Andrew Ross is an American musician. He has been the guitarist, keyboardist and vocalist for the

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band

OK Go OK Go is an American rock band originally from Chicago, Illinois, now based in Los Angeles, California. The band is composed of Damian Kulash (lead vocals, guitar), Tim Nordwind (bass guitar and vocals), Dan Konopka (drums and percussion), an ...

since 2005. He is also behind a solo project, Secret Dakota Ring, which released albums in 2004 and 2008. Ross is also co-founder of

Serious Business Records Serious Business Records is an independent record label founded by Travis Harrison and Andy Ross in Brooklyn, NY in 2004. Since its inception, Serious Business Records has grown to include 14 acts, spanning the genres of classic rock, punk, pop, ...

, a label under which Secret Dakota Ring publish their records.

Biography

Ross attended

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, where he had studied computer science, and became the bassist for the band Unsacred Hearts and guitarist for DraculaZombieUSA. Ross was also the bassist for a brief stint in early 2000s indie band Cold Memory, and was also the headliner for The A-Ross Experience. Other early bands include Phter, D-Funky and the Beechmont Chilles, and Conjugal Visit. In 2004, he released an album, ''Do Not Leave The Baggage All the Way'', under his solo project Secret Dakota Ring. Ross described his freshman album as a "breakup album" at a Google artists performance. In early 2005, he became a member of OK Go after auditioning to replace the band's former guitarist and keyboardist Andy Duncan, who left after production on their second album, ''

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'', was finished. A second Secret Dakota Ring album, entitled ''Cantarell'', was released on November 11, 2008.

Discography

Studio albums

with Secret Dakota Ring

* ''Do Not Leave Baggage All the Way'' (2004) *''Cantarell'' (2008)

with
OK Go OK Go is an American rock band originally from Chicago, Illinois, now based in Los Angeles, California. The band is composed of Damian Kulash (lead vocals, guitar), Tim Nordwind (bass guitar and vocals), Dan Konopka (drums and percussion), an ...

* ''

Of the Blue Colour of the Sky ''Of the Blue Colour of the Sky'' is the third studio album by American rock band OK Go. It was released on January 12, 2010 on Capitol Records in the USA and EMI in the UK, and re-released on the band's independent label Paracadute Records on ...

'' (2010) * ''

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'' (2014)

References

External links

Band blog
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ross, Andy Living people 1979 births American rock guitarists American male guitarists American indie rock musicians Columbia School of Engineering and Applied Science alumni Musicians from Worcester, Massachusetts Grammy Award winners OK Go members Guitarists from Massachusetts