Prescott Niles (born May 2, 1954) is an American rock bassist.[1] He is best known as bassist with the Knack, who had a No. 1 US / No. 6 UK hit with "My Sharona".
Since 2013 he has played bass with Mike Pinera's Classic Rock All-Stars and Missing Persons.
Prescott Niles mostly played a Rickenbacker 4001 and a Guild as well as Vigier Guitars bass during his tenure with The Knack.
^Michaels, Randolph (2005-09-22). Flashbacks to Happiness: Eighties Music Revisited. iUniverse. pp. 339–. ISBN 978-0-595-37007-8. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
PrescottNiles (born May 2, 1954) is an American rock bassist. He is best known as bassist with the Knack, who had a No. 1 US / No. 6 UK hit with "My Sharona"...
Gary (drums) for years before forming the Knack in 1978 with PrescottNiles (bass). Niles was the last to join, a week before the band's first show in...
the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, Averre, together with The Knack bassist PrescottNiles released a guitar solo instruction video, in response to the many parodies...
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guitarist Berton Averre. The three were subsequently joined by bassist PrescottNiles. Fieger and Averre brought in a tune they'd written about Sharona Alperin...
before picking up the guitar in high school and taking lessons with PrescottNiles, one-time bassist for The Knack. While he played in rock bands, Perkins...
needed] VanHoose, Benjamin (1 April 2020). "The Knack's Berton Averre and PrescottNiles Alter Hit Song 'My Sharona' to Declare 'Bye Corona'". PEOPLE.com. Retrieved...
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play with a series of bands, including Population Five, with bassist PrescottNiles from The Knack, and Hawk, replacing Scott Travis, who went to play with...
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among others, Matt Sorum, Dave Amato, Ricky Phillips, Keith St John, PrescottNiles, Kelly Keagy, Jeff Scott Soto, Ace Von Johnson and Gregg Bissonette...
The band was composed of Turner on lead guitar and as lead vocalist, PrescottNiles on bass guitar, Christopher Robinson on keyboards, and Tim McGovern...
harmonica on "Good Girls Don't" Berton Averre – lead guitar, backing vocals PrescottNiles – bass Bruce Gary – drums "The 50 Best New Wave Albums". Paste. September...
Oliveri of Queens of the Stone Age & Kyuss Jerry Only of The Misfits PrescottNiles of The Knack Chuck Panozzo of Styx David Paton of Pilot Ian Peres of...
lyrics were "slimy," and may have gone too far over the line. Bassist PrescottNiles claims to have disliked the lyrics altogether, disliking that the woman...
tracks by fellow musicians including Laurence Juber ("Love, and You"), PrescottNiles ("Enough", "Humans Doing Angels' Work", "Soldier of Love") and Jeff...
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