a doorknob, it wasa piece of a cinder block. Alos, he did not hire session musicians for I Get Wet, the players on the album were his band from 2001 up until 2006 (they may have parted ways, no one is sure). Is it at all possible to change the article back to it's original state? Also, the title to To Live and Shave in L.A.'s album "God and Country Rally!" is not to be changed to "Ralley". The album is called" God and Country Rally!", no E.
-- Readytodie 01:02, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
He recently had a cameo in the show Aqua Teen Hunger Force, playing himself. He had no speaking parts, just a part singing a song about partying, which has not been released on record but is available for download from his website. I just checked out his website and I can't find the song anywhere on there for download. Can anyone provide me a link? I'd like to download it. Thanks, - HumanZoom 07:23, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
Note apparently sent by Andrew WK himself regarding a recent appearance in Seattle Bmathew 07:20, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
That letter was infact sent by Andrew.........it's still being investigated, no one can actually figure out what happened that night. All people are saying so far is that Andrew was not himself (literally or metaphoricly, no one knows yet) that night. -- Readytodie 18:08, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
http://www.seattleweekly.com/music/blogs/reverb/2007/04/wheres_the_party.php
The headline lists his birthplace as Los Angeles, the Bio says Stanford. Anyone able to clear that up?
According to Andrew's official biography on his official site, http://andrewwk.com/about.php, Andrew was born in Stanford. -- Readytodie 18:07, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
As I'm sure none of these claims regarding Scientology can be documented, perhaps someone can remove them and have them replaced with some real biographical information? JerryLewisOverdrive 05:02, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
Yeah, i'm going to have to remove that information. It's all made up, none of it can be proved.-- Readytodie 18:29, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
Took out "In 1997 he was approached by the Church of Scientology for a roll as a rock star. The Church had long wanted to design and control a single person's career in order to promote the philosophy of Dianetics. After a breif meeting with Tom Cruise, the contract was signed and Andrew's life was in the hands of Scientology. The Church began by indoctrinating Andrew in the ways of Scientology and reshaping his personality to fit the ideals they wished express with his music. After months of isolation, Andrew re-emerged a new man. Once the transformation was complete, he began to learn the music he was to be recording for his first album that had been written by Tom Cruise." 66.245.8.125 00:31, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
I saw someone put that fans may have doctored his recent apperance photos in order to make him have shorter hair. I was there at the concert and I saw and spoke to him. Maybe short hair is the wrong word (it wasnt like a buzzcut, but it was much shorter than before), but his hair was definitely shorter than before.
On July 31st he had short hair, on August 4th and 7th he had long hair. They were both the same person, so my conclusion is that he uses hair extensions. This is not an unusual occurrence in his field.
He might've just had it under his hat.
nope, i spoke to him personally july 28, i visited with him for quite some time, and he did not have the hair under his hat. -- Readytodie 04:22, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
Certainly, looking at that Boardrum video, his hair definitely appears short. Wwwhatsup ( talk) 08:41, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
I guess the evidence is in, He cut his hair in 2005 and wears hairpieces. This whole section could be cut down to one sentence. Wwwhatsup 10:18, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
I believe the entire Steev Mike and Multiple Andrew sections could be boiled down to a coule of sentences. Any objections? Wwwhatsup ( talk) 09:17, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
I am removing the entire Steev Mike & Multiple Andrews section to here. It's speculation, mostly uncited and unnecessary.
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talk) 07:31, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
I am surprised the article only gives a passing reference to the Bahrain incident. It would seem to at least deserve its own paragraph. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.160.67.53 ( talk) 21:33, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
His hair was long and appeared natural.
