Andrew VanWyngarden Bio,Age, Family, Net Worth, Dating, and Albums

Andrew VanWyngarden Biography

Andrew VanWyngarden was born Andrew Wells VanWyngarden is an American musician, singer, and songwriter. Due to his musical prowess, he is the lead vocalist, guitar player, and songwriter for the band MGMT. One of the singles from the Oracular Spectacular album featuring him and his bandmate’s titled “Kids” received a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals, while the duo was nominated in the Best New Artist category. He writes a lot of the lyrics for his band MGMT.

The singer was born in Columbia, Missouri, later growing up in Memphis, Tennessee. While in high school, he formed a band with Dan Treharne called Glitter Penis, where it was the two of them playing around on the computer making random music.

In regards to his education, the singer attended Lausanne Collegiate School and White Station High School. in Memphis , Tennessee where he resided. He was active in YMCA outdoors programs, and the family frequently went canoeing, camping, and fishing. One of his first experiences with music was listening to his dad play The Who song “Pinball Wizard” on his electric guitar with a Fender Twin Reverb amp. In seventh grade, he received a Les Paul guitar and immediately started playing. That same year, he won a contest at Lausanne, playing “Under the Bridge” by the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

While in high school, he formed a band with Dan Treharne called Glitter Penis, where it was the two of them playing around on the computer making random music. VanWyngarden attended and graduated in music from Wesleyan University, where he met fellow band member Ben Goldwasser in his freshman year. He said he planned to study the natural sciences of astronomy, but meeting Goldwasser changed his whole life course. He also mentioned studying entomology while in college.

Andrew VanWyngarden Age| Birthday| How Old is Andrew VanWyngarden?

The singer was born on February 1, 1983, in Columbia, Missouri, U.S. and is 36 years old in 2019. His birth sign is Aquarius.

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In regards to his love life, he has previously dated two models: Camille Rowe and Andreea Diaconu. He currently lives in Rockaway Beach, Queens, New York and prefers to keep his love life private.

Andrew VanWyngarden Ethnicity

The songwriter said that he is of Dutch descent. He, however, has an American Citizenship

Andrew VanWyngarden Family | Andrew VanWyngarden Father

His father, Bruce VanWyngarden, is the editor of the alternative newspaper Memphis Flyer. Andrew fondly remembers his childhood years in Memphis, especially fishing and camping with his dad. “I’ve always really liked nature and the ocean. My friends and I would go out with nets and make little aquariums with the creatures we’d find,” he said.

Andrew VanWyngarden Accidental Mersh

The singer joined a band called Accidental Mersh with future MGMT guitarist Hank Sullivant who would later introduce him to James Richardson, MGMT’s future live guitarist. The band would release two albums: The self-titled Accidental Mersh and Mirror Israeli. The band catapulted to fame, achieving local success and fame in and around the Memphis area, The first album reached the #2 spot on Napster’s “Unsigned Bands” chart. The band went on hiatus when most of its members went to college.

Andrew invited Ben Goldwasser to play the keyboard for Mersh during the summer of 2002. The band had a weekly gig at Newby’s but the shows were sparsely attended and the band dissolved. In college, he wrote and performed a song called “Super Volcano” for a class. It was Andrew who initiated the formation of the group: “He has said in interviews that “Kids” was one of the first songs they produced together, the song is included in the band’s early EP We (Don’t) Care released under the name The Management.

Andrew VanWyngarden Congratulations Album

Andrew came up with the title of MGMT’s 2010 album Congratulations while making Oracular Spectacular. He writes a lot of the lyrics for MGMT, he has described the process, “I’d sit down for a few hours and try to do them. Usually, the ideas for the lyrics have been in my head for a while, and that’s how I go over them again and again.” Upon the release of the album,  His favorite pastime is surfing and says that in the future he would like to produce.

Andrew VanWyngarden Solo Track

In 2014, he released a solo track entitled “I Just Knew” for the surfing film Spirit of Akasha. He also released a cover of “I’m Alive”, a song originally by Peter Howe.

Andrew VanWyngarden Television Appearances

He appeared in The Heart is a Drum Machine, a documentary film about the nature of contemporary music.

Andrew VanWyngarden Net Worth | Salary

His Net worth and salary are still under review.

Andrew VanWyngarden Influences

VanWyngarden mentions Werner Herzog, David Lynch, and Federico Fellini as his favorite directors. He was influenced by the music he listened to with his sister, Nirvana, and Ween in particular, and often went through his parents’ record collection in the attic where he found Neil Young, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones. From then on, all he ever wanted for Christmas was musical instruments; future seasons saw a drum set, a banjo, and a mandolin. He has cited his literary influences as being Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman, The Ice Storm, The Anthology of French Poetry and authors such as Robert Anton Wilson and John Ashbery.

Andrew VanWyngarden Collaborations

The vocalist is in a project with Kevin Barnes from Of Montreal called Blikk Fang. In October 2014, it was announced that two songs would be released by Blikk Fang in Polyvinyl Records’ 4 Track Singles Series for 2015.

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