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| '''Andy Ross''' (born March 8, 1979), is an American musician most famous as guitarist, keyboardist and vocalist for the rock band ] 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 ], a label under which Secret Dakota Ring publish their records. | |||
| == Biography == | |||
| Ross was born and raised in ]. He attended Tatnuck Elementary School, Forest Grove Middle School, Doherty High School, and the ], where he was president of the ] team. He then majored in electrical engineering (with a minor in computer science) at Columbia University and graduated from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences in 2001. | |||
| Ross was formerly the bassist for the band Unsacred Hearts and guitarist for ]. Ross was also the bassist for a brief stint in vaunted early 2000s indie band ], and was also the headliner for one of ]'s most popular student bands, The A-Ross Experience. Early bands include Phter, D-Funky and the Beechmont Chilles (featuring the acoustic stylings of B-Smooky and his musical horn of plenty), and Conjugal Visit. | |||
| In 2004 he released an album, ''Do Not Leave The Baggage All The Way'', under the solo project name Secret Dakota Ring. | |||
| In early 2005 he became a member of OK Go after auditioning to replace the band's former guitarist and keyboardist ], who left after production on their second album, '']'', was finished. The band have recorded but not yet released a third studio album since Ross joined, after about three years of touring with him following the release of ''Oh No''. | |||
| A second Secret Dakota Ring album, entitled ''Cantarell'', was released on November 11, 2008. | |||
| == Discography == | |||
| Secret Dakota Ring has made one studio album: | |||
| * '']'' (2004) | |||
| *'']'' (2008) | |||
| OK Go have not yet released an album since Ross's arrival, but one is currently in production. | |||
| == Miscellaneous facts == | |||
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| *Andy's primary guitar influence is ]. So inspired by Page, Andy received a violin bow for his 16th birthday so he could perfect Page's guitar bowing technique. | |||
| *In addition to OK Go, Ross also works as a programmer for the ] and the Participatory Politics Foundation (specifically, opencongress.org). When asked, "How can you possibly find time to do it?", Ross replied, "A lot of car-sitting". | |||
| *His mother's name is Karen and his father's is David Ross. | |||
| *He is especially a dedicated and loyal fan of the ]. He was even interviewed for the Fox show ] for the Red Sox edition on September 16, 2006. | |||
| *Is descended from Mayflower passenger ], who fell off the boat and lived. | |||
| *Has earned the nickname "Rusty" by his bandmates. | |||
| *Known as "the general" to an elite group of college friends. | |||
| *Drummer Dan Konopka has claimed to experience an "A. Ross" fantasy whenever Andy's family shows up for a concert. | |||
| *His favorite food is Falafel. | |||
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Andy Ross is like so cool and he smells like purple and its so cool. on my way to school today i saw a lot of oogens and i was like oh no oogens and i was like freaking out,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,vaginamawhhhah.
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