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Their second album, ∻ut the Little Girls Understand,” was recorded in just two weeks and was released less than eight months after the first. In 1994 “My Sharona” re-entered the Top 100 after being in the soundtrack for the movie, “Reality Bites,” one of only 10 songs to ever rechart after being Number 1. It sold over six million copies worldwide. Dressed in black suits and skinny ties, and playing simple, spare pop-rock, the band was often compared to the very early Beatles—Rolling Stone magazine dubbed them “the new fab four.” Their debut album, “Get the Knack”—which like the early Beatles albums was released by Capitol Records—was recorded in just 11 days and cost $17,000 to make. He was 55.Ī breath of fresh air and energy after the dominance of disco music, The Knack took back the radio waves and hit the top of the charts in 1979 with “My Sharona,” powered by Gary’s driving drum intro.

Bruce Gary, drummer of the ∘0s power pop group The Knack, died on August 22 in Tarzana Regional Medical Center of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.