THE DIRTY KNOBS – FUCK THAT GUY - SONG REVIEW

Nov 10

Smooth talking, guitar strumming, rock ‘n roll band The Dirty Knobs have just come out with a fun, almost country-esque single accompanied with an even more enjoyable music video called ‘Fuck That Guy.’

The Dirty Knobs are led by Mike Campbell, a talented guitarist and songwriter you might recognize from bands such as Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers and Fleetwood Mac, so there are definitely reminiscent bits of the past in their music.

They’ve actually been around for 15 years, but never did any shows outside of LA or even released an album, and now Mike is branching out and embracing The Dirty Knobs as his primary project. After playing together for so many years, they’re releasing a long-awaited debut album which contains their recently released single ‘Fuck That Guy.’

It’s a ridiculously catchy, and while it was written with the intention to be about, well, anybody really, the boys in The Dirty Knobs aimed it at the Coronavirus. This is their second release following the title track of their upcoming album ‘Wreckless Abandon.’ Their sound has similar vibes as Nathaniel Rateliff & The Nightsweats, and Mike’s guitar skills have clearly only gotten better and better over the years.

The music video is entertaining, hilarious, and honestly quite accurate to how a lot of us have been feeling during the pandemic – try and say you wouldn’t like to beat up the virus yourself! It depicts a human representation of the Coronavirus walking around and being a typical obnoxious jerk, while a Hazmat crew chases after him. It’s an amusing visual alongside an already fun song, making for an all around good time with this tune.

‘Fuck That Guy’ is from The Dirty Knobs upcoming album Wreckless Abandon, which will be available everywhere on November 20th.