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Los Angeles quartet OK Go have been called "the first post-internet band" and are at the forefront of an emerging class of independent creative entrepreneurs making art in both digital and physical spaces. OK Go's self-directed videos have been viewed over 150 million times on YouTube and the group has garnered accolades from everyone from People Magazine, MTV, and Billboard to Business Week, Apple, and pundit Stephen Colbert.
Childhood friends Damian Kulash (vocals, guitar) and Tim Nordwind (bass) formed OK Go in 1999 with Dan Konopka (drums), and were joined in 2005 by Andy Ross (guitar, keys). The band has forged a new model for the music industry, building an immense fan base through social media, and working with companies like State Farm, Samsung, and Range Rover to invest in their wildly popular videos and sold-out tours.
OK Go played as the house band on a national tour with the NPR program This American Life before releasing their debut album in 2002, which featured a radio hit, “Get Over It.†Their 2005 album Oh No featured the single "Here It Goes Again," a Top 40 hit in America and the U.K., buoyed by the popularity of a music video which featured the quartet dancing on treadmills. OK Go took home a Grammy Award for the video and returned to the recording studio, where they created an EP, 2008's You're Not Alone. The album Of the Blue Colour of the Sky followed in 2010 and cracked the Top 40, with hits like "This Too Shall Pass" and “End Love.â€
OK Go’s recent projects include an interactive video made with the Pilobolus dance company, a live album chronicling the 180 concerts they played in 2010, performances at Glastonbury and Lollapalooza, and a collaboration with The Muppets. They were nominated for a Grammy in 2012 for their interactive video with Pilobolous for the song, "All Is Not Lost." Kulash has penned editorials for The Times of London, The New York Times, and The Washington Post, and testified before the U.S. Congress in support of net neutrality.
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