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James Knight

About Me

James Knight is sort of a poet from Blackpool, currently living in Lancaster. He fuses hip hop rhyme schemes and rythms with tales of male misfortune. He values his live performances, during which his brash persona leaves exposed an unnerving backdrop of male insecurities, whilst piercing through the heart of snobby academia. He aims to take poetry away from literary circles, preferring to scream his work over the rowdiness of music gigs, pubs and even parks! He has been known to dress up on occasion too ;) James has performed at venues all over the country and currently hosts the highly successful Blue Peter Badge Winners Get in Free night in Lancaster, which has featured artists such as Byron Vincent, Tim Claire, Nathan Filer, Dominic Berry and Jackie Hagan.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 22/01/2007
Band Members: Me and an inflatable sex doll. She's my Yoko.
Influences: Jimmy Buffet, David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Andy Warhol, Patti Smith, Jaaarvis, Brett Anderson, Marilyn Manson, John Cooper Clarke, Chloe Poems, Byron Vincent, Tony Walsh, Gordon Zola, Thick Richard, Tom Truax, MIA, The Prodigy, The Urbanian Quartet, Bat for Lashes, Skinnyman, The Dirty Diggers, Plan B, Prof. Green, Shameless, BIG, Wu Tang, The Macc Lads, Oscar Wilde, Tony Harrison, Irvine Welsh, Langston Hughs, Gwendoline Riley, Roger Mcgough, John Hegely, Bill Hicks...
Sounds Like:

Blackpool and the North West
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

mY ImAgInArY bAnD

I've decided. I want to start a band. I know, I know... I say this every month or so, each time with some new unattainable concept, be it alien hip hop, acoustic Italo disco, punk soul twist jazz with...
Posted by on Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:25:00 GMT

The Way of the Tache...

The Way of the Tache. Before last week Tache was a bad heavy metal club in Blackpool. Not any more...  Im not sure how it came about. Id had a beard for quite some time. I guess you could call it ...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:16:00 GMT

James Knight - I Wish I Had A Cooler Voice - Fuse FM Basment Session - P...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWDu1v6SNO4 Old School James Knight! This poem is like three years old. Where has my life gone?
Posted by on Sat, 13 Jun 2009 10:22:00 GMT

James Knight - 99 Problems - Fuse FM Basement Session - Pangaea Festival...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSzkzS6KulM A radio session for Fuse FM Manchester in winter. I basically took the language from a kitchen catalogue coz I thought the products had silly n...
Posted by on Sat, 13 Jun 2009 10:20:00 GMT

Lovely Eggs Hotpants DANCE!!

Just got back from the Lovely Eggs and Hotpants Romance in Manchester and it was fucking awesome! Have been blaring the Hotpants demo all day in my car pissing off most of preston and it taketh me bac...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:05:00 GMT

One nation under God...

Yeah. So I just got back from California where I spent two weeks getting drunk on cocktails and offending rich Americans. But the highlight of my excursion occured in a rather unlikely location- the u...
Posted by on Mon, 25 May 2009 12:59:00 GMT

The Return of the King

Well well well. This is the first time I've used this thing for two years, but I figured it's time to get things going again. The past two years have been a crazy time of homelessness, drunken uncerta...
Posted by on Tue, 19 May 2009 10:12:00 GMT