Daily entertainment news covering The Knack en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 http://www.starpulse.com/ http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/11/15/the_essential_weird_al_yankovic_2_cds_38 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:33:09 EST Entertainment News 144075@http://www.starpulse.com/news Welcome to the wild world of "Weird Al" Yankovic - a world populated by a Pennsylvania Dutch gangsta-rapper ("Amish Paradise") and a serial-killing Saint Nick ("The Night Santa Went Crazy")

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/04/14/some_of_our_favorite_music_mash_ups Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:30:39 EST Entertainment News 118248@http://www.starpulse.com/news The idea of mashing is synonymous with potatoes. However, there's another type of "mash-up" that has nothing to do with traditional cooking methods. The music mash-up is where two completely different songs

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/12/11/the_virgins_unveil_full_scale_tour_plans Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:00:00 EST Entertainment News 105886@http://www.starpulse.com/news Atlantic recording group The Virgins have announced details of a full-scale touring schedule, set to keep the downtown NYC-based band traveling across North America through March 2009.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/05/05/tom_petty_refuses_to_pay_480_vomit_bill Mon, 05 May 2008 09:05:13 EST Entertainment News 86289@http://www.starpulse.com/news Tom Petty is always wary of returning to fabled Los Angeles venue the Troubadour because he still hasn't paid a $480 bill he owes bosses from the 1970s.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/02/26/defining_greatness_the_one_hit_wonder_sc Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:14:47 EST Entertainment News 79136@http://www.starpulse.com/news Probably the most underrated term in the music industry is the "One Hit Wonder." Popularized in the 80s, one hit wonders are either regarded as artists with one hit (like Deee-Lite’s "Groove is in the Heart"), or artists who produced a song that everybody knows (like "Turning Japanese" by The Vapors).

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/09/19/the_knack_sue_run_dmc_over_20_year_old_s Tue, 19 Sep 2006 09:52:55 EST Entertainment News 16320@http://www.starpulse.com/news Former 1980s pop group The Knack have filed a copyright infringement suit against Run DMC, alleging the hip-hop trio used an unlicensed sample of their classic 1979 anthem "My Sharona." The Knack's Doug Fieger and Berton Averre claimed on Friday that they never gave the rap stars premission to sample their platinum hit song on 1986 track "It's Tricky," according to AllHipHop.com.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/08/23/drummer_from_the_knack_dies_of_lymphoma Wed, 23 Aug 2006 08:56:27 EST Entertainment News 13801@http://www.starpulse.com/news The Knack drummer Bruce Gary has lost his battle with lymphoma. He was 54. The "My Sharona" hitmaker is also famous for producing archive Jimi Hendrix recordings and performing behind stars like Bob Dylan, Sheryl Crow, George Harrison and Bette Midler.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/08/04/singer_of_the_knack_has_brain_tumors_rem Fri, 04 Aug 2006 09:24:36 EST Entertainment News 12053@http://www.starpulse.com/news The Knack frontman Doug Fieger is recovering after undergoing successful brain surgery yesterday. According to his publicist, Guy McCain, the 53-year-old My Sharona singer had two tumors removed during the operation at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

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