Knocked Loose brought crushing heaviness to the masses during a November 26 performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!. Metal fans were thrilled, some complainy-ass parents got mad on Facebook about it, and a boatload of new fans were surely brought into the genre because of it.
Knocked Loose vocalist Bryan Garris has since taken to Instagram to express his gratitude for the opportunity and to share some pretty heartwarming thoughts about how far the band has come. And sure, it's not "Gojira playing the Olympics" massive, but Jimmy Kimmel Live! has roughly 1.7 million viewers – that's a pretty big fucking deal.
To put things even further into perspective, Knocked Loose's performance of "Suffocate" featuring Poppy on Jimmy Kimmel Live! has already racked up over one million views in the past five days. That's massive! And to the pissed off commentators, whatever. Thanks for the hate comments and further boosting Knocked Loose's online presence. You're not doing the damage you think you are.
"You may have seen it already, you may have not. I've been lucky enough that my timeline is flooded with so much support that I see it every time I open my phone. But I wanted a chance to post about it myself. The other day Knocked Loose performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live! For a long time now our goal has been to see how far we could squeeze this band into places where we don't fit and I think this may be the biggest one. National television. It feels like the ceiling gets higher for EVERYONE, every single day. We celebrate this together. Thank you so much.
"Walking down the hallway as we were escorted to stage Im looking to my left and right and seeing photos of all the celebrities that have been on the show over the years. Presidents, actors, musicians etc. I leaned over to [Knocked Loose guitarist Isaac Hale] and said 'this started in your garage'. He grabbed onto me and squeezed as hard as he could. That's a moment I'll never forget.
"PS if it scared you, good."
