Andy Ross
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{{Short description|American musician}}
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| caption = Ross in concert at the Albany Tulip Festival (May 2006)
| birth_name = Andrew Bryant Ross
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| origin = Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.
| instrument = {{flatlist|
- Vocals
- guitar
- keyboards
- bass guitar
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| occupation = {{flatlist|
- Musician
- singer
- songwriter
- record producer
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| years_active = 1998–present
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- OK Go
- Secret Dakota Ring
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| past_member_of = {{flatlist|
- Unsacred Hearts
- DraculaZombieUSA
- Cold Memory
- Phter
- D-Funky
- Beechmont Chilles
- Conjugal Visit
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Andrew Bryant 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 Mass Academy,{{cite web|url=https://www.telegram.com/story/news/local/worcester/2006/11/12/andy-ross-fits-right-in/53019134007|title=Andy Ross fits right in with OK Go|date=11 November 2006|work=Telegram & Gazette|accessdate=18 January 2025}} then Columbia University, where he studied computer science,{{cite web|url=http://www.playboy.com/articles/the-guitarist-from-ok-go-made-a-phone-game-disco-bees|title=The Guitarist From OK GO Made a Phone Game Called 'Disco Bees'|date=27 August 2015|work=Playboy|accessdate=20 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170303051420/https://www.playboy.com/articles/the-guitarist-from-ok-go-made-a-phone-game-disco-bees|archive-date=3 March 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} 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.{{cite news|url=http://www.popmatters.com/music/interviews/ok-go-051019.shtml |title=Rocking the Paisley Three-Piece Suit |last=Horn |first=Jodie Janella |date=19 October 2005 |work=PopMatters |accessdate=21 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051229200925/http://www.popmatters.com/music/interviews/ok-go-051019.shtml |archive-date=December 29, 2005 |url-status=dead }}
A second Secret Dakota Ring album, entitled Cantarell, was released on November 11, 2008.{{cite news|url=http://metrospirit.com/index.php?cat=1993101070394080&ShowArticle_ID=11012309083597498 |title=Secret Dakota Ring |last=Lull |first=Dino |date=24 September 2008 |work=Metro Spirit |accessdate=21 December 2009 |location=Augusta }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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)
- And the Adjacent Possible (2025)
References
External links
- [http://thewilltorock.blogspot.com/ Band blog]
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Category:American rock guitarists
Category:American male guitarists
Category:American indie rock musicians
Category:Columbia School of Engineering and Applied Science alumni