Contents • • • • • • • • • History [ ] Founding (1977–1978) [ ] Singer was a native of, a northern suburb of,, and grew up in the 9 Mile/Coolidge area. The brother of attorney (later known for representing in a series of assisted suicide cases) Fieger had previously played in an eclectic rock band called as well as the Sunset Bombers. Although Sky had received a modest amount of acclaim, including being produced by producer, the band broke up without having any chart success. As a result, Fieger made the decision to move to Los Angeles and start another band. Shortly after arriving in L.A., Fieger met (lead guitar, backing vocals and keyboards), and the two started a songwriting partnership. Fieger had also known (drums) for years before forming the Knack in 1978 with (bass). Niles was the last to join, a week before the band's first show in June 1978.

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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, and included '. 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, and, led to the band being the subject of a record label bidding war. The band was pursued by ten record labels, but decided on going with. Executives Bruce Garfield and Bruce Ravid are credited with signing the band.

An excerpt from 'My Sharona' by the Knack, Billboard's. Problems playing this file? The band's debut album,, was one of the year's best-selling albums, holding the number one spot on magazine's album chart for five consecutive weeks and selling two million copies in the United States.

The lead single, ', was a No. 1 hit in the US, and became the. Follow-up single ' peaked at No. 11 in the US, and reached No. However, the band's rise to the top of the charts also precipitated a backlash. Capitol's packaging of Get the Knack included a perceived cover likeness to 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. Nonetheless, this perception, and the perception that the object of some of the Knack's songs were teenaged girls, (subsequently acknowledged when the band were years older), quickly led to a 'Knuke the Knack' campaign led by San Francisco artist Hugh Brown. The follow-up albums (1980–1981) [ ] The Knack quickly recorded a follow-up album, 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 single ' only briefly made the US Top 40, stalling at No. 38 (but reaching No.

13 in Canada); follow-up single ' missed the top 40 altogether, peaking at No. After nearly a year of relentless 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'.

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They reconvened in the summer of 1981 to record their third album,. However, the record (which came out in October 1981) was a serious commercial disappointment, only reaching No. 93 on the US charts, selling 150,000 copies. As well, lead single ' topped out at a mere No. 67 on the Billboard Hot 100. The group made several concert appearances during 1981 to promote Round Trip. Keyboardist Phil Jost was brought into the lineup at this time to enable the band to duplicate the more heavily layered sound of their new release.

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. The band rehearsed briefly with as their new frontman in early 1982, but this line-up never gigged or recorded. By mid-1982, the Knack had split up while Fieger formed a new band, 'Doug Fieger's Taking Chances'. Return of the Knack and final album (1986–2010) [ ] 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. Prescott Niles marriage, to writer Kim Amadril, December 20, 1986.