The Knobs and the Feelings at IOOF Hall, Seattle, WA, May 14, 1977
This poster advertises two short-lived Seattle, Washington, bands, The Knobs and The Feelings, together at the International Order of Oddfellows Hall in downtown Seattle on May 14, 1977.
The Knobs were a Seattle Punk band active in 1977, formerly known as Sixteen-Year-Old Virgins. The band performed a number of times in Seattle with The Feelings, another local Punk band. Previously a member of local theatre group Ze Whiz Kidz, J. Satz Beret, formerly known as Satin Sheets, joined the Knobs in May 1977 before leading a band called the Lewd a month later, which then opened twice for The Ramones. Members of The Knobs and later one or both of its derivatives, the Lewd and ‘S Nots, included guitarist Marc Cain (b. unknown), guitarist Jeff Gossard (b. unknown)—cousin of Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard—bassist Sheldon Gomberg (b. unknown), and drummers Drake Eubank (b. unknown) and Bill Rieflin (1960 – 2020).
The Feelings, originally called The Feelies, formed around 1976 in Seattle, Washington, as a Punk band featuring guitarist Rob Vasquez (b. unknown), who went on to form, among other bands, Night Kings and Nights and Days. Guitarist and singer Greg Ragan (b. unknown) also joined the group, often hanging from curtains and rafters and screaming lyrics, as well as drummer Dean Helgeson (d. 1986), who later joined the Cowboys.
The International Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) Hall, designed by German architect Carl Breitung, was constructed at 915 East Pine Street in downtown Seattle, Washington, in 1909. Located in the heart of the Capitol Hill Arts District, the building contains a variety of meeting rooms, offices, apartments, and retail spaces. It houses a variety of restaurants and arts organizations, including the popular Century Ballroom, which is the only remaining tenant since before the building was sold in 2008. Other arts organizations who have, at some point, occupied the IOOF include Velocity Dance, Freehold Theatre. Reel Grrrls, Annex Theatre, and the Seattle Mime Theatre. In 1976, IOOF Hall hosted “The TMT Show,” in reference to the names of the three featured bands: the Telepaths, The Meyce, and The Tupperwares. This event would help spark the rise of Seattle’s alternative scene which would ultimately become 1980s and 1990s Grunge . The TMT Show predated the first shows by British Punk Rockers such as The Clash, The Damned, and Siouxsie and the Banshees, as well as Los Angeles bands like The Screamers.
