{{short description|Canadian musician (born 1982)}} {{Multiple issues| {{notability|Music|date=March 2022}} {{BLP sources|date=December 2012}} }}
{{Infobox musical artist | name = Denyss McKnight | image = | image_upright = | image_size = | landscape = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank --> | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | alias = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1982}}<!-- {{birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} for living people supply only the year unless the exact date is already WIDELY published, as per WP:DOB --> | birth_place = Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | origin = | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date 1st) --> | death_place = | genre = {{hlist|Industrial|punk|hardcore}} | occupation = Instrumentalist | instrument = Piano, guitar, bass guitar | years_active = <!-- YYYY–YYYY (or –present) --> | label = 9 Lashings Records | associated_acts = Until We Have Faces, Left Spine Down, The Black Halos | website = <!-- {{URL|www.example.com}} --> }} '''Denyss McKnight''' (born January 1982 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian musician.
==Biography== McKnight spent much of his early years being classically trained on piano and music theory. After relocating to the British Columbia Interior as a teenager, he started playing guitar and started several punk and hardcore bands while working as production manager for local all-ages venues.
In 2002, McKnight formed 9 Lashings Records and independently engineered and produced several releases for other bands, including the hardcore act Until We Have Faces which he joined as guitarist until 2004. 2005 marked his introduction into the Vancouver Glam punk band The Black Halos, for which he played bass, including on their 2005 album ''Alive Without Control''.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Black Halos – Alive Without Control |url=https://www.discogs.com/master/306604-The-Black-Halos-Alive-Without-Control |website=discogs.com |publisher=Discogs |access-date=23 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.antimusic.com/dayinrock/05/june/13/03.shtml|title=The Black Halos New Cd 6/28 - antiMUSIC News|work=antimusic.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net//news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=34149 |title=The Black Halos Sign With Liquor And Poker Music - Blabbermouth.net |work=BLABBERMOUTH.NET |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100807124026/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/ |archivedate=2010-08-07 }}</ref>
He joined with Vancouver's industrial/cyberpunk band Left Spine Down in 2006 as bassist and in 2008 stepped up to guitar duties.<ref>[http://www.regenmag.com/Interviews-189-Left-Spine-Down.html Left Spine Down - Assault of the Digital Punks] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511212814/http://www.regenmag.com/Interviews-189-Left-Spine-Down.html |date=2008-05-11 }}</ref> In 2009, after playing on one EP and one album by Left Spine Down,<ref>{{cite web |title=Left Spine Down – Fighting For Voltage |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/1893767-Left-Spine-Down-Fighting-For-Voltage |website=discogs.com |publisher=Discogs |access-date=23 March 2022}}</ref> McKnight left the band. He did, however, appear on The Black Halos 2008 album ''We Are Not Alone'' contributing bass, piano, and vocals.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Black Halos – We Are Not Alone |url=https://www.discogs.com/master/306605-The-Black-Halos-We-Are-Not-Alone |website=discogs.com |publisher=Discogs |access-date=23 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://vampirefreaks.com/content/comment.php?entry=252&t=Interview+with+Left+Spine+Down |title=VF Interview with Left Spine Down |access-date=2008-08-14 |archive-date=2008-09-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080914204552/http://vampirefreaks.com/content/comment.php?entry=252&t=Interview+with+Left+Spine+Down |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://myspace.com/denyssfuckinghalo Denyss McKnight] on Myspace
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