Love him or hate him, stripped-down, straightforward, slick and sick quasi-punk rocker Andrew WK is coming to State College on a quest to party hard, take it off and get wet.

WK will roll into the Crowbar, 420 E. College Ave., at 10:30 p.m. Monday for an all-ages show.

Picking up some steam from a popularity surge in Great Britain, Andrew WK's recognition is climbing -- then again, it's hard to miss a tall, greasy rock star with blood all over his face.

Currently on tour with Ozzfest, WK is using his day off to promote his raucous debut album, I Get Wet. He'll travel from Hartford, Conn. to State College, then back to Boston, in less than three days. And all the while, he'll be playing three highly charged concerts.

Tickets for WK's show are available at several outlets in town, one being City Lights, 316 E. College Ave. However, the volume of tickets being sold is relatively low compared to his popularity and airplay -- an observation made by City Lights manager Ken Kubala.

"I don't think anybody knows about it since it was announced kind of late," Kubala said. "But his album is selling pretty well."

Neither is going to affect Alex Jerri's (junior- film) plans to throw himself around at Monday's concert. To him, there are more reasons than music to attend a WK concert.

"Andrew WK is David Lee Roth with Tourette Syndrome and Attention Deficit Disorder. That is worth seeing even if you don't like his music," Jerri said.

A fan and album owner, Jerri finds WK's simplicity as a refreshing dose of apprehension alleviation.

"Being a college student, I need to think for extended periods of time. This isn't natural, and Andrew WK provides the rocking -- for a small fee -- that both relieves the pressure of thinking and soothes what ails me," he said.

But before WK made his name and image as an in-your-face rocker, he was Andrew Wilkes-Krier, piano player extraordinaire. During his early teenage years, hours and hours of each day were spent playing classical music on the ivories. After going to several underground punk shows, WK's musical interest spun 180 degrees.

Although his album is having trouble rupturing the charts in the States, his fanbase can enjoy his show in a smaller setting such as the Crowbar.

"I had particularly intense interest in making this show happen," said David Wells, director of operations for Dante's Inc.

Tickets can also be picked up at Mike's Music, 226 E. College Ave., and Arboria Records, 119 E. Beaver Ave., and are $10 each. The show is open to all ages.