Genres: New Wave, Power Pop, Punk/New Wave Active: 70's, 80's Formed: May 1978 in Los Angeles, CA
The Beatles, The Raspberries, Herman's Hermits, Badfinger, Phil Spector, The McCoys, The Knickerbockers, Elvis Presley, Graham Parker, Buddy Holly, The Byrds, The Buckinghams, Big Star, Chuck Berry, The Artful Dodger Artful Dodger, The Nerves, Scruffs, 20/20, The Beat, The Spongetones, The Vapors, The Romantics, Cheap Trick, Blondie, Pezband, Pop & Williamson, Suzi Quatro, Beat & Peter, Nick Gilder, Flashcubes, The Move, The Plimsouls, The Stand Popsicko, Big Wednesday, Pop Rocks, Pop Sickle, The Playmates, Pranks, Fletcher, LMNOP, The Critics, Weezer, Off Broadway, Forest & Crispian, Marvelous 3, Good Times Crisis Band, The Kings, Fastball, Weeping Tile |  |
Forming in Los Angeles in the late '70s, the Knack (Doug Fieger, vocals/guitar; Berton Averre, lead guitar; Prescott Niles, bass; and Bruce Gary, drums) were neither punk nor rock, but pure simple pop, standing out among the musical dross that littered the Sunset Strip. Signing with Capitol after a feeding frenzy of label offers, the Knack released their debut, Get the Knack, in 1979. With its leadoff single, "My Sharona," the Knack climbed both the album and singles charts (eventually selling millions of copies around the globe), gained wide commercial acceptance, and regenerated the power pop scene that had laid dormant for half a decade. The Knack's image, or lack thereof, was often unfavorably compared to the Beatles, but their music relied on the rough punchiness of the Kinks and the Who rather than the Fab Four.
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Release: January 14, 2003
Label: Image Entertainment
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