Damian Kulash
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Damian Kulash in 2010 at Apple WWDC Bash, Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, CA
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Damian Joseph Kulash, Jr. |
| Born | October 7, 1975 |
| Origin | Washington, D.C., United States |
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| Occupation(s) | Singer |
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| Years active | 1998—present |
| Labels | Paracadute |
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Damian Joseph Kulash Jr. (born October 7, 1975) is the lead singer and guitarist for Los Angeles-based rock band OK Go. He is also a music video director.
Born in Washington D.C., United States, Kulash graduated from St. Albans School in 1994, and later Brown University in 1998 with a concentration in Art-Semiotics. The family name was originally "Kulas" when Kulash's great-grandparents lived in Poland. In a podcast, Kulash states that one of his grandfathers invented the modern day fish stick, and the other found a species of beetle.
While in college at Brown, Kulash played in at least three bands – A La Playa, Calixto Chinchile, and Square. He released three CDs in his senior year: an album of experimental Elvis covers (for his senior project), an eponymously titled five-song EP from his electronic pop band Square, and Appendices, a collection of more than a dozen miscellaneous recordings from his time in college, including solo songs, collaborations with friends, class projects, studio experiments, and recordings from previous bands.
Included on the Appendices record are the original recordings of "Bye Bye Baby," which was later re-recorded for OK Go's debut record, and four songs from a never-finished EP for his punk band A La Playa.
In May 1998, Kulash won Brown University's Weston Prize in music composition. Kulash also attended Interlochen Arts Camp while in high school as a visual arts major.
As a result of courses he took in electronic music, Kulash became interested in more highly produced, carefully crafted music. After graduation from Brown, Kulash moved to Chicago, and in 1998 formed OK Go. After playing in Chicago and appearances on NPR's This American Life, OK Go signed to Capitol Records. They have released four albums: OK Go, Oh No, Of the Blue Colour of the Sky, and Hungry Ghosts. Prior to this, in 1996, he was in a band named Calixto Chinchile in which he played an early version of the OK Go song, ″Hello My Treacherous Friends.″
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