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Ok Go Information
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'OK Go' is an American indie rock band from Chicago best known for their single "Get Over It". They play rock music, with influences such as Cheap Trick, T Rex and Queen. They share management with They Might Be Giants, with whom they toured before signing to Capitol Records. They served as the house band to the public radio program This American Life on the show's fifth anniversary tour. Ira Glass, the show's host, wrote their first official bio, calling them "living catnip" and describing their songs as "part indie rock, part stadium rock, part straight up pop with the occasional whiff of the Pixies or The Cars or Elliott Smith."
In the United Kingdom, "Get Over It" debuted at No. 21 in the singles chart on March 16, 2003, and the band performed it on that week's edition of Top of the Pops. Also that week, the single's video was named video of the week by Q magazine.
The band contributed a cover of "This Will Be Our Year," the Zombies classic, as the lead track to The Future Soundtrack Of America, a political benefit album put out by Barsuk Records in the fall of 2004. Lead singer Damian Kulash also became somewhat politically active during that election cycle, writing a heavily downloaded how-to-guide for bands hoping to help unseat President George W. Bush, which garnered him an avalanche of hate mail.
The band's second record, Oh No, was recorded in Malmö, Sweden and produced by Tore Johnansson (The Cardigans, Franz Ferdinand) in the fall of 2004. Released in August 2005, it gained notoriety for its first single, the Clash-esque "A Million Ways." Its popularity was due in large part to its , which proved to be a viral internet sensation in the fall of 2005. The ultra-low budget, one-take video featured the band performing a choreographed dance in their back yard. Using a camera borrowed from a friend, it was produced for under ten dollars and released without the knowledge or consent of their label, Capitol Records.
The nontraditional video for "A Million Ways" is not without precedent for the band. Previous oddball video efforts featuring OK Go include their and the . The band has worked with both world-renowned and fairly unknown directors including: Francis Lawrence, Olivier Gondry (brother of Michel Gondry), , Scott Keiner, and Todd Sullivan.
Members
* Damian Kulash - vocals and guitar
* Tim Nordwind - bass
* Dan Konopka - drums
* Andy Ross - keyboards and guitar
Founding guitar/keyboard player Andy Duncan left the band in early 2005.
Also Burleigh Seaver and Ara Anderson played with the band on tour.
They are due to tour the U.K this spring
Discography
* OK Go (2002)
* Oh No (2005)
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