Knocked Loose
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Knocked Loose | |
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Background information | |
Also known as | Manipulator[1] (2013) |
Origin | Oldham County, Kentucky, U.S. |
Genres | |
Years active | 2013–present |
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Website | knockedloosehc |
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Knocked Loose is an American hardcore punk band from Oldham County, Kentucky, formed in 2013 and currently signed to Pure Noise Records.[5] The band released its first studio album, Laugh Tracks, on September 16, 2016 through Pure Noise Records.
History[]
Knocked Loose's career in its current form began in 2013, but Garris has stated that he started playing with several of the band's current members in 2011 or 2012.[6]
Their first studio material was an EP titled Pop Culture, released in 2014 on Little Heart Records.[7]
In 2015, Knocked Loose released a split with Damaged Goods on No Luck Records (and digitally via Little Heart).[8]
In the Spring of 2016, Knocked Loose supported Counterparts on their headlining tour. Gideon & Expire also joined up as support.[9] The band then embarked on a Summer tour supporting The Acacia Strain on their 2016 Common Vision Tour. Oceano, Culture Killer and To the Wind also joined up on the tour.[10] Then in the fall, the band supported Stick to Your Guns on their Better Ash than Dust tour. Stray from the Path and Expire joined up on the lineup as support.
In 2016, the band announced their first studio album, titled Laugh Tracks, would be released by Pure Noise Records, who they had signed to earlier that year.[11][12] The album was released on September 16, 2016.[13][14][15] On August 9, 2016, Knocked Loose premiered a new song off their upcoming album titled Oblivions Peak.[16] On 31 May 2017, the band released a music video for two combined songs from Laugh Tracks, "Billy No Mates / Counting Worms", with the video beginning with Billy No Mates and instantaneously moving into Counting Worms.[17]
On 6 June 2017, Knocked Loose were announced to be supporting Every Time I Die along with Hollow Earth for a late 2017 tour of the United States, spanning September and October.[18] A month later, in July 2017, the band announced a November UK tour, also supporting Every Time I Die but instead playing alongside Canadian hardcore band Comeback Kid for a select few dates.[19] In the summer of 2017, Knocked Loose played every date of the Vans Warped Tour on the Full Sail stage alongside bands such as Trophy Eyes, Boston Manor, and Movements. Knocked Loose opened up for Eighteen Visions for two shows in the December of 2017 with Old Wounds and Tourniquet.[20] In late 2017, the band announced their first US headlining tour for early 2018 with support from hardcore bands Terror and Jesus Piece, and label-mates Stone. However, before the tour, after members of Stone were accused of sexual assault allegations, Knocked Loose dropped them from the tour and replaced them with Year of the Knife.
Most of the dates of their first headliner were sold out which allowed them to open for Parkway Drive and for Thy Art Is Murder on their European tours and also to play a few dates on the main stage of the last Warped Tour.
In the fall of 2018, Knocked Loose opened up for Beartooth on their Disease tour with Sylar.[21] Knocked Loose then embarked on a headliner in the Spring of 2019. The Acacia Strain, Harm's Way, Sanction and Higher Power all joined up as support.[22] Knocked Loose then supported A Day to Remember in the Summer of 2019 with Boston Manor.[23]
Knocked Loose's next record, A Different Shade of Blue was released on August 23rd, 2019.[24] In support of the new record, the band embarked on a massive USA headliner throughout the fall of 2019. Stick to Your Guns, Rotting Out, Candy and SeeYouSpaceCowboy all joined up on the tour as support.[25]
Currently, Knocked Loose is set to do a late Summer headliner with Gatecreeper, Magnitude and Kharma.[26] The band will then open up for Gojira on their Fall 2021 tour with Alien Weaponry.[27]
Musical style[]
Knocked Loose have been categorized under several sub-genres by the media and publications alike, including metalcore, hardcore punk, and beatdown hardcore. New Noise, when reviewing their debut album Laugh Tracks, described the band's sound as being akin to "Comeback Kid at their heaviest with some added doses of Slayer riffs and Code Orange-style malice".[28] Bryan Garris, the band's lead vocalist, has described their sound as being "sandwiched between hardcore and metalcore", although he has stated that the band's intention was to produce a diverse sound that was difficult to categorize.[2] Knocked Loose have been credited as one of the forerunners of the first-wave metalcore "revival" scene of the late 2010s, alongside bands such as Code Orange, Counterparts, Kublai Khan, Varials and Jesus Piece.[29]
As is common within the metalcore and hardcore punk genres, Knocked Loose incorporate slow-tempo breakdowns into their music.
