The post “My Sharona” Rockers The Knack Share “Bye, Corona!” Parody Video: Watch appeared first on Consequence of Sound. Founding guitarist Berton Averre had been hounded by calls for The Knack’s ...

Even “Weird Al” Yankovic won’t joke about the deadly coronavirus. The musical comedian, 60, posted on Twitter that a coronavirus-themed parody of the Knack’s hit 1979 power-pop song “My Sharona” was ...

Berton Averre, whose guitar riff propelled The Knack’s “My Sharona” to the top of Billboard’s charts in 1979, was aware of Eddie Van Halen before he ever heard the legendary guitar sound that framed ...

More than 40 years later, the story of the Knack has all the makings of a cautionary tale. It’s a riches-to-rags narrative, with the band achieving a global mega-hit with the 1979 power pop-anthem “My ...

Doug Fieger, leader of the Los Angeles-based power pop band the Knack who co-wrote and sang on the 1979 No. 1 hit “My Sharona,” has died. He was 57. Fieger’s sister, Beth Falkenstein, said he died ...