1. Ken Andrews was born on Kenneth Andrew Doty; June 18,1967 and is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer.
14 Facts About Ken Andrews
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Ken Andrews is best known as co-founder, lead vocalist, guitarist, bassist and co-songwriter of the alternative rock band Failure.
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Ken Andrews has played in Replicants, a cover band side project that included members of Tool.
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Ken Andrews has performed as a solo artist, as well as collaborating in a self-described "digital band" called Digital Noise Academy with Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Sharky Laguana, Jordon Zadorozny, and Charlotte Martin, among others.
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In 2014, Ken Andrews reunited with Failure members Greg Edwards and Kellii Scott.
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In March 2007, Ken Andrews released Secrets of the Lost Satellite, his first solo album under his own name, and helped oversee its release via his own label, Dinosaur Fight Records.
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The initial inspiration for the album came when he was invited by Beck to contribute to songs that he and his backing band were working on for the Nacho Libre soundtrack, recording sessions which Ken Andrews described as "one of the most exciting of my life".
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Ken Andrews brought in another old friend, Jordon Zadorozny of Blinker the Star, to assist with songwriting and arrangements, and Zadorozny ended up playing various instruments on some songs, as well.
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Ken Andrews went on tour that spring for the first time since 2003, with the opening band, San Diego's First Wave Hello, serving as his backing band.
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Ken Andrews is often credited for directing the music video for Tool's "Hush", but this is incorrect.
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Andrews is mistakenly credited with involvement in the post-grunge arena-rock band Neon Steam Dreams; that Andrews is a different musician by the same name.
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Ken Andrews was featured on an episode of WIRED Science discussing the pros and cons of digital vs analog recording.
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Ken Andrews argued that more can be done with digital while Steve Albini argued that he can accomplish just as much with analog.
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Ken Andrews himself stated that this was the very first overtly political song he had ever written.