Screen13

The best thing one can say about The Knack was that they were serious musicians who had been around the block a few times before finding their place in history. In fact Doug Feiger was in a band called Sky a some time before with an album on Epic. I still enjoy their 1981 album Round Trip which, according to the Wiki page, only sold 150,000 in the US, a major drop from the millions of Get the Knack, although selling only Gold level for their second album would hint at the slump (500,000 US).

Musicians that were around for a long time that decided to get into the Late 70's/Early 80's New Music thing were an easier catch for the majors in The States instead of taking a chance on anyone new who could turn rebellious at the flick of a switch. Donnie Iris was from a band called The Jaggerz who caught the bug in the Early 80's and unleashed a major guilty pleasure of an AOR song dressed up in neon clothing back around 81. Hell, the "Geeky" look and a sound that's prefect with the attempts at an 80's retro sound might just fool some hipsters into thinking it's new (ha ha!). Yes, I was kind of the small town cheesy New Wave kid with the big glasses then...that was before it was cool (mwa ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!)