Andrew W.K. Shows Kids How To Destroy and Rebuild

Andrew W.K. wants to show teens that blowing things up can be a learning experience. The rocker-turned-TV personality has signed on to host Destroy Build Destroy, a new Cartoon Network game show predicated entirely on explosions.

In the show, he guides two teams of teenagers through a competition on an empty lot in the mountains outside of Los Angeles as they destroy vehicles and then use the wreckage to create new machines. The teams teams take turns destroying each other's materials, then putting them back together, then destroying them again.

The California-born, Michigan-bred W.K.. -- the initials stand for "Wilkes-Krier," the surnames of his mom and dad -- began classical piano lessons at age four and moved on to playing in Detroit punk and metal bands, including the Pterodactyls. By age 17, W.K. was recording his own material.

After moving to New York City, his friends passed his demos on to various labels, including Bulb, who released W.K.'s debut EP, Girls Own Juice, and the follow up Party Til You Puke EP. The buzz around W.K.'s music resulted in a gig opening for the Foo Fighters as well as deals with Island/Def Jam in the U.S. and Mercury in the U.K.; his first major-label release was Party Hard EP. Later he released the full length albums I Get Wet and The Wolf.

Destroy Build Destroy airs Saturdays at 8:30pm on Cartoon Network. For more information, visit www.cartoonnetwork.com. For more On Andrew W.K., visit www.myspace.com/andrewwk.

Written by Pierre Bonny