Background
Andrew Dost was born to father Mark Dost, a retired teacher at Frankfort High School, and mother Cheryl, also a retired teacher at Frankfort High School. Dost grew up in Cass City, Michigan and Mount Pleasant, Michigan.
Andrew Dost was born to father Mark Dost, a retired teacher at Frankfort High School, and mother Cheryl, also a retired teacher at Frankfort High School. Dost grew up in Cass City, Michigan and Mount Pleasant, Michigan.
He graduated from Frankfort High School in Michigan as valedictorian in 2001, and graduated from Central Michigan University with a degree in journalism in 2005.
Regarding Dost"s musical ambitions, his father, Mark, has said, "We always encouraged it because he plays flugelhorn, keyboard, guitar, melodica and drums. And he can sing. I am so pleased and proud that he"s able to do what he loves to do and make a living at lieutenant You wonder how is this going to work out as far as making a car payment.
." He left the band halfway through writing album Canopy Glow in 2006. He has said that he left because the band had relocated to Chicago and he was not able to move with. He began work on a solo album, Columbus, based on a musical he had written in 2005 about the life of Christopher Columbus).
This was released in 2009.
In 2008, Nate Ruess (former frontman of The Format) asked Dost to join him and Jack Antonoff (of Steel Train) in a new band, which became Fun. Dost already knew the two, because their former bands had toured together.
While making Fun."s first album, Aim and Ignite, Dost remained based out of Michigan, while Ruess lived in Phoenix, Arizona, and Antonoff in New Jersey. Fun."s second album, Some Nights, saw the band"s first #1 hit single, "We Are Young", which Dost co-wrote with Ruess, Antonoff, and Jeff Bhasker, the band"s producer.
Dost also created an original score for the beginning of the "Carry On" music video in 2012.
He composed the soundtrack to the movie The Doctorate Train, released in 2015. The soundtrack contains a collaboration with his Fun. bandmate Jack Antonoff. In late 2015, Dost has mentioned that he hopes to release new music soon.
He was formerly a member of the indie rock band Anathallo from 2000 to 2008. Dost is also fairly active LGBTQ+ ally, and a founding member of The Ally Coalition, an organization "that works with entertainers and their fans to raise awareness, action, and funds in support of LGBTQ equality. Dost began his musical career as a member of the band Anathallo, which was formed in 2000 at Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, with Dost joining in 2003.