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===Other work=== Outside of his solo work, Andrew also performed with and produced music for the avant-garde ensemble [[Wikipedia:To Live and Shave in L.A.|To Live and Shave in L.A.]] He first appeared on the band's 2004 release ''God and Country Rally!'' He co-produced their 2006 studio album ''[[Wikipedia:Noon & Eternity|Noon and Eternity]]'', and appears on the group's other 2006 release, the "chronological remix" project ''Horoscopo: Sanatorio de Molière''.<ref name="bio"/> In late 2006, Andrew re-worked his song "Fun Night" into a theme song for the [[Wikipedia:Arizona Sundogs|Arizona Sundogs]], a [[Wikipedia:Ice hockey|hockey]] team. The song was titled "Sundogs (It Just Got Hotter)". The song "Fun Night" also appeared in the film ''[[Wikipedia:Old School (film)|Old School]]'' during one of the party scenes.<ref name="bio"/> Andrew was also a judge for the 5th and 10th annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists' careers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.independentmusicawards.com/ima_new/pastjudges.asp |title=Past Judges |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713024722/http://www.independentmusicawards.com/ima_new/pastjudges.asp |archive-date=July 13, 2011 |publisher=Independent Music Awards |url-status=dead |access-date=July 7, 2021}}</ref> On July 7, 2007, at 7:07 pm, Andrew appeared as one of the 77 drummers in the [[Wikipedia:77 Boadrum|77 Boadrum]] concert held at the [[Wikipedia:Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park|Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park]] in [[Wikipedia:Brooklyn|Brooklyn]], [[Wikipedia:New York City|New York]] which was organized by Japanese [[Wikipedia:noise rock|noise rock]] group [[Wikipedia:Boredoms|Boredoms]]. In September 2007 Andrew's piano playing was featured on a jazz fusion CD release "électricité" with [[Wikipedia:Mike Pachelli|Mike Pachelli]] on guitar, Rich Russo on drums, and Dennis Harding on bass for Los Angeles-based Fullblast Recordings (2007).<ref>[http://mikepachelli.com/ ..::Pachelli Productions::..::]. Mike Pachelli. Retrieved on June 29, 2012.</ref> Andrew has also performed and recorded electric bass guitar for the artist [[Wikipedia:Baby Dee|Baby Dee]], whom he met while playing live as the bassist of [[Wikipedia:Current 93|Current 93]]. Andrew played bass and drums on Dee's ''[[Wikipedia:Safe Inside the Day|Safe Inside the Day]]'' album, and performed with her group at a 2008 show Manhattan. He also produced and mixed Dee's 2011 album, ''[[Wikipedia:Regifted Light|Regifted Light]]''. Andrew has performed bass guitar with Current 93 at the Donau Festival in Krems, Austria in April 2007, the UK [[Wikipedia:All Tomorrow's Parties (music festival)|All Tomorrow's Parties]] festival in May 2007, and their European tour in April 2008.<ref name="bio"/> On Friday, December 5, 2008, an Andrew W.K. fan named Dominic Owen Mallary died after an accident while his band Last Lights performed at Boston University. Dominic had always said that he wanted to have Andrew W.K. play during his funeral. After several friends of Dominic emailed him, Andrew came to the wake, and played classical piano for the entire time after paying his respects.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bringbacktheboombox.com/main/?p=873 |title=bringbacktheboombox.com |publisher=bringbacktheboombox.com |access-date=April 2, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708093806/http://bringbacktheboombox.com/main/?p=873 |archive-date=July 8, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lemmingtrail.com/mb/217130/ |title=Andrew WK's life is pretty fucked up |publisher=Lemmingtrail |access-date=April 2, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130127225118/http://www.lemmingtrail.com/mb/217130/ |archive-date=January 27, 2013 }}</ref> Andrew formed the group The Brill Sisters with guitarist [[Matt Sweeney]] and producer [[Wikipedia:Don Fleming (musician)|Don Fleming]]. They played their first show (without Fleming) at Santos Party House on April 2, 2009.