Andrew Volpe
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| Birth name | Andrew Francis Volpe (Confirmation name: Bartholomew) | |
| Born | January 4, 1980, St. Louis, MO | |
| Genre(s) | Power pop, Rock | |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar | |
| Years active | 2003 – Present | |
| Label(s) | Island Records | |
Andrew Francis Volpe (born on January 4, 1980 in St. Louis, Missouri) is a St. Louis musician and composer. Currently, he is the lead singer and guitarist of the band Ludo.
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[edit] Before Ludo
Before he joined Ludo he had various jobs throughout his hometown of St. Louis and his neighbor hood. he refereed Catholic school basketball, made pizza at First Federal Frank & Crust Pizza Co. in the Atrium of the Galleria, cleaned out apartment buildings and individual vacated units at University Terrace Apartments in University City, tuck pointed a house, sold futons at various Futon Expres’ locations in St. Louis, bussed/hosted/bartended at Mike Duffy’s Pub & Grill in Kirkwood, distributed surveys at various Hardee’s locations, babysat, did copious data entry for a startup consulting firm’s website, sold refrigerators on the Washington University South-40, interned in the editorial department of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and ran a very successful lemonade stand with his sisters Michelle and Teresa several summers in a row at the Lafayette Square House Tour.
[edit] Previous Bands
Andrew was part of many other bands before Ludo these include: Red Hot Roger, Karate Lunchbox, Pea-Whole Julio and the Chief Wiggam Funk Section, Sexy Men, The Thoughtful Rocket Monkeys, and Cards vs. Cubs.
[edit] Career
Andrew has been playing the guitar since he was 18. He started playing guitar because his sister had one that she never played, and it looked "invitingly lonely". Currently he plays a Fender DeVille. He states that he has been singing since he was 8 years old.
| “ | I have been singing since I was 8. Ms. Hughes, my vocal music teacher had me sing the National Anthem in front of the whole class to figure out who would be singing it at a citywide public school assembly, and I belted it like a handkerchief-dabbing-the-forehead gospel minister... I was a ridiculous child. | ” |
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— Andrew Volpe, Ludorock.com
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He started making music because he took a band class in school. He played the clarinet in the fifth, sixth, and seventh grades. In the eighth grade he switched to the alto sax which he played through the twelfth grade.
[edit] Music and Lyrics Written by Andrew Volpe
Ludo (2003)
- 1. Saturday Night Thunderbolt
- 3. Hum Along
- 4. Ode to Kevin Arnold
- 5. Sara's Song
- 7. Hello, My Name Is Your T.V
- 8. Good Will Hunting By Myself
- 9. Laundry Girl
- 10. Air-Conitioned Love
- 11. Girls On Trampolines
[number is the track on the Album]
Broken Bride (2005)
- 1. Part I: Broken Bride
- 2. Save Our City
- 3. Part II: Tonights the Night
- 4. Part III: The Lamb and the Dragon
[Words by Andrew Volpe Music by Andrew Volpe and Tim Ferrell]
- 5. Part IV: Morning in May
Unreleased Tracks
- Please
- Love Me Dead
- Elektra's Complex
[edit] Miscellaneous
Favorite Color: blue
Favorite Song: U2 - With or Without You
Favorite Behind the Music: Mötley Crüe
Favorite M&M Color: red, because it was discontinued for many years
Favorite Cereal: Cheerios
Favorite TV Theme Song: Perfect Strangers
Favorite Song to perform: "Hum Along"
Most Embarrassing Moment:
| “ | when I tried out to join the Tumbling Team in kindergarten gym class, and having no idea how to do a flip, but still wanting to compete with my flippy-ass classmates, I just threw my body up into the air, hoped for the best, and landed with such staggering awkwardness on the side of my neck that my classmates did not know how to react… several of them were scared of me for weeks, and nothing that I did resembled gymnastics, so surprisingly enough, I did not make the team | ” |
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— Andrew Volpe, Ludorock.com
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