Bio:

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Knockout was born in the suburbs of Chicago in January of 1999. This 4-piece quartet that likes to play fast, melodic, pop-punk with influences such as Humble Beginnings, NOFX, Blink-182, the Ataris, Strung Out and Pulley. They have played all over Illinois and have toured out to California. They have played with bands such as Unsung Zeros, Mest, Allister, Sloppy Meat Eaters, River City High, 5o4plan and Rise Against. Knockout has put out a few recordings themselves and have recently released a 9-song CD on Mr. Good Records titled, "Driven to Distraction". After their first release, they toured heavily with many local bands, mainly 5o4plan, and made very good friends along the way, such as Fall Out Boy. They even introduced Fall Out Boy to Sean O'Keefe who later recorded and produced their break-through album, "Take This To Your Grave," where they even name-dropped Knockout in the "Thank You" section as "their brothers in metal." Then later in October 2002, with the help of O'Keefe, they released their own full length CD "Searching for Solid Ground" off their new label, Fearless Records. The disc contained 13 "ground-breaking" songs.

Then later in July '02, Knockout lost a crucial member when TJ decided to quit the band, and go to pursue other projects. No fear though, the Chicago pop-punkers added one of their original members in Chris Tag, the bassist. After the new addition, Knockout toured like no tomorrow going countlessly around the US, with bands like Near Miss, Anti-Freeze, and yet again 5o4plan. But as the months went by, interturmoil between the band came out about the music and the writing. To make things worse Chris Tag quit again, so the band brought in John Regan to replace him at the four strings. With new members the band tried to patch things up, but to no avail. Band member's began quitting over arguments over the music and De'Mar and John sided and quit. Without a half the band, Jeff brought in his friend Spencer Johnson to play bass and Mark Rhoades, who was the former drummer of another Windy City band, Starstruck. But finally after much argument and hardwork, Jeff and Knockout decided to finally call it quits in August of 2003.





___ Jeff Warren - he is currently working on his new music project/band Terridactyl.

Terridactyl - www.myspace.com/terridactylmusic


___ De'Mar Hamilton - he is currently the drummer for the Chicago Pop/Rock band, The Plain White T's (Fearless Records).

Plain White T's - www.plainwhitets.com


___ TJ Minich - played bass in the Windy City's own, Spitalfield (Victory Records) but quit for personal reasons in 2005.

Spitalfield - www.spitalfield.net


___ John Regan - he is now a head web/graphic designer for Atlantic Records.

Destroy Designs - www.destroydesigns.org


___ Mark Rhoades - he was the drummer for the Chicago Indie/Rock band, The Fold, but has now quit the band.

The Fold - www.thefoldmusic.com


___ Nicholas Scimeca - he is a web/art designer for his many sites. He also has a side project, with Travis McCoy of Gym Class Heroes, called Tequila Mockingbird.

Tequila Mockingbird's "Brooklyn Basement" - www.travieblog.com

Web Designer Sites:
www.equalstudios.com
www.friendsorenemies.com
www.clandestineindustries.com
www.nicholasscimeca.com

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Member Since:

December 12, 2006

Members:

- Jeff Warren
Lead Guitar/Vocals

- Steve Jeanindes
Guitar/Vocals

- De'Mar Hamilton
Drums

- Eric Wolfe
Bass/Vocals

- TJ Minich
Bass/Vocals

- John Regan
Bass

- Chris Tag
Bass/Drums

- Nicholas Scimeca
Drums

- Mark Rhoades
Drums

Influences:

Punk Stuff

Sounds Like:

- Fall Out Boy
- 5o4plan
- Allister
- August Premier
- Lawrence Arms

"Searching for Solid Ground"
Release Date: 10/22/2002

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..Track Listing:..
1. Breakaway
2. Sequel
3. Regretta
4. Hideout
5. Artificial Pheromones
6. 24 Hours
7. Aftermath
8. Solid Ground
9. Last Week
10. Far More
11. So This Is Sorry
12. Leaving Chicago

"Driven to Distraction"
Release Date: 9/18/2001

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..Track Listing:..
1. 24 Hours
2. Wait
3. Too Little, Too Late
4. Staying Home
5. Recharge
6. Try Again
7. Starecase
8. Sleeping In
9. Growing Up

Record Label:

Fearless Records