The Knack “Live At The House Of Blues” To Be Released For Record Store Day

Liberation Hall have revealed they will issue a previously unreleased live album from The Knack for Record Store Day, the annual retail event which celebrates independent record stores. In the summer of 1979, The Knack broke big with their debut single, My Sharona. Written by band members Doug Fieger and Berton Averre, this power pop nugget was Capitol Records‘ fastest-selling gold single since The Beatles‘ I Want to Hold Your Hand. Their debut album, Get The Knack, sold over one million copies in less than two months. Get The Knack was followed by five additional studio albums before they officially ended with Fieger’s death in 2010. 

Recorded in Hollywood on September 25th 2001, just two weeks after the events of 9/11. Live At The House Of Blues captures a 70 minute set bristling with urgency and undeniable hooks. In his liner notes, Smile Records President Tony Valenziano writes, “I was happy and thankful we got to do that night just two weeks after we had been attacked. The event shaped all of us in different ways but all these years later I can still recall, especially when I listen to the concert, how that night buzzed — not just for the show that was being put on, but more because we were all in accord about being strong and united… we were all in this together.” 

Live At The House Of Blues features The Knack‘s founding trio of Fieger, Averre, and bassist Prescott Niles, alongside drummer Dave Henderson. Henderson also appears on the band’s Normal As The Next Guy and Live From The Rock N Roll Fun House albums. The Knack have also released the digital single, That’s What The Little Girls Do.