WONDERLANCE: Dan, thanks so much for replying to our questions, we’re really happy to feature OK Go at this time and delighted with the fact that it is you taking on this interview in their representation. You guys are coming to the UK in June, aren’t you? What events are you going to be playing at in British soil? Is there any you are particularly looking forward to?

DAN KONOPKA (OK GO): Yes we are, and I'm really excited for a bunch of shows. We're playing Glastonbury this year and we're always excited to get in front of a festival crowd. It doesn't hurt being able to check out other bands playing on those days either. We're also playing with The Flaming Lips in Manchester earlier that week - They're good friends of ours and they put on a hell of a show. 

WONDERLANCE: You’ve been with the band since its ‘official’ formation, back in 1998. Yours is some the most solid, earth-shattering drumming we’ve heard in a while, especially within the indie-rock scene.

What circumstances brought you to meet the other guys, Dan, had you already been playing or jamming with other musicians up to that point in time?

DAN KONOPKA (OK GO): Thank you very much! Super brief OK Go history: Damian and Tim have been friends since they were in elementary school, I met Tim (and original guitarist, Andy Duncan) while we were attending college. When Damian finished school he moved to Chicago IL and that's when OK Go started.

WONDERLANCE: It's widely known that your creativity as a group also with your music video clips, have gained you millions of YouTube hits and even a downloading record, a Grammy Award and an MTV Nomination, amongst other accolades. How do Trish Sie’s choreography skills come into the picture?

DAN KONOPKA (OK GO): Trish Sie's ability to understand the threshold of our physical abilities is really the key. We aren't really (good) dancers. She knows this, and with her experience teaching dance, and being a dancer herself, she really can tell how far to push us. She is such a creative person and when she has such untrained, unbiased dancers at her disposal like OK Go, the choreography can get very weird and I think as a result, totally new and fun.

WONDERLANCE: Some of the films that include OK Go material in their soundtrack are New Moon, Wimbledon, Normal Adolescent Behavior, In the Land of Women, Unaccompanied Minors, John Tucker Must Die, The Fog, Catch That Kid, and TV series such as 90210, Gossip Girl, The Simpsons, Grey's Anatomy, Scrubs, Men in Trees, CSI: NY, The O.C., Smallville have also included OK Go songs. Dan, as an artist, have you ever thought on a particular kind of film or audio-visual project that you would just love to contribute towards or score entirely? And what about OK Go, what’s been their latest soundtrack contribution?

DAN KONOPKA (OK GO): Personally, the idea of doing a movie score has just entered the realm of possibility. I'm in the process of learning a lot of new and exciting music production software, to allow me to write and record my own music. So maybe next year I maybe thinking more seriously about doing that kind of work. Most recently though for OK Go, we wrote a major theme for the Morgan Spurlock documentary called "Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold". The song is called, "The Greatest Song I Ever Heard".

WONDERLANCE: A phenomenal documentary and a fantastic song, indeed. From OK Go’s first self-titled album, released in 2002, to the latest Of the Blue Colour of the Sky (2010) there's been a progression within the rock music styles that the distinctive bands’ sound has covered.

Many will recognise some reminiscence to Prince’s sound in at least two of the songs from this latest material, but was this something that the band was consciously heading towards in the process of the making of the album?

DAN KONOPKA (OK GO): Yes, I think when we started writing for Blue Colour Of The Sky we had a few focused influences. Definitely 'Purple Rain', and definitely The Pixies. We wanted to make a record that opened up a little more from the guitar driven sound we normally focused on. We felt like making more of a dancey record. 'Purple Rain' was sort of a bench-mark to strive for, and Doolittle had a grittiness we wanted to achieve as well.

WONDERLANCE: What’s the song writing process like in OK Go? 

DAN KONOPKA (OK GO): The bulk of the songwriting is done individually by each member, then when we meet to record, we all pitch in our own ideas to the original demo. Some parts are totally overhauled if needed, and some stay exactly the same. Everyone comes to the recording session with an open mind to see how we can improve and develop the original idea.

WONDERLANCE: Both Damian with his guide titled 'How Your Band Can Fire Bush' and the group in general with songs like 'Invincible' and your overall humanitarian contributions have made very clear that, not only as artists but also as human beings you like to be well informed and act as you can on your own convictions. 

When the group gets together, do these types of discussions take place often between you, guys? What are your views on the recent political revolutions in some Middle Eastern countries and the anti-government, anti-system protests that are actually taking place in many cities across Spain and other European countries?

WONDERLANCE: Ok Go is another example of how the new technologies and social networking sites can serve creative types. Dan, in your opinion, does the freedom in having independent means surpass in intrinsic value the threat of possible monetary deficit in copyright violations? What are your ideas on these issues?

DAN KONOPKA (OK GO): That's an interesting question. Those violations seem to be the norm now. We need to embrace that fact and move around it. We are in a new age for making a living in music. It's not like how it use to be. Being willing to learn and adapt and to change in every respect has allowed us to stay a band - and to stay successful. It's the only way you can survive.  It's new uncharted territory in the music industry if you don't figure out how to adapt you'll probably have to go back to being a barista somewhere. 

WONDERLANCE: Many thanks again for taking the time to collaborate with us Dan, and of course, all the best in your tour; we’re certainly publishing dates and links to venue tickets right here, as well as the links to OK Go’s official sites.