Will Bryant

Founder and Executive Editor (the logistics guy)

I tell everyone that I live vicariously through musicians as I have no musical ability outside of the didgeridoo and some grammar school recorder/handbell expertise. But I love it. I consume massive amounts of it on a daily basis. In college, I graced the same airwaves as Howard Stern at WTBU and worked at a few venues and record labels. After school I managed a few of my favorite bands and released the original Knocks From the Underground compilation complete with a huge concert to celebrate local music in Boston. I am launching this site to help promote and share music, mostly the amazing stuff that gets overlooked by the masses. I am open to all types of music so please, please, PLEASE send me new stuff.

Feel free to contact me on Myspace or Facebook.

Becky Fine-Firesheets

Co-founder and Editor-at-Large (the creative lady)

Before the birth of Knocks, I wrote as a freelance music journalist and fiction author with publications in The Boston Phoenix, The Northeast Performer, The Deli, someothermagazine.com and The Undercurrent. I'm currently earning my MFA in Creative Writing at Fairleigh-Dickinson University and am writing my first book, a futuristic dystopian novel centering around music and the arts. I also work as a tutor and babysitter and strongly believe 3-year-olds tell the best jokes. I LOVE music, having grown up playing piano and tenor sax, and just joined a fun little group called Gonul and What Army as their backup singer and sax lady. Don't worry, we won't review my band. But we will review yours! Please contact us if you want to contribute anything to the site and always send us new CDs. I love rock, electro, hip-hop, bluegrass, jazz, blues, soul, funk, on and on. If you make music, we wanna hear it.

Sam Houghton

Editor-in-Chief (the creative man with some serious rock-and-roll insights)

I enjoy fine walks on the beach and tall glasses of whiskey. I enjoy listening to music excessively loud, especially the 50s, 60s and early 70s grunge, psychedelia, blues, funk and reggae genres. The Rolling Stones are the greatest musicians of all time. I might believe in God only if his name were Keith Richards. I once thought I could be a writer and I always loved walking around New York City on hot summer days with my Blues Brothers Ray-Bans. There seems to be a certain energy to the place. So, I combined all my interests, moved to Brooklyn and started writing for this fine organization. I’ve struggled to find work. I eat a lot of hot dogs and potatoes and drink a lot of Pabst. However, I find that I enjoy being poor because it gives me an excuse for solitude and to begin writing romance novels about past loves. I play bass and hang out with rock-stars.

Liz Levine

New York Editor (also a creative lady)

I'm originally from Tucson, a delightful Southwestern town with great local music, and for some years have been enjoying the slightly larger NYC scene. Though a talented triangle player, I leave most of the creative work to the pros and spend my time attending shows and consuming writings on music history and current acts. I co-edit the website lizandlaura.com, where I write about music, pen poetry, and cover a number of humorous topics, and have written for theowlmag.com, imposemagazine.com, and Movmnt magazine. I've also got a day job in publishing, and spend my free time watching bad movies and admiring other people's dogs.

Nora Lindner

Publicist Manager/Assistant Editor (the Twitter/Facebook/save our asses gal)

Nora E. Lindner was born in upstate NY, but moved southwards to study film and religion at Vassar College outside of NYC. She is a music junkie and an avid concert-goer (avid being defined as having a packed and at-the-ready survival ‘line kit’ for pre-show vigils lasting over six hours). A writer by nature, Nora has fed her passion for music by venturing into music journalism as a contributing writer for Shoutmouth, Baeble Music and, of course, Knocks. Recently, she has also starting her own fan friendly blog, Love Your Fans, which allows fans to share experiences of their treatment by bands and music venues. She hopes to continue these and similar pursuits after graduation, and explore careers in music management and merchandising. In her spare time, Nora’s other interests include advocating against intimate partner violence, playing keytar, obsessing over men’s fashion and watching videos of kittens online.

John Walsh

Art Director (the drawing and logo guy)

All characters were created by our good friend, John Walsh. He has done all artwork used on the site and the work for the Boston compilation. For more information on his artwork, contact him at: jrjrdesign@gmail.com