Ever since I saw him perform on SNL (when The Rock hosted, that superman skit was amazing), I knew this guy was something special. He gives 110% on stage and is all about the fans. When he came here in '02 unfortunately I was not old enough to get into a bar to go. But the love still remained. Last week, when I found out he was coming here to perform at The Collective, I knew I had to go. Andrew WK is one of the greatest performers and I would not miss this. Even when I found out that it was a "DJ" show and not his full band, I still wanted to go check it out. It turned out to be some guy playing the music on turntables (no band) and Andrew WK givin'er with the microphone and keyboard.

 

So I get to the show at 10 and drink a few beers. DJ Co-Op plays until 1130ish. DJ Co-Op plays dance music and everyone was raving and dancing and having a good time. Then Andrew comes on, and I hear "When it's time to party we will party hard". Everyone in the club starts going crazy, moshing all around, crashing into the stage. I was at the front the whole time doing some MAJOR fist pumping and head banging and jumping around. The best part about an Andrew WK show is that the crowd is so involved. I was at the front singing most of the words to most of the songs and Andrew would put the microphone up to people and they would get to sing. "I Get Wet" is one of my favourite songs, when I saw him perform it on SNL it changed my life. Nobody gives it harder on stage than Andrew WK. During that song, I knew I was going to be at the front singing every word to every song. When it started with the keyboard intro, I got all revved up and then started singing with Andrew. He saw me and then I went on stage with him for the first verse/chorus just me and him and sang I Get Wet and headbanged Andrew WK style, with the fist pumps, leg kicks and flailing arms so hard on stage. If anybody was at BB Camp coffeehouse 2003 when I did my best Andrew WK cover, they would know what I am talking about. I remained at the front most of the show, jumping around crashing into people, holding up crowdsurfers, and I returned to the stage a few times to headbang, and sing, during She Is Beautiful I got to go up again and just belt it out. BEST CONCERT EVER. Fuck, that was GT's!!!

 

ps. one guy even said to me that I did good up on stage. There were many times during that show where alot of people were on stage, but during that first verse+chorus of I Get Wet, it was me and him, alternating lines. It was unbelivable.