Is Andrew WK Dave Grohl in disguise?

I have just been to the Leeds Festival in England and seen them both
live (Grohl with the Foo Fighters). However, I still can't tell!

If Dave Grohl is not Andrew WK, how much involvement does he have with
him? I heard that Grohl discovered WK, but that is all I know.

Cheers

Hi there,

That standard answer is that Dave discovered Andrew after seeing the
famous photo, and Andrew will be singing on a new Foo Fighters track.

Yep, in that famous pic with blood pouring out of his nose, he does
look a lot like Dave Grohl, but in other pics he looks quite different
and a lot younger. So, they definitely aren't the same person.

Dave pic:
http://www.mtv.com/bands/g/grohl_david/news_feature_june_2002/images/page_1_image.jpg

Andrew pic:
http://www.islandrecords.com/www2/diary/photo_upload/293-289823-5666-72702-75502.jpg

But that's not to say the guy isn't just some actor miming to Dave's
music, Milli Vanilli style.

This "conspiracy theory" got a mention last year in the Guardian:
"One music-biz conspiracy theory currently circulating suggests that
Andrew WK is an elaborate hoax devised by former Nirvana drummer Dave
Grohl (WK has toured with Grohl's band the Foo Fighters). "
http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/critic/review/0,1169,580562,00.html

And the BBC said:
"Sounds too good to be true! Well, funny you should mention that. The
rumour is that Andrew WK is a none too elaborate joke foisted upon the
world by ex Nirvana drummer and Foo Fighter Dave Grohl. Gossip hounds
reckon Grohl penned the WK anthems for a laugh and got Andrew the
long-haired sex god to front them. "
http://216.239.33.100/search?q=cache:-Jjkh1gbPzEC:www.bbc.co.uk/choice/celeb_city/need_to_know/feature_andrew.shtml+%22andrew+w.k.%22+%22dave+grohl%22&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

And a CD reviewer says:
"Probably. C'mon, work it out for yourself. Can you really take a 22
year old former piano-playing child-prodigy who repeatedly refers in
interviews to 'The Cause' and babbles excitedly about how 'like,
totally awesome baby rabbits are' to be the saviour of music? Or is he
just a style-mag version of rock music, formulated by the Nirvana
Ringo as a jokey jokey postmodern alternative Pop Idol?"
http://www.wolvesunion.org/crywolf/issue2/reviews/pages/anrewkd.htm

REASONS WHY IT IS A HOAX
========================
- Dave Grohl is a funny, intelligent, subversive guy. He's just the
type to do this.
- The music (to my critical ear) is totally laughable. Ha! Ha! The
music-buying masses fell for it!
- The music is similar enough
- The "facts" about Andrew WK sound a bit far-fetched... genius-level
IQ, model good looks etc


REASONS WHY IT ISN'T
====================

- Taking Milli Vanilli as an example, hoaxsters prefer to hide behind
pop videos. Andrew WK has done enough stadium shows to prove that he
is not a mime artist
- No famous artist (to my knowledge) has pulled off a hoax to this
extent
- If Dave wrote the songs, that wouldn't be so strange or unusual -
Prince gives away songs using pseudonyms all the time, which isn't
exactly a conspiracy or hoax


Keywords used:

"dave grohl" "andrew wk"
://www.google.com/search?q=%22dave+grohl%22+%22andrew+wk%22


I trust this answers your question. If any portion of my answer is
unclear, please ask for clarification.

Best wishes,
robertskelton-ga

Thanks for a complete rounded answer.