The Knack always struck me as DEVO wannabees and their sole hit and known song in the UK, My Sahrona, was almost more DEVO than DEVO themselves.
Sad then to hear that lead singer and songwriter Doug Fiegerhas died age 57 after battling cancer and brain tumours for 6 years. The Knack's drummer Bruce Gary died in 2006 at the age of 55 of Non-Hodgkin lymphoma cancer.
"My Sharona" immortalised Fieger's then-girlfriend Sharona Alperin.
R.I.P. Doug - another one from my punk/new wave youth has passed on but the song will always remain.
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