When Andrew WK announced this secret show it was obviously going to be a crazy one. A small students union venue should never play host to such mayhem. Just to confirm things though, 20 minutes before doors the queue was snaking around the corner; half the queue in classic Andrew WK t-shirts, the words Party Hard everywhere your eyes looked. When I got into the venue I was excited (and slightly fearful for my ears) to see they hadn’t skimped on the guitar amps for such a small gig, three full stacks and a bass amp filling the back of the stage. When the band took to the stage the audience went crazy, crowd surfers coming over before the first song had even reached it’s climax. Andrew was accomponied by a female vocalist, drummer, bassist and four guitarists. Four. Insane. Playing through classic album I Get Wet, the band wasted no time getting the party going with It’s Time To Party. Moving on to classic single Party Hard, the audience stepped it up a notch, going absolutely insane from the first vocal line. It was almost like an oath, a declaration that everyone in the venue was there, ready to ….. Continue Reading
Andrew W.K. @ KCLSU 02/08/2012
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