Classic Rock

THE KNACK

ew burned as brightly yet briefly as The Knack. And few have had their image so muddled by history. Within a couple of years, as the 70s became the 80s, the LA rockers went status, and jams with Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty) to fading under the weight of exhaustion, sales slumps and critical backlash.

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