Members[]
- Knocked Loose, live at With Full Force 2018
Lead vocalist Bryan Garris
Lead guitarist Isaac Hale
Rhythm guitarist Cole Crutchfield
Bassist Kevin Otten and drummer Kevin Kaine
Current members
- Bryan Garris – lead vocals (2013–present)[30]
- Isaac Hale – lead guitar, backing vocals (2013–present)[30]
- Kevin Otten – bass (2013–present)[30]
- Kevin Kaine – drums (2015–present)[30]
- Nicko Calderon – rhythm guitar (2020–present)[30]
Former members
- Cole Crutchfield - rhythm guitar (2015–2020)
Discography[]
Studio albums
- Laugh Tracks (2016, Pure Noise)
- A Different Shade of Blue (2019, Pure Noise)
EPs and splits
- (2014, Little Heart)
- (2015, No Luck/Little Heart)
- [31] (2019, Pure Noise)
Demos
- Manipulator (Demo) [2013]
Singles
- "The Have Nots"
- "Manipulator"
- "SS" (2014, Little Heart)
- "Deadringer"
- "Oblivion's Peak"
- "Billy No Mates / Counting Worms"
- "Mistakes Like Fractures"
- "...And Still I Wander South"
- "Trapped in the Grasp of a Memory"
References[]
- ^ "Bryan Garris On Touring With Every Time I Die". Rock Sound. 21 September 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Kelham, Andrew (September 12, 2016). "Knocked Loose aren't pigeonholed by genres on debut 'Laugh Tracks'—hear entire album early". Alternative Press. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
We went out in January 2015 with a band called Vice who were very much a hardcore band. Yet in February, we went out with Kingmaker, who were very much a metalcore band. On those tours, we played the same cities but we were playing to different kids, and when we came through again months later, we had both those crowds at the shows.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Kelham, Andrew. "Knocked Loose AllMusic Bio". AllMusic. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
Kentucky quintet that blasts bruising hardcore punk with faint hints of metalcore.
- ^ "Eight Bands Re-Inventing the '90s Hardcore Breakdown". 17 November 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
- ^ "Pure Noise Records signs Knocked Loose". Lambgoat. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- ^ "INTERVIEW: Bryan Garris of KNOCKED LOOSE". Phillip Olympia. Never Nervous. 7 March 2016. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
- ^ Lantinen, Christopher. "KNOCKED LOOSE'S 'POP CULTURE' COMING TO VINYL". Modern Vinyl. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- ^ Olympia, Phillip. "LISTEN: Knocked Loose and Damaged Goods made a Split called... "Split"". Never Nervous. Archived from the original on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- ^ https://www.altpress.com/news/counterparts_gideon_expire_knocked_loose_announce_tour/
- ^ https://www.thecirclepit.com/2016/05/the-acacia-strain-oceano-knocked-loose-culture-killer-to-the-wind-tour
- ^ Sharp, Tyler. "Knocked Loose announce new album, release new song". Alternative Press. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- ^ Sharp, Tyler. "Knocked Loose sign to Pure Noise Records". Alternative Press. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- ^ "Knocked Loose premiere behind-the-scenes look at new album, 'Laugh Tracks'". Decibel. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- ^ "KNOCKED LOOSE ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM 'LAUGH TRACKS'". Sound Fiction. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- ^ "Knocked Loose Set September Release For New Album, Debut 'Deadringer' Video". The PRP. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- ^ "Knocked Loose Premiere New Song, "Oblivions Peak"". Revolver. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- ^ "Watch Knocked Loose New Video For "Billy No Mates" & "Counting Worms"". Musicandriots.com. 31 May 2017. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
- ^ "Every Time I Die Announce Fall 2017 Tour with Knocked Loose and Hollow Earth". Metalsucks.net. 6 June 2017.
- ^ "EVERY TIME I DIE, COMEBACK KID AND KNOCKED LOOSE HAVE ANNOUNCED A TOUR". Rock Sound. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
- ^ https://lambgoat.com/news/comments.aspx?id=28928#0
- ^ https://www.bringthenoise.com/blog/beartooth-release-two-new-singles-announce
- ^ https://metalinjection.net/tour-dates/knocked-loose-the-acacia-strain-harms-way-announce-spring-2019-tour
- ^ https://consequence.net/2019/02/a-day-to-remember-2019-us-tour-knocked-loose-boston-manor/#:~:text=Tour%20Dates-,A%20Day%20To%20Remember%20announce%202019%20US,Knocked%20Loose%20and%20Boston%20Manor&text=A%20Day%20To%20Remember%20have,Knocked%20Loose%20and%20Boston%20Manor.
- ^ https://www.kerrang.com/the-news/knocked-loose-have-announced-their-new-album-a-different-shade-of-blue/
- ^ https://www.bringthenoise.com/blog/stick-to-your-guns-have-been-added-to-knocked
- ^ https://loudwire.com/knocked-loose-gatecreeper-us-tour-dates-2021/
- ^ https://loudwire.com/gojira-2021-tour-knocked-loose-alien-weaponry/
- ^ "Knocked Loose – 'Laugh Tracks'". New Noise. September 15, 2016.
- ^ "7 Metalcore Revival Bands You Need To Know About". The Odyssey Online. 26 October 2017.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Ramos, Octavio. "Duke City Sound Stage presents Expire, Knocked Loose, and more". AXS TV. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- ^ "Mistakes Like Fractures, by Knocked Loose". Pure Noise Records.
External links[]
- Knocked Loose discography at Discogs
- American metalcore musical groups
- Hardcore punk groups from Kentucky
- Heavy metal musical groups from Kentucky
- People from Oldham County, Kentucky
- 2013 establishments in Kentucky
- Musical groups established in 2013
- Pure Noise Records artists
- Musical quintets