#THE KNACK DRUMMER ARCHIVE#

club scene, playing haunts like the Troubadour and the Starwood. Before 'My Sharona,' The Knack, then made up of Fieger, guitarist Berton Averre, drummer Bruce Gary and bassist Prescott Niles, was a part of the L.A. He doesn't resent the success of the song (which he wrote about his then-love interest, Sharona Alperin), he just wishes that people would remember them for some of their other accomplishments.Д«ack when 'My Sharona' was released in 1979, it shot them to superstardom. ''My Sharona' was a golden albatross,' says 46-year-old Fieger calling from a Des Moines hotel room. When The Knack plays Philly this week in support of their new album Zoom (Rhino), there's no doubt at least one audience memberВ—whether it's an aging rocker or a pierced and jaded 20-somethingВ—will shout 'Play 'My Sharona'!' And though the band will most likely oblige (after all, it did secure them a spot in music history), lead singer/guitarist/songwriter Doug Fieger wants to clear up a few things first. The Knack is back with a new album (and there's not one reference to that chick Sharona on the whole damn thing). Knickknacks: Doug Feiger (right) and the newly assembled Knack The last edition was published on October 8, 2015. Philadelphia City Paper was an alternative weekly newspaper in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. My City Paper is not affiliated with Philadelphia City Paper.

#THE KNACK DRUMMER ARCHIVE#

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