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Following the unexpected death of Michael Knott on March 12, 2024, several websites and podcasts released tributes to his life and work.
- Prolific Alternative Christian Musician Michael Knott Died Catholic by Mary Stroka for Catholic Vote (April 19, 2024)
- The Many Names of Michael Knott by Arsenio Orteza for World News Group (April 18, 2024)
- Shaded Pain – A Tribute to Michael Knott by David Lowman for Legacy: CCM’s Greatest Albums (March 23, 2024)
- Official Obituary of Michael Gerard Knott Brown Colonial Mortuary
- Star Wars Splash Page #388: Electric Worm Jeff McGee started off this podcast with a tribute to Knott for Jedi News (March 20, 2024)
- 8 Tracks: Keep It Real (featuring Screaming Brittle Siren) by Lars Gotrich for NPR (March 18, 2024)
- Died: Michael Knott, Christian Alternative Musician Who Helped Launch Tooth & Nail by Kelsey Kramer McGinnis for Christianity Today (March 18, 2024)
- God’s Misfits: A Tribute to Michael Knott by Scott Eaton for KAOS Olympia 89.3FM (March 17, 2024)
- Screaming Brittle Siren review by J. Edward Keyes for the March 15, 2024 BandCamp Daily Essential Releases.
- Michael Knott, Who Changed the Course of Christian Rock, Dies at 61 by Lars Gotrich for NPR (March 14, 2024)
- Michael Knott Tribute by Steve Chalk for Christian Geeks Rockcast (March 13, 2024)
- Remembering Michael Knott: The Family Man in Black by Keith Giles for Patheos (March 13, 2024)
- We’ve Lost an Icon–R.I.P. Michael Knott by Loyd Harp for IndieVision Music (March 13, 2024)
- Rest in Peace, Michael Knott by Jason Morehead (Opus) (March 13, 2024)
- That’s Knott Cookie Monster? by CultureShockLewis for The Wardrobe (March 13, 2024)
- Michael Gerard Knott Death, Musician & Songwriter Passed Away Unexpectedly by Dhaleela for Medico Topics (March 13, 2024)
On October 31, 2022, Arsenio Ortezo included Screaming Brittle Siren on his list of The 10 Best Christian Rock Albums for Spin Magazine.
On September 30, 2022, J. Edward Keyes featured a Knott album in the BandCamp Daily Essential Releases.
Your Music Saved Us Podcast Episode # from June 24, 2021 discusses Rocket and a Bomb:
Multi-Biome wrote about Michael Knott’s Punk Ethos on December 30, 2019.
Down the Line Podcast, Episode #14 from November 13, 2018, and Episode #17 from April 9, 2019 both discuss The Grape Prophet as well.
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #214 from March 28, 2017 discusses the 1992 L.S. Underground album The Grape Prophet.
On February 26, 2012, Chad Thomas Johnston wrote The Cannibal and the Eucharist about Michael Knott for Image Journal.
In 2010, a blog dedicated to naming the Greatest Christian albums of all time appeared online. The author, David Lowman, limited himself to one entry per artist. Knott made it onto this list:
Lowman then began another blog that looked at the top 500 albums, without the limitation of one album per artists. Knott had several entries on this list as well:
41) LS Underground – Shaded Pain
74) Lifesavers – Kiss of Life
143) Lifesavers – Us Kids
169) Aunt Bettys – Aunt Bettys
200) Various Artists – Brow Beat
377) Michael Knott – Rocket and a Bomb
440) LS Underground – Grace Shaker
466) Idle Lovell – Idle Lovell
486) Lifesavers – Dreamlife
Then, Lowman started a even longer list of Real 80s CCM and several Knott projects have appeared so far:
- Idle Lovell – Surge et Illuminare
- Lifesavers Underground – Shaded Pain
- Lifesavers – Kiss of Life
- The Lifesavors – Dream Life
An undated list of Greatest Christian rock albums. Ever. by user GoFluffyGo on RateYourMusic has several Knott related albums listed:
05) Screaming Brittle Siren
11) Go Fluffy Go
16) Shaded Pain
37) The Grape Prophet
49) Cush
82) Rocket and a Bomb
97) Aunt Bettys