Complete Discography, by Don Knotts

Complete Discography

by Don Knotts

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1.	Don Knotts Pt. 1 00:11	buy track
2.	An Optimist Half Full of Shit 00:36	buy track
3.	Self Doubting Skin Job 01:18	buy track
4.	MotherFuckerFoodEater 01:07	buy track
5.	Onward (Your Religion Here) Soldiers! 00:21	buy track
6.	If You Didn't Have a Boyfriend, I'd Take You To Long John Silvers 00:45	buy track
7.	Swimming Open Mouthed Up Shit Creek 01:45	buy track
8.	Like Trying to Bite Your Own Teeth 01:11	buy track
9.	This SuperCuts Obviously Used To Be A Dairy Mart 00:24	buy track
10.	Surrogate Test-Tube Hearted Baby Trapped in a Well 01:24	buy track
11.	Father is a Six Letter Word for Selfish Fuck Up 02:18	buy track
12.	Pro-Castro Commie Russian Defector 00:40	buy track
13.	Don Knotts Pt. 2 00:11	buy track
14.	Untitled #1 01:49	buy track
15.	Untitled #2 01:06	buy track
16.	Untitled #3 01:04	buy track
17.	Untitled #4 01:21	buy track
18.	Mophead Boy (Asshole Parade) 01:00	buy track
19.	Untitled #5 01:02	buy track
20.	Today's Lesson (Filth) 01:59	buy track
21.	Untitled #8 01:58	buy track
22.	Untitled #6 01:11	buy track
23.	Untitled #7 00:52	buy track
24.	Untitled #8 01:58	buy track
25.	An Entire Live Set from 2001 10:34	buy track

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Don Knotts started during the middle of a North Lincoln practice in the Summer of 1999. 3/4 of the short-lived Grand Rapids, Michigan hardcore band Yesterday's Gone joined the three members of North Lincoln to form the initial lineup of Don Knotts. After our first show, we decided that Dan shouldn't play guitar and "sing" simultaneously. He was more focused on being a vocalist, which made Don Knotts a dual vocal band, much like a couple of our influences Ottawa and Nausea. With Dan and Adam handling vocals, we brought our friend Nate Schnider to back Kevin up on second guitar. This lineup recorded our first and only 7" "A Black Day For Mayberry" in January 2001. It was also the inaugural release for Grand Rapids Friction Records, which would release records by Enon, Bear Vs. Shark, La Dispute, and Heads Will Roll, to name a few.

A few months after the 7", our friends Dan and Nate Schnider decided to leave the band. We brought in Brian Payne on guitar, and Adam took over complete vocal duties. This lineup would record material that was initially to be used for a split 7" with a band I can't remember the name of that never came to fruition. After recording this material, Nate Baker would leave the band, and Brian Beckwith would move from percussion to bass.

We finally decided to put the nails in the coffin of Don Knotts on October, 30th 2002, in Lansing, Michigan, at the legendary basement venue known as The Ghetto Diaper. The show was going to be a perfect chaotic send-off for this jumbled mess we called a band, but about ten seconds into our set, a drunken crusty kid pulled down the waterline, and the show was over. This evening, we also released our last eight songs as a cassette known as "Devil's Night," which we had meticulously wrapped as Christmas gifts and handed out to the ridiculously packed basement crowd.

In 2004 we played a short set at The Fest 3 in Gainesville, Florida, and that was the only time we ever played outside of Michigan. We built up a pretty sizable following for a band that was as sloppy and chaotic as we were that never really left their home state, and I'm continually amazed when someone I don't know is aware of this band. - John Massel, 2021

Council Records No. 30.5 (CR-30.5)
Council Records Archives No. 14

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released October 30, 2002

Don Knotts was: Nathan Baker, Brian Beckwith, Adam Dunn, John Massel, Dan Matthews, Kevin Nunn, Brian Payne, and Nate Schnider.

A Black Day For Mayberry (Tracks 1-13)
Recorded 1/28/01 for $200 at 289 Recording in Muskegon, Michigan by Mike Council

Adam Dunn - Vocals
Brian Beckwith - Additional Percussion / Bass on Track #10
Dan Matthews - Vocals, Percussion on Track #7
John Massel - Drums
Kevin Nunn - Guitar / Bass on Tracks #2-6, 8-9, 12
Nate Baker - Bass on Tracks #1, 11, 13
Nate Schneider - Guitar

Unreleased Split 7" (Tracks 14-16)
Recorded 08/26/2001 for I think like $50 cause I'm pretty sure Dan was the only one who ever paid his share of the recording costs @ 289 Recording by Mike Council.

Adam Dunn - Vocals
Dan Matthews - Vocals
John Massel - Drums
Kevin Nunn - Guitar
Brian Payne - Guitar
Nate Baker - Bass

Devils Night (Tracks 17-25)
Recorded on 09/2002 for free by Kevin in a basement on a digital 8-track.

Adam Dunn - Vocals
Brian Beckwith - Bass
John Massel - Drums
Kevin Nunn - Guitar
Brian Payne - Guitar

Artwork for Complete Discography by Damian Master

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