Andrew Ross is an American musician. He has been the guitarist, keyboardist and vocalist for the
rock 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), and ...
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, a label under which Secret Dakota Ring publish their records. Andy is lead developer of a mobile game developer company Space Inch, LLC.
Biography
Ross attended
Columbia University, 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 the solo project name Secret Dakota Ring. Ross described his freshman album as a 'break up 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, ''
Oh No Oh No may refer to:
* An exclamation used to indicate shock or dismay, primarily used in the English language
Music
* Oh No (musician) (born 1979), American rapper
Albums
* ''Oh No!'', 2004 album by Crackout
* ''Oh No'' (OK Go album), 2005
* ...
'', was finished.
A second Secret Dakota Ring album, entitled ''Cantarell'', was released on November 11, 2008.
Discography
Secret Dakota Ring has released two studio albums:
* ''Do Not Leave Baggage All the Way'' (2004)
*''Cantarell'' (2008)
References
External links
Band blog
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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