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At one time this article was mostly about the internet mystery surrounding the identity of Andrew W. K., now there is no mention of it at all. Being as this was a long & attested to phenomenon I believe there should be some mention of it in the article, at least what can be sourced elsewhere. Maybe a few sentences like suggested in the "multiple Andrews" section in this discussion, but maybe a link to (what is now a simple redirect) a "Steev Mike" article, with "Main article: Steev Mike" or something along those lines. I believe this was too prevalent of a "conspiracy theory" to just be omitted from wikipedia entirely. Nagelfar ( talk) 19:05, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
I think it is just a bunch of rumor and speculation and is thus not encyclopedic. What is evident is that AWK himself is quite happy to ferment such speculation. Wwwhatsup ( talk) 11:05, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
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An anonymous editor just added Andrew is also a very competant cricketer and has played in various celebraity fundraising cricket matches. (4/10 for spelling :)) Do we have a citation? I guess this would need a new section 'Other activities'? Wwwhatsup ( talk) 13:00, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
As far as my A.W.K. knowledge goes, he has never been a cricket player. Although I could ask him, I feel that it is not needed, and i'm pretty sure he's not a cricket player -- Readytodie ( talk) 15:51, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
Some mention should be made of his appearance in Melissa Cross's DVD - Zen and the Art of Screaming. User:24.148.118.195 10:22, February 16, 2008
I added it, someone should check to see if I formatted it right though. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.148.118.195 ( talk) 17:49, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
What about his hosting of the show 'Destroy Build Destroy' on Cartoon Network back in 2009? Neither page has any mention of it. 71.171.1.32 ( talk) 13:49, 10 October 2017 (UTC)
A bunch of pix in today's Brooklyn Vegan might indicate that Andrew is growing his hair out. Wwwhatsup ( talk) 06:01, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
Recently, "Steev Mike" has been outed as Andrew himself by Andrew's brother, professional golfer Patrick Wilkes-Krier, who writes:
Hello,
this is Andrews brother, Patrick Wilkes-Krier (as known me from professional golf) and I have read over some posts people had posted and that is all a load of junk! Do not believe it! However I have some valuable information..the truth! Because me and Andrew talked over this and I promised to never tell this, but I am favoring you, the fans!
The plan was for Andrew to cut in a new style, yes, he has indeed got a haircut! But the pictures you see on the homepage were taken back in February some time. So that was a working way to grab attention which was successful. Then to get people (hackers) to post lies about how this whole messy situation started (which wa spart of the plan and were nothing but lies to grab attention and create confusion to promote the album) and then for Andrews made up character Kristine Williams to come clean. However, that was another part of the lies.
So the truth you wonder? Well the plan was for me, Patrick Wilkes-Krier, to be the guy behind it all. To be behind the lies, hackers and Steev Mike person. Now, Steev Mike you wonder is he 'real' or 'made up', simple answer is he is REAL. Steve Mike was a friend of mine, but Andrew did not get along with him and in the future things were tense between them as they picked arguements out and always disagreed with each other. But it came to the point were Steve moved to Orlando. And to mine and Steve's shock, Andrew said "thank you, I have just created a character which can bring excitement, unhappyness and confusion as a part of a role to help boost my ego". Andrew walked off with a smile that day (August 9th 2000). And until now, thats what Andrew has been hiding. It is not something bad, and as he said he wanted to boost his ego with this Steev Mike thing, I guess its working. But Andrew promised to never tell the truth about Steev Mike to anyone else because he was afraid someone would steal his idea and get recognition for a publicity stunt never done before.
Andrew will hate me for this, but we've had our ups and downs, and at this time we are on the down side. However, he can hate me but it is for everyones own good because Andrew doesnt realise it hurts you people, but I think he now would realise it and once he released his new album (Child Of Infinitive Fortune) he would come clean. And about Steev Mike, the real spelling is STEVE, he thought it looked better and was different he told me.
