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There have been several bands with this name:
1. The Knack was a Los Angeles-based rock band, via Detroit, that rose to fame with their first single, “
My Sharona”, an international hit in 1979.
The power pop of “My Sharona”, coupled with the band’s retro 60s look, earned the band comparisons to The Beatles (although the band themselves thought the ‘New Beatles’ label was tongue-in-cheek humor). Music critics hated disco, which dominated the music industry at the time, and were, at best, coolly receptive to other developing trends like punk rock, hip hop and heavy metal music. The Knack’s power pop and hard rock influences earned them some critical credibility with their debut ‘Get The Knack’.
After subsequent albums, though, the social backlash against The Knack (similar to that of The Monkees a generation earlier) was strong. A ‘Knuke the Knack’ campaign emerged based on the perceived misogynist lyrics and corporate based over-hype. With their later releases receiving less commercial success, the band broke up mid-tour on New Year’s Day 1982. shortly after their third album (‘Round Trip’).
They re-united sporadically several years later and released a new album in 1991. They continued playing through the 90s and into the new millennium with 2003’s ‘Re-Zoom’ (or ‘Zoom’) as their last studio album.
1. The Knack was a Los Angeles-based rock band, via Detroit, that rose to fame with their first single, “
My Sharona”, an international hit in 1979.The power pop of “My Sharona”, coupled with the band’s retro 60s look, earned the band comparisons to The Beatles (although the band themselves thought the ‘New Beatles’ label was tongue-in-cheek humor). Music critics hated disco, which dominated the music industry at the time, and were, at best, coolly receptive to other developing trends like punk rock, hip hop and heavy metal music. The Knack’s power pop and hard rock influences earned them some critical credibility with their debut ‘Get The Knack’.
After subsequent albums, though, the social backlash against The Knack (similar to that of The Monkees a generation earlier) was strong. A ‘Knuke the Knack’ campaign emerged based on the perceived misogynist lyrics and corporate based over-hype. With their later releases receiving less commercial success, the band broke up mid-tour on New Year’s Day 1982. shortly after their third album (‘Round Trip’).
They re-united sporadically several years later and released a new album in 1991. They continued playing through the 90s and into the new millennium with 2003’s ‘Re-Zoom’ (or ‘Zoom’) as their last studio album.
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Live in Los Angeles, 1978 - EP
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Get The Knack
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Retrospective: The Best Of The Knack
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TheDarkSide73 NOT To Be Confused with The Kinks
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crownanchor .......the little girls still dooo:):)
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ZUBIMANELZUBI ¡¡ Qué Grandes !!
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Rotten_NOFXer @ AzuAtoms: better than the beatles ?? Ahahahahah i'm not a beatles fan but you're saying bulls.
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weigong198 这网站都是说英文的？
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Juannrocks ¿Did you hear beatles? ^^ This band only have this good song...
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AzuAtoms Better than the Beatles
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fifimcfeef Enough of this one hit wonder nonsense. "Good Girls Don't" peaked at #11, thus moving the Knack beyond.
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The Knack Takes You Back… to 1978
10 Mar 2012 | from www.theknack.com
Maybe you were too young, or maybe you lived in the wrong
city and never got to hear The Knack live. But this April you
will have the opportunity to go back in time… In 1978, radio and
retail were engulfed in disco, and it seemed that the momentum
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- Jeff Johnson – The Knack’s Friend on the Road 28 Jan 2012 | from www.theknack.com
- For Jeff….. 28 Jan 2012 | from www.theknack.com
- Prescott Niles Remembers… a lot! 20 Jan 2012 | from www.theknack.com
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