The Knack

The story

The Knack was an American garage and psychedelic rock band from Los Angeles, California who were active in the 1960s. They are not to be confused with either the American band of the same name who became popular in the late 1970s, nor the British band of the same name in the 1960s. They were noted for their melodic and instrumental finesse and secured a recording contract with Capitol Records. The band nevertheless failed to break through to a national audience. In the intervening years their work has come to the attention of 1960s music collectors and enthusiasts, especially with the release of the Time Waits for No One anthology.

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Stories

Beyond the records: books, other lives and interviews, from the band and its members.

Watch

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Records

• Time Waits for No One: The Complete Recordings · 2012 · compilation

Records from MusicBrainz. Sleeves from the Cover Art Archive.

Members

• Dink Kaplan
• Larry Gould
• Pug Baker
• Bobby Cochran
• Michael Chain

Members past and present, each with their own page. From MusicBrainz and Discogs.

Also plays on

Records by other artists with The Knack in the credits, from the song and record credits of MusicBrainz and Discogs. Their own bands are above.

Playlists with The Knack in them: Sonic Architects selections and Pause & Record tapes from linr listeners, Deezer’s editors and curators, radio shows on Mixcloud and ListenBrainz playlists. Every tile opens on linr first, with the original one link away.

If you like The Knack

• Weezersame scene: garage rock, US
• The Strokessame scene: garage rock, US
• The Velvet Undergroundsame scene: garage rock, US
• The White Stripessame scene: garage rock, US
• Queens of the Stone Agesame scene: garage rock, US
• Jefferson Airplanesame scene: garage rock, US
• Kings of Leonsame scene: garage rock, US
• Patti Smithsame scene: garage rock, US
• The Black Keyssame scene: garage rock, US
• Alice Coopersame scene: garage rock, US
• Alice Coopersame scene: garage rock, US
• Steppenwolfsame scene: garage rock, US

Where the listeners of ListenBrainz, Last.fm and Deezer agree, with the circle of The Knack’s own bands. A source that names other people with the same name is left out.