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Andy Ross
Ross in 2006
Background information
Birth name	Andrew Ross
Origin	Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.
Genres	Alternative rock pop rock indie rock indie pop electronica
Occupations	Musician singer songwriter record producer
Instruments	Vocals guitar keyboards bass guitar
Years active	1998–present
Member of	OK Go Secret Dakota Ring
Formerly of	Unsacred Hearts DraculaZombieUSA Cold Memory Phter D-Funky Beechmont Chilles Conjugal Visit

Andrew Ross is an American musician. He has been the guitarist, keyboardist and vocalist for the rock band OK Go since 2005. He is also behind a solo project, Secret Dakota Ring, which released albums in 2004 and 2008. Ross is also co-founder of Serious Business Records, a label under which Secret Dakota Ring publish their records.

Biography

Ross attended Columbia University, where he had studied computer science, and became the bassist for the band Unsacred Hearts and guitarist for DraculaZombieUSA. Ross was also the bassist for a brief stint in early 2000s indie band Cold Memory, and was also the headliner for The A-Ross Experience. Other early bands include Phter, D-Funky and the Beechmont Chilles, and Conjugal Visit.

In 2004, he released an album, Do Not Leave The Baggage All the Way, under his solo project Secret Dakota Ring. Ross described his freshman album as a "breakup album" at a Google artists performance.

In early 2005, he became a member of OK Go after auditioning to replace the band's former guitarist and keyboardist Andy Duncan, who left after production on their second album, Oh No, was finished.

A second Secret Dakota Ring album, entitled Cantarell, was released on November 11, 2008.

Discography

Studio albums

with Secret Dakota Ring

• Do Not Leave Baggage All the Way (2004)
• Cantarell (2008)

with OK Go

• Of the Blue Colour of the Sky (2010)
• Hungry Ghosts (2014)

References

1. "The Guitarist From OK GO Made a Phone Game Called 'Disco Bees'". Playboy. 27 August 2015. Archived from the original on 3 March 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
2. Horn, Jodie Janella (19 October 2005). "Rocking the Paisley Three-Piece Suit". PopMatters. Archived from the original on December 29, 2005. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
3. Lull, Dino (24 September 2008). "Secret Dakota Ring". Metro Spirit. Augusta. Retrieved 21 December 2009.

External links

• Band blog

• Living people
• 1979 births
• American rock guitarists
• American male guitarists
• American indie rock musicians
• Columbia School of Engineering and Applied Science alumni
• Musicians from Worcester, Massachusetts
• Grammy Award winners
• OK Go members
• Guitarists from Massachusetts