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40: 442:. He went on to mention how fans of the Knack had not been able to experience the times of the 1960s, and that it was wrong to deny them the privilege of experiencing something similar. Critics fought back, claiming the band was imposing inadequate memories of the 1960s on those who didn't know better. Soon, as 629:
In 2006, during a performance in Las Vegas, Fieger became disoriented, developing a dull headache, and grasping for the words to the songs that he had written and performed for years. Diagnosed with two brain tumors, Fieger underwent surgery and radiosurgery and returned to performing. However, he
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The Knack reunited in November 1986, to play a benefit for Michele Myers, who had been the first person to book the band for a show in 1978. They continued to play club gigs for the next several years. In July 1989, Billy Ward replaced Bruce Gary as the band's drummer (after a brief interim by
357:(bass). Niles was the last to join, a week before the band's first show in June 1978. In the meantime, Fieger had been doubling on bass on a series of demos that the group had shopped to several record labels, all of which were rejected. Some of these songs later made up the band's debut album 437:
with the record's center label being the same design and style as the Beatles' early 1960s LPs. Coupled with the band's "retro" 1960s look and pop/rock sound, the company's stylings led detractors to accuse them of being Beatles rip-offs, which the band and their record company denied. Fieger
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became more popular, the band was met with hostility from other artists who felt the intense marketing of the band was invalidating their own efforts of invoking the 1960 sound. This perception, and the perception that the object of some of the Knack's songs were teenaged girls (subsequently
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After nearly a year of touring in the US, Canada, Europe, New Zealand, Australia, and Japan, starting in April 1980 the band took a year off because of exhaustion and "internal dissent". They reconvened in the summer of 1981 to record their third album,
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With the Knack experiencing rapidly diminishing chart success, and mounting critical backlash against them, Fieger left amidst internal squabbles on December 31, 1981, just months after the release of
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stations (and a top 30 hit in Canada). To promote the song, they released a music video loaded with visual innuendo thematic to the song. Charisma collapsed after the death of the label's founder,
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The Knack continued as a touring and recording act through the late 1990s and into the 2000s. Duane Leinan joined The Knack in the studio and on the road, playing bass guitar from 2008 to 2010.
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vocalist Stephen 'Mac' McNally as "The Game" after the Knack's initial break up. By mid-1982, the Knack had split up while Fieger formed a new band, "Doug Fieger's Taking Chances".
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In 1994, with Ward back on drums, the band reunited to make some concert appearances to capitalize on the new popularity of "My Sharona" after its appearance in the movie
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for copyright infringement. The lawsuit alleges that the defining guitar riff from "My Sharona" was used without permission in the Run-D.M.C. track "
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in 1991, before breaking up again the following year. After a brief reunion in 1994, the Knack reunited again in 1996, recording two more albums,
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In 1996, all four original band members, including Bruce Gary, reunited in the studio one last time to record a track for a multi-artist
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acknowledged when the band was years older), quickly led to a "Knuke the Knack" campaign led by San Francisco artist Hugh Brown.
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were written before the first LP was recorded and were intended to be put out as a double album. Additionally, the lead single "
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acknowledged the band's likeness to the Beatles, claiming that it was their intention to present the Knack as a replica of the
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magazine's album chart for five consecutive weeks and selling two million copies in the United States. The lead single, "
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In the interim between the Knack's break-up and 1986 reunion, Doug Fieger worked as a guest vocalist on a few tracks by
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Within months of their live debut, popular club gigs on the Sunset Strip, as well as guest jams with musicians such as
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albums. Pat Torpey then returned to take over for Henderson and played with the group until Fieger's death in 2010.
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as well as the Sunset Bombers. Although Sky had received a modest amount of acclaim, including being produced by
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2 concert series in Australia between late-August and early-September 2007. He sang the Knack favorite "
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However, the band's rise to the top of the charts also precipitated a backlash. Capitol's packaging of
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in a series of assisted suicide cases), Fieger had previously played in an eclectic rock band called
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still continued to battle brain and lung cancer until his death on February 14, 2010, in
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which was released in February 1991. Lead single "Rocket O' Love" was a top 10 hit on US
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In 2006, Doug Fieger and Berton Averre filed a lawsuit against the hip hop music group
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executives Bruce Garfield and Bruce Ravid are credited with signing the band.
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Hilburn, Robert (July 29, 1979). "A Knack on the Door for L.A. Rock".
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The Knack was founded in 1978 with the original and classic lineup of
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band based in Los Angeles that rose to fame with its first single, "
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The Knack in 1978. From left to right: Gary, Fieger, Niles, Averre
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The band reunited in 1986, and released their fourth album
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Are We Not New Wave?: Modern Pop at the Turn of the 1980s
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chart, selling 150,000 copies. As well, the lead single "
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Rock & Roll Is Good for You: The Fieger/Averre Demos
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Rock & Roll Is Good for You: The Fieger/Averre Demos
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In 2005, the Knack made an appearance on the TV program
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Rock & Roll Is Good for You: The Fieger/Averre Demos
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Index

Knack (disambiguation)
The Knack in 1978. From left to right: Gary, Fieger, Niles, Averre
Los Angeles
California
Power pop
new wave
Capitol
Charisma
Berton Averre
Doug Fieger
Bruce Gary
Prescott Niles
Pat Torpey
Terry Bozzio
theknack.com
rock
My Sharona
Doug Fieger
Berton Averre
Prescott Niles
Bruce Gary
Get the Knack
...But The Little Girls Understand
Round Trip
Serious Fun
Zoom
Normal as the Next Guy
Rock & Roll Is Good for You: The Fieger/Averre Demos
Doug Fieger
Oak Park, Michigan

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