OK Go
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OK Go is an American indie rock band from Chicago best known for their single "Get Over It". They play energetic, intelligent rock in the vein of 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 5th 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" debuted at No. 21 in the singles chart on March 16, 2003, and the band performed it on that week's edition of Top of the Pops. Also that week, the single's video was named video of the week by Q magazine.
The band contributed a cover of "This Will Be Our Year," the Zombies classic, as the lead track to The Future Soundtrack Of America, a political benefit album put out by Barsuk Records in the fall of 2004. Lead singer Damian Kulash also became somewhat politically active during that election cycle, writing a heavily downloaded how-to-guide for bands hoping to help unseat President George W. Bush, which garned him an avalanche of hate mail.
The band's members are:
- Damian Kulash - vocals and guitar
- Tim Nordwind - bass
- Dan Konopka - drums
- Andy Ross - keyboards and guitar
Founding guitar/keyboard player Andy Duncan (musician) left the band in early 2005.
The band's self-titled debut album has the following tracks:
- "Get Over It"
- "Don't Ask Me"
- "You're So Damn Hot"
- "What To Do"
- "1000 Miles Per Hour"
- "Shortly Before the End"
- "Return"
- "There's a Fire"
- "C-C-C-Cinnamon Lips"
- "The Fix Is In"
- "Hello, My Treacherous Friends"
- "Bye Bye Baby"
OK Go's second album, 'Oh No,' was recorded in late 2004 with producer Tore Johansson in Malmö, Sweden. It is scheduled for release in August, 2005 and includes the following tracks:
- "Invincible"
- "Do What You Want"
- "Here It Goes Again"
- "A Good Idea At The Time"
- "Oh Lately Its So Quiet"
- "Its A Disaster"
- "A Million Ways"
- "No Sign Of Life"
- "Let It Rain"
- "Crash The Party"
- "Television Television"
- "Maybe This Time"
- "The House Wins"
External links
- Official website (http://www.okgo.net/)
- Bulletin Board (http://okgo.emiforums.com/)
- Band Blog (http://thewilltorock.blogspot.com)
- MySpace Page (http://www.myspace.com/okgo)
- Band profile (http://www.drownedinsound.com/bands/5146.html) at Drowned in Sound.com