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Andy Ross
Musical artist

Andy Ross (born March 8, 1979), was the keyboardist and vocalist for the American rock band OK Go and is also co-founder of Serious Business Records.

Biography

Ross was born and raised in Worcester, Massachusetts. He attended Tatnuck Elementary School, Forest Grove Middle School, Doherty High School, and the Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science at WPI, where he was captain of the robotics 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 left the band in 2005 due to family issues.

Ross is the former bassist for the band Unsacred Hearts and guitarist for DraculaZombieUSA. His current project, Secret Dakota Ring, has published one album, Do Not Leave Baggage All The Way. A follow-up of this album, named Cantarell, will be released. Ross was also the bassist for a brief stint in vaunted early 2000s indie band Cold Memory, and was also the headliner for one of Columbia University'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.

Discography

Secret Dakota Ring has made one studio album:

Andy announced on his social website that a second album, entitled Cantarell, would be released October 28th on No Office/Serious Business Records.

Miscellaneous facts

This article contains a list of miscellaneous information. Please relocate any relevant information into other sections or articles. (November 2007)
  • Andy's primary guitar influence is Jimmy Page. 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 Participatory Culture Foundation 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.
  • OK Go fans know Andy was a huge baseball fan. He was especially a dedicated and loyal fan of the Boston Red Sox. He was even interviewed for the Fox show This Week in Baseball for the Red Sox edition on September 16, 2006.
  • Is descended from Mayflower passenger John Howland, who fell off the boat and lived.

External links

OK Go
  • Andy Duncan
Studio albums
EPs and compilations
Singles
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