Thank you for your time, Patrick Wilkes-Krier
I almost nominated the Steev Mike redirect page for deletion because there is no mention of that name anywhere in the Andrew W.K. article. If the "name" has appeared in reliable sources and linked to the subject (especially if it is indeed the same person), a cursory mention is all that's needed here. 147.70.242.40 ( talk) 15:44, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
The way the article begins "Andrew W.K. (born Andrew Fetterly Wilkes-Krier)" make it sound like he legally changed his name to "Andrew W.K.," but to my knowledge Andrew W.K." is just a stage name if so it should read "Andrew Fetterly Wilkes-Krier, better known by the stage name Andrew W.K.," I'm not positive on it being a stage name, so I'd like some confirmation before I change the article.-- Marcus Brute ( talk) 23:06, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
I just saw him say on Fox News that he got married last year, and converted to his wife's faith of Islam. Sadistik ( talk) 05:10, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
Someone changed his real name to Andrew Wigger Kibblets. Obvious page abuse. Keep an eye on the changes. -- Afuzzyllama ( talk) 08:20, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
On Youtube, AndrewWK has posted video of himself standing in for a Tulsa weatherman, and claimed that he was "charged with inappropriate broadcast content by the local telecommunication authorities." However, there are no "local telecommunication authorities." There is no such charge as "inappropriate broadcast content." 70.185.224.94 ( talk) 07:32, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
I made a change to the intro which was reverted by Wwwhatsup, specifically that AWK did an interview on Dec. 15, 2009, revealing rather interesting information about himself. I provided a citation. You wanna talk about that, or just edit out information you don't like? Valkyryn ( talk) 18:27, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
Even a cursory look on the web will show that the various "conspiracies" and other PR related nonsense are being driven by Andrew himself. Most of the conspiracy related articles, public "outings" and other conflicting stories are coming from the same source. The section that quotes Andrew's public appearance in London misquotes his words and takes them out of context.
The section is implying he is "not" Andrew WK when in fact he is saying that he has changed into a "different" person. If one watches all three clips he explains everything in full and talks about all of these details.
I think that the "Steev Mike" and "front man admission" sections should be condensed into a section title Publicity Stunt or otherwise noted as various techniques of Anrew WK's PR related persona manipulation. Creatcher ( talk) 22:43, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
The "Party All Goddamn Night" EP This should added.
http://www.andrewwkmusic.com/blog/2011/02/20/the-party-all-goddamn-night-ep 86.46.48.88 ( talk) 22:17, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
This section bascially says that the man made a public appearance and said one or two things. I don't see the value of this information, let along giving it its own section. PurpleChez ( talk) 19:37, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
Ok, the "Steev Mike" section is FULL of citation needed tags, including one I had to add because one of the citations leads to a nonexistant webpage, and I'm willing to bet that there are others like that. If any of this even belongs here, it just barely makes the cut, and the entire thign needs to be cleaned up — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.184.177.57 ( talk) 15:37, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
It isn't BronyCon, but I believe this should have a mention. http://www.thegauntlet.com/article/1225/25485/ANDREW-W.K.-Confirms-Speaking-Engagement-At-My-Little-Pony-Convention Intelligent Deathclaw ( talk) 23:48, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
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- please don't touch this artists page or related pages. Removing the AWKGOJ EP demonstrates how little you know about this artist. It's arguable that the AWKGOJ EP is what caused Andrew W.K. to get signed to Island Records in the first place. Basically, if it weren't for this EP, this entire wikipedia page likely wouldn't exist in the first place. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dickalan ( talk • contribs) 20:59, 28 September 2018 (UTC)
Per the current text:
>Andrew set a world record for Longest Drum Session in a Retail Store at the MTV O Music Awards on Thursday, June 20, 2013 after drumming non-stop for 24 hours.[70]
The citation is dead, but there are many other sources referencing MTV's press release.
But there's nothing on Guiness World Record's website:
While there is this:
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2015/9/spotlight-longest-drumming-marathon-395750
Which is, er, significantly longer.
This explains the strange 'in a Retail Store' qualifying statement in the record's supposed title. But there's more:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbKaTM9O0T4
See that? 6 minutes in, on the certificate they hand to him:
>Longest Drum Session in a Retail Store In New York City
What's up with the hastily scribbled text? I seem to remember that, partway through the record attempt, they realised it wouldn't be a record.
This was the year prior, and set in a retail store. Obviously, a record limited to stores inside one city is not a world record.
Let the truth be heard. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.24.197.76 ( talk) 19:06, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
2021 - I added in a Conspiracy Theory section and moved down the Steev Mike explanation from the Close Calls section that it was previously noted in. Added in details of the Journal that should probably be noted now as a reference. I tried to keep everything succinct, but i'm sure there's lots more that could be explained and added here.