Let the (piano) dual begin!
Guiness World Record holding, Grammy nominated, tritesticular funk phenomenon Chilly "Fuckeye" Gonzales has challenged fellow solo piano elpeeist and avant garde longhair Andrew WK to a piano battle in New York next week, The Quietus can exclusively reveal.
Friend of The Quietus and veritable polymath Akira The Don explains:
"This past Monday [September 14th] I was to head down to King’s College to have one of my world famous filmed-sit-downs with Mr Andrew WK. When Chilly Gonzales got wind of this he recorded a masterful video message, challenging Andrew — a fellow solo-piano elpeeist — to a Mighty Duel in New York next week, and sent it to me. That afternoon, I played Andrew the message, and… well, you can see for yourselves."
The Quietus is overjoyed to confirm that Andrew has accepted Gonzales’ challenge which will take part in Joe’s Pub, NYC, on September 25. Watch this space for more details.
The full interview, in which Akira and Andrew discuss 55 Cadillac, giant robots, steam theory, and the mysterious and evil forces conspiring to stop the long-haired rocker from releasing records will appear here next week.
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