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The Knack is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Mike Chapman, Crowded House, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty and Ray Manzarek. Those roots explain a lot about how The Knack arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The J. Geils Band, The Raspberries, Billy Squier, Ram Jam and Joe Jackson, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Was (Not Was), Sugarcult, The Colour and the Shape, Sammy Hagar and Hey Ya!, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 40 connections around The Knack, reaching back through Mike Chapman and forward to Was (Not Was). Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
The Knack was an American power pop band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1978 by Doug Fieger, Berton Averre, Prescott Niles (bass) and Bruce Gary (drums). Spearheaded by the success of their debut single "My Sharona", their first album, Get the Knack (1979), reached number-one in several countries. However, their next two albums, ...But The Little Girls Understand (1980) and Round Trip (1981), were less successful, leading the band to disband in 1982.
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The Knack connections
The Knack grew out of Mike Chapman, Crowded House, Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty, shares an orbit with The J. Geils Band, The Raspberries, Billy Squier and Ram Jam, went on to shape Was (Not Was), Sugarcult, The Colour and the Shape and Sammy Hagar. 40 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced The Knack
Sounds and acts that shaped The Knack.
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