Editing OK Go (section)

===Formation and early years (1998–2000)===
The band's lead singer, [[Damian Kulash]], met bassist Tim Nordwind at [[Interlochen Arts Camp]] near [[Traverse City, Michigan]], when they were 11.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Silver|first=Curtis|date=February 27, 2012|title=Video Visionaries OK Go: Innovation Fueled by Creative Collaboration|magazine=Wired|url=https://www.wired.com/2012/02/ok-go-creative-collaboration/|access-date=September 10, 2020|issn=1059-1028}}</ref> The band name comes from an inside joke developed at Interlochen; their art teacher had an often [[Substance intoxication|high]] assistant who would repeatedly say, "OK... Go!" while they were drawing.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Wehelie|first=Benazir|date=September 23, 2014|title=Q&A: OK Go's Tim Nordwind|work=Emery Wheel|url=https://emorywheel.com/qa-ok-gos-tim-nordwind/|access-date=September 10, 2020}}</ref> They kept in touch after camp, often exchanging mixtapes which influenced each other's musical tastes and the band's future sound. They met the band's future guitarist and keyboardist Andy Duncan in high school.<ref>{{Cite web|date=October 10, 2002|title=Ready, Set, OKGO|url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2002/10/10/ready-set-okgo-the-year-is/|access-date=September 12, 2020|website=[[Harvard Crimson]]}}</ref> Nordwind and Duncan moved to [[Chicago]] for college, and, with drummer Dan Konopka, formed the band Stanley's Joyful Noise.<ref name="reader_margasak">{{cite web|last=Margasak|first=Peter|date=September 12, 2002|title=The Pleasure Principle: OK Go/Radio Ready|url=http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/the-pleasure-principle/Content?oid=909662|access-date=June 19, 2013|work=Chicago Reader}}</ref> After graduating from [[Brown University]], Kulash moved to Chicago.<ref name="reader_margasak" />  The quartet formed OK Go with the name being "an obvious choice for us" according to Nordwind.<ref name=":0" />

The band marketed themselves aggressively, putting up posters all around Chicago and touring heavily.<ref name="reader_margasak" /> Within a year the group had shared the stage with international artists such as [[Elliott Smith]], [[the Promise Ring]], [[the Olivia Tremor Control]] and [[Sloan (band)|Sloan]].<ref name="reader_margasak" /> At the end of 2000, the band was invited by radio host [[Ira Glass]] to serve as the house band for live performances of ''[[This American Life]]''.<ref name=reader_margasak /> Glass also helped the band creatively after asking Kulash the question, "Do you see yourselves as being earnest or clever?"<ref name="reader_margasak" /> Kulash struggled with the question before deciding that the answer was ''earnest.'' "I wanted to write a full-on rock song, one that made me feel like Queen songs made me feel," after which he wrote "[[Get Over It (OK Go song)|Get Over It]]".<ref name="reader_margasak" />

The band self-released two EPs, titled ''Brown EP'' (2000) and ''Pink EP'' (2001), which were culled from an album's worth of songs recorded in February 2000 with producer Dave Trumfio, to serve as demos.<ref name="reader_spotcheck">{{cite web|last=Kendrick|first=Monica|date=January 13, 2000|title=Spot Check|url=http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/spot-check/Content?oid=901211|access-date=June 19, 2013|work=Chicago Reader}}</ref>{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}} The demos did not land the band a label deal, but got them the attention of booking agent Frank Riley, who booked them as the opening act for a few shows by [[They Might Be Giants]].<ref name=reader_margasak /> OK Go eventually opened for the Giants on five tours; singer [[John Flansburgh]] briefly sought to co-manage them.<ref name=pollstar>{{cite web|title=Hotstar: This article's big question is to Capitol Records: Why didn't POLLSTAR get a mini ping-pong table?|url=http://www.pollstar.com/hotstar_article.aspx?ID=27622|work=Pollstar|access-date=June 19, 2013|date=January 20, 2003|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610041357/http://www.pollstar.com/hotstar_article.aspx?ID=27622|archive-date=June 10, 2015}}</ref> 

In 2001 the group moved to Los Angeles,<ref>{{Cite web|last=O. K. Go|title=OK Go|url=https://www.ted.com/speakers/ok_go|access-date=September 14, 2020|website=www.ted.com|language=en}}</ref> although they considered their Chicago roots important even a decade later.<ref name="joonbug">{{cite web|last=Kolpak|first=Ashley|title=Exclusive Interview with OK Go Frontman Damian Kulash Lead Singer Talks New Projects, Chicago and Confetti Cannons|url=http://joonbug.com/national/frequency/Exclusive-Interview-with-OK-Go-Frontman-Damian-Kulash/u6rRqPzeAlA|work=Joonbug|access-date=June 28, 2013|date=August 16, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018073800/http://joonbug.com/national/frequency/Exclusive-Interview-with-OK-Go-Frontman-Damian-Kulash/u6rRqPzeAlA|archive-date=October 18, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>