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Knapsack- "Courage was Confused"

Knapsack- "Courage was Confused" (02:01)

a spec video I did years ago...never totally completed.

Knapsack - Catherine

Knapsack - Catherine (03:16)

Bonus Upload, I can't believe this isn't already on youtube. The first song that I ever heard by Knapsack. after this I was sold. I couldn't find the lyrics.

Knapsack - Please Shut Off The Lights

Knapsack - Please Shut Off The Lights (03:53)

PLEASE SHUT OFF THE LIGHTS It wraps around the cord for him Said I'm wasting, sinking Soaking in to bones and cartilage Crossing out the quarter where he lives So I have arrived Know this nothing gets me nowhere Know...

Knapsack - Change Is All The Rage

Knapsack - Change Is All The Rage (03:30)

CHANGE IS ALL THE RAGE Change is all the rage There are catapults There are bare insults I can see forever all these things They are obvious to me We are flawless proof We are breaking loose I am ready to expire in...

knapsack - 02 - courage was confused (live)

knapsack - 02 - courage was confused (live) (03:29)

at unknown venue/city, oct 8th, 1998. 2nd of 10.

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Knapsack Reviews

This Conversation Is Ending Starting Right Now

This Conversation Is Ending Starting Right Now

Angry young men are ten-a-penny these days....

  • Jan 15, 1999

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Knapsack Biography

Knapsack was formed in 1993 by Blair Shehan (vocals/guitar) and Colby Mancasola (drums). Shehan and Mancasola were two high school friends studying at the University of California, Davis. Guitarist Jason Bokros and bassist Rod Meyer completed the lineup.

In 1994, the band recorded a single for independent label Goldenrod Records and signed with Alias Records later that year. Their debut album Silver Sweepstakes was released in 1995. They then toured extensively playing with bands such as Pavement, Rocket from the Crypt, Jawbox and Drive Like Jehu.

Bokros left the group before the release of their second album Day Three of My New Life in 1997. He was replaced by Sergie Loobkoff of Samiam. Their third album This Conversation is Ending Starting Right Now was released in 1998. Shehan went on to form The Jealous Sound after the band broke up in 2000.

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Knapsack's Best Songs

  • 1. Katherine the Grateful
  • 2. Change Is All the Rage
  • 3. Shape of the Fear
  • 4. Cold Enough to Break
  • 5. Skip the Details
  • 6. Arrows to the Action
  • 7. Thursday Side of the Street
  • 8. Courage Was Confused
  • 9. Decorate the Spine
  • 10. Cinema Stare
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