Post by Orange on Jan 22, 2014 22:32:23 GMT -5
So, a friend of mine told me about this today, and until then I had never heard of any conspiracies involving W.K.
For those that might not know, the conspiracy states that there are multiple Andrew W.K.s in the world, and the entire thing is nothing but a character created by a large group of people as a social experiment.
Apparently the story dates back to Andrew's first album I Get Wet, the album that launched him into popularity, in which there is an executive producer by the name of Steev Mike. This isn't particularly noteworthy until you fast-forward to 2004, and somebody claiming to be Steev Mike hacks Andrew's website and begins to post cryptic messages, which were later found out to be his displeasure about being left off of WK's second album, and threatens to reveal WK's dark secret.
People began to speculate what that secret could be, and among those theories (including WK's father actually being responsible for all of his music under the name "Steev Mike"), came the theory that there were multiple Andrew WK's hired by music executives to front a new product.
This theory gained some traction after a concert in December of 2004, in which many concert-goers complained that the guy on stage claiming to be Andrew W.K. was not what he appeared to be, and their feelings were worsened when the on-stage performer cut the concert short. The theory states that this was the second of three men to play the Andrew W.K. character.
Whatever animosity that might've been between Andrew and Steev appeared to be set aside, as Steev appeared as a producer on WK's third album; and after releasing this album, WK went on to become a motivational speaker.
However, in 2008, Andrew W.K. told an audience in London this,
And then in 2010, he told an interviewer this,
And then, once more, a friend of Andrew's, Twig Harper, began to claim that he came up with the character of Andrew W.K while doing acid.
He states that the idea was to build a "false-christ" figure, that of which would be brought up through corporate media and at the peak of his popularity have his act exposed to "usher in a new damn for humanity". Harper also claims he was unknowingly part of a mind control experiment once and that he invented a time machine.
This picture is a focal point of the theory, stating that the differences between the different Andrews can be seen when you compare early 2000s pictures and mid-2000s pictures of Andrew.
Here are a couple articles about the theory, the latter of which is actually from the promoter of the aformentioned gig.
archersguild.blogspot.com/2011/03/andrew-wk-and-steev-mike-conspiracy.html
www.metalinsider.net/conspiracies/lets-go-down-the-andrew-w-k-doesnt-exist-rabbit-hole-plus-my-own-part-in-the-story
TL;DR - There are multiple Andrew W.K characters as it's all a corporate media social experiment.
So, what do you say, FAN?
Personally, I don't buy it for a second. I haven't followed W.K. all that closely, but I like the guy, and knowing everything I know about how weird he is, I have no doubt that all of the Steev Mike stuff was his doing and has nothing to do with multiple characters. He seems to like to screw with people, so putting out contradicting stories sounds like something he might do.
For those that might not know, the conspiracy states that there are multiple Andrew W.K.s in the world, and the entire thing is nothing but a character created by a large group of people as a social experiment.
Apparently the story dates back to Andrew's first album I Get Wet, the album that launched him into popularity, in which there is an executive producer by the name of Steev Mike. This isn't particularly noteworthy until you fast-forward to 2004, and somebody claiming to be Steev Mike hacks Andrew's website and begins to post cryptic messages, which were later found out to be his displeasure about being left off of WK's second album, and threatens to reveal WK's dark secret.
People began to speculate what that secret could be, and among those theories (including WK's father actually being responsible for all of his music under the name "Steev Mike"), came the theory that there were multiple Andrew WK's hired by music executives to front a new product.
This theory gained some traction after a concert in December of 2004, in which many concert-goers complained that the guy on stage claiming to be Andrew W.K. was not what he appeared to be, and their feelings were worsened when the on-stage performer cut the concert short. The theory states that this was the second of three men to play the Andrew W.K. character.
Whatever animosity that might've been between Andrew and Steev appeared to be set aside, as Steev appeared as a producer on WK's third album; and after releasing this album, WK went on to become a motivational speaker.
However, in 2008, Andrew W.K. told an audience in London this,
"Andrew W.K. was created by a large group of people. They met, and I was there, and we talked about how we could come up with something that would move people. It was done in the spirit of commerce. It was done in the spirit of entertainment, which usually goes hand in hand with commerce. I was auditioned, along side many other people, to fill this role of a 'great frontman', 'a great performer'. On the one hand it may be a little scary to admit this to you all, that I may not be exactly who you thought I was, and that the guy who was, in fact, first hired as Andrew W.K. is a different person than the guy sitting here on the stage tonight. I'm the next person who is playing Andrew W.K."
And then in 2010, he told an interviewer this,
"I am Andrew W.K., the same that has been here from the beginning...I am the same Andrew W.K. at this appearance as at all Andrew W.K.-related appearances."
And then, once more, a friend of Andrew's, Twig Harper, began to claim that he came up with the character of Andrew W.K while doing acid.
He states that the idea was to build a "false-christ" figure, that of which would be brought up through corporate media and at the peak of his popularity have his act exposed to "usher in a new damn for humanity". Harper also claims he was unknowingly part of a mind control experiment once and that he invented a time machine.
This picture is a focal point of the theory, stating that the differences between the different Andrews can be seen when you compare early 2000s pictures and mid-2000s pictures of Andrew.
Here are a couple articles about the theory, the latter of which is actually from the promoter of the aformentioned gig.
archersguild.blogspot.com/2011/03/andrew-wk-and-steev-mike-conspiracy.html
www.metalinsider.net/conspiracies/lets-go-down-the-andrew-w-k-doesnt-exist-rabbit-hole-plus-my-own-part-in-the-story
TL;DR - There are multiple Andrew W.K characters as it's all a corporate media social experiment.
So, what do you say, FAN?
Personally, I don't buy it for a second. I haven't followed W.K. all that closely, but I like the guy, and knowing everything I know about how weird he is, I have no doubt that all of the Steev Mike stuff was his doing and has nothing to do with multiple characters. He seems to like to screw with people, so putting out contradicting stories sounds like something he might do.
