Editing Andrew W.K. (section)

===1993–1999: Early career===
In 1993, at the age of 14, he joined the band Slam, later to be called Reverse Polarity.<ref name="early">{{cite web|url=http://andrewwk.com/about/page/4|title=About: Early Work|publisher=AndrewWK.com|access-date=January 3, 2008}}</ref> In 1996, a song recorded by W.K. entitled "Mr. Surprise" was included on ''Plant the Flower Seeds'', a compilation by the [[Wikipedia:Ypsilanti, Michigan|Ypsilanti, Michigan]]-based record label Westside Audio Laboratories, marking his first publicly-released recording.{{sfn|Crandall|2014|p=18}} Over the next five years, W.K. would play in a number of Detroit-based [[Wikipedia:punk rock|punk rock]] and [[Wikipedia:heavy metal music|heavy metal]] bands,<ref name="Bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/andrew-wk-mn0000041283/biography|title=Andrew W.K. > Biography|publisher=[[Wikipedia:AllMusic|AllMusic]]|access-date=September 3, 2015|last=Phares|first=Heather}}</ref> including The Pterodactyls; Lab Lobotomy; Music Band; Mr. Velocity Hopkins; playing drums in [[Wikipedia:grindcore|grindcore]] metal band, Kathode;<ref name="early"/> in addition to forming the [[Wikipedia:noise rock|noise rock]] project Ancient Art of Boar, later known as AAB, which served as an outlet for his early solo material.<ref name="early"/>

In 1998, W.K. moved from Michigan to New York City, where he worked as a bubblegum machine salesman, an opera ticket salesman, a fashion photographer, a window decorator at the [[Wikipedia:Bergdorf Goodman|Bergdorf Goodman]] department store, a milkshake maker and waiter for a Mexican restaurant and in the offices of avant-garde fashion company [[Wikipedia:Comme des Garçons|Comme des Garçons]], among other short-lived jobs.<ref name= popmusic/><ref name=loudwire/> He briefly joined [[The Great Kat]] as a drummer, then quickly left the band to work on his own music. He ended the AAB project and began recording new solo material under his full "Andrew Wilkes-Krier" name; the year saw the release of a cassette-only single entitled ''Room to Breathe'' on [[Hanson Records]].<ref name="early"/> A follow-up release entitled ''You Are What You Eat'' was scrapped when the master recordings went missing.<ref name="early"/><ref>However, a single copy of ''You Are What You Eat'' was recently discovered by a fan who had purchased a used copy of ''Room To Breathe'' and found that the tape ''You Are What You Eat'' was also dubbed onto the tape. The fan sent a copy of the music to Andrew's management. Andrew confirmed the recording as ''You Are What You Eat'', and discussed the possibility of someday re-releasing both records.</ref> W.K. also recorded the soundtrack for an independent film named ''Poltergeist'' made by [[Aaron Dilloway]] and himself, one track of which appeared on the Hanson Records compilation ''Labyrinths & Jokes''.<ref name="early"/> In 1999, he moved to [[Wikipedia:Seffner, Florida|Seffner, Florida]], to start building his live band with drummer [[Wikipedia:Donald Tardy|Donald "D.T." Tardy]], of [[Wikipedia:death metal|death metal]] band [[Wikipedia:Obituary (band)|Obituary]].<ref name=popmusic/>