Andrew W.K.

Louder! Stupider! Totally awesomer! The most bizarre, positively motivational rock star in the history of music makes a hero's return with this blaring, majestic and undeniably victorious second record. If you aren't going insane by the time "Tear It Up" comes on, you might want to make sure you're actually alive.

No one who heard Andrew W.K.'s 2001 debut, I Get Wet, was on the fence about it. You
either adored it or were cheesed off by its relentlessly cheerful, anthemic inversion of
metal. W.K.'s second album, The Wolf, is less frantic than its predecessor, but it still boils
over with Meat Loaf-esque keyboard flourishes, heavily processed guitar solos straight out
of Starship's "We Built This City" and transparent lyrics that suggest a steroid-addl... More >

Median track length, I Get Wet: 3:07. Median track length, The Wolf: 3:59. The steroids or the frat boys have gone to his head. (Grade - C+)