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOVXsT4paGM The Brill Sisters (Minus One) – The Grey Funnel Line]. YouTube. Retrieved on June 29, 2012.</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG-swcgnI58 The Brill Sisters (Minus One) – Spontaneous Boogie]. YouTube. Retrieved on June 29, 2012.</ref> The entire group performed together on April 21, 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://santospartyhouse.com/index/event/id/620 |title=Session's at Santa's with The Dripping Tap, Renminbi, The Brill Sisters, JFK, DJ Jim Dunbar, More – Apr 21, 2009 |publisher=Santos Party House |date=April 21, 2009 |access-date=April 2, 2012}}</ref> Andrew has collaborated with Canada's [[Wikipedia:Nardwuar the Human Serviette|Nardwuar the Human Serviette]] and his band [[Wikipedia:The Evaporators|The Evaporators]] to record the split 7-inch ''[[A Wild Pear]]'', released in 2009. They worked together again on a pair of tracks for The Evaporators' 2012 album ''Busy Doing Nothing''. In 2012, it was believed that the United States State Department had named W.K. the U.S. Cultural Ambassador to Bahrain.<ref name="Guardian">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/shortcuts/2012/nov/26/andrew-wk-bahrain-pass-notes |title=Andrew WK: meet the US's new cultural ambassador to Bahrain |access-date=March 23, 2013 |location=London |work=The Guardian |date=November 26, 2012}}</ref> In reality, he had been merely asked to speak at the Embassy as part of a cultural speakers program, an invitation which, upon further reflection, was repealed "because it did not meet the standards of the State Department."<ref name="Wire">{{cite news |url=http://www.thewire.com/entertainment/2012/11/andrew-wk-wont-be-state-departments-ambassador-partying-after-all/59318/ |title=Andrew WK won't be the state department's ambassador of partying after all. |access-date=January 12, 2015 |work=The Wire |date=November 26, 2012}}</ref> Andrew set a world record for Longest Drum Session in a Retail Store at the MTV Music Awards on Thursday, June 20, 2013, after drumming non-stop for 24 hours.<ref name="Reuters">{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/entertainment-us-omusicawards-idUSBRE95K10Y20130621 |title=Andrew W.K. sets drumming record at MTV O Music Awards |access-date=June 24, 2013 |work=Reuters |first=Piya |last=Sinha-Roy |date=June 21, 2013}}</ref> On Thursday, June 12, 2014, Andrew co-hosted the Relentless [[Wikipedia:Kerrang! Awards|Kerrang! Awards]] alongside [[Wikipedia:Scott Ian|Scott Ian]] of [[Wikipedia:Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]]. The event was held at East London's [[Wikipedia:Troxy|Troxy]].<ref name="Metro">{{cite news |url=http://metro.co.uk/2014/04/09/party-hard-andrew-w-k-to-co-host-relentless-kerrang-awards-4693951/ | title=Party Hard: Andrew W.K. to co-host Relentless Kerrang! Awards | date=April 9, 2014}}</ref> Andrew also made an appearance as himself in the ''[[Wikipedia:Cyanide & Happiness|Cyanide & Happiness]]'' show. Most recently, he appeared as a fictional version of himself, "Intern Andrew W.K.", in a live show for ''[[Wikipedia:Welcome to Night Vale|Welcome to Night Vale]]'', entitled "The Librarian". Andrew is featured on ''Nekrogoblikon's'' album titled ''Heavy Meta'' released on June 2, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metalinsider.net/collaborations/andrew-w-k-parties-hard-with-nekrogoblikon-in-the-studio|title=Andrew W.K. parties hard with Nekrogoblikon in the studioMetal Insider|date=September 19, 2014|website=Metalinsider.net|access-date=April 6, 2018}}</ref> Andrew appeared on [[Wikipedia:Ken Reid (comedian)|Ken Reid]]'s ''TV Guidance Counselor'' podcast on December 11, 2015. Andrew played the role of the character known as "Redeye" in the game ''[[Wikipedia:Fallout 4|Fallout 4]]'' in the Nuka-World DLC.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gaminglyfe.com/fallout-4-nuka-worlds-redeye-interview-with-andrew-w-k/|title=Fallout 4 – Nuka-World's RedEye: Interview with Andrew W.K. - GamingLyfe.com - Gaming News, Gaming Community, eSports|date=September 19, 2016|website=Gaminglyfe.com|access-date=April 6, 2018}}</ref>
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