About
Dr. Know was born Gary Miller in Washington, D.C., on September 15, 1958. Miller's first instrument was bass, and he was honing his skills on the instrument before he even had one; he jammed along with a friend using a guitar with two strings removed and tuned down to a bass scale. Miller had eclectic tastes in music, enjoying hard rock, funk, disco, and jazz, and after switching from bass to guitar, in 1976 he formed a jazz fusion group called Mind Power, with Paul Hudson on rhythm guitar, Darryl Jennifer on bass, and Earl Hudson on drums. Initially, Miller was attending college as a pre-med student (his nickname Dr. Know came from his passion for education) and was working in a restaurant to support himself, but as the band progressed, he followed his spirit and made music his first priority. In 1977, Miller and his bandmates became aware of the aggressive sounds of early punk bands like the Sex Pistols, the Damned, and the Ramones through their friend Sid McCray, and they shifted from jazz to punk, refining their sound through constant rehearsals to sound faster, tighter, and more precise than any other band in town. McCray was the band's first vocalist, and when he dropped out, Paul Hudson moved from rhythm guitar to lead vocals, adopting the stage name H.R.
From 🇺🇸 United States
Genres