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The Knack were a British R&B -based freakbeat and psychedelic rock band from Ilford, near London in the United Kingdom who were active 1960s. They are not to be confused with either of the two American bands of the same name, one from the 1960s and the other who became a popular new wave act in the late 1970s.
The Knack è stato un complesso powerpop/new wave nato a Los Angeles nel 1978, che divenne famoso con il primo singolo, My Sharona, una hit internazionale del 1979. La formazione all'esordio comprendeva: Doug Fieger, Berton Averre, Prescott Niles e Bruce Gary. Attivo, con alcune pause, per circa trent'anni, il gruppo ha chiuso la ...
A huge draw in the LA club scene, the Knack played incessantly throughout California 1978 and early 1979. They revitalized live music in many of the older establishments which had been converted to disco dance halls, such as the Troubadour and Starwood with sellout crowds.
- History
- Outside The Knack
- Members
- Discography
Founding
Singer Doug Fieger was a native of Oak Park, Michigan, a northern suburb of Detroit, Michigan, and grew up in the 9 Mile/Greenfield area. The brother of attorney Geoffrey Fieger (later known for representing Jack Kevorkian in a series of assisted suicide cases) Fieger had previously played in an eclectic rock band called Sky as well as the Sunset Bombers. Although Sky had received a modest amount of acclaim, including being produced by Rolling Stones producer Jimmy Miller, the band broke up w...
Get the Knack
Within months of their live debut, popular club gigs on the Sunset Strip, as well as guest jams with musicians such as Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty and Ray Manzarek, led to the band being the subject of a record label bidding war. The band was pursued by ten record labels, but decided on Capitol Records; at the time, the Knack was given the largest signing sum in the label's history. A&R executives Bruce Garfield and Bruce Ravid are credited with signing the band.[citation needed] The band's...
The follow-up albums
The Knack quickly recorded a follow-up album ...But the Little Girls Understand, which was released in early 1980. Though the album went gold in the US and Japan, and platinum in Canada, it didn't meet with the same level of commercial success as their debut. Fieger claimed in later interviews that all of the tracks for Get the Knack and ...But the Little Girls Understand were written before the first LP was recorded and were intended to be put out as a double album. Additionally, the lead si...
In the interim between the Knack's break-up and 1986 reunion, Doug Fieger worked as a guest vocalist on a few tracks by Was (Not Was). (Fieger had grown up with band member Don Was; Was later produced the Knack's album Serious Fun.) Fieger also recorded a solo album in 2000, and appeared as a solo artist in the Countdown Spectacular 2 concert serie...
Their hit single “My Sharona” went Gold in thirteen days and was the #1 song of 1979. Their debut album Get the Knack sold over six million copies worldwide. Their signature combination of pop melodies and irresistible rock beats broke the stranglehold of Disco and changed the course of popular music for the next decade.
2 ago 2022 · Il pezzo, uscito il 18 giugno 1979 come estratto dal primo album dei The Knack GET THE KNACK, è talmente noto da aver oscurato il nome e il futuro della band. Chi ricorda oggi i The Knack? E chi può dire cosa fece il gruppo dopo quella prima, indimenticabile hit?
11 set 1986 · Catching up with the band behind 'My Sharona' and 'Good Girls Don't'. For about eight months in 1979, the Knack was a pop sensation. Its debut album, Get the Knack, sold 5 million copies,...
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