There are two artists which use this name:
1) Knife Party is the electro house duo founded by Rob Swire and Gareth McGrillen, former members of Australian electronic rock band Pendulum.
They've remixed artists such as Swedish House Mafia, Nero, Labrinth and Porter Robinson.
Knife Party has released two EPs so far: 100% No Modern Talking, which was released free on various sites, and the more recent Rage Valley EP (May 28 on Beatport and June 4 on iTunes and elsewhere). Tracks from the Rage Valley EP were leaked in poor quality long before release date and the entire studio quality EP leaked some days before release. Knife Party commented on the leak, saying they "don't care".
They have also collaborated with Swedish House Mafia on their single, Antidote.
On 9 August 2012, Knife Party announced via Twitter that work on their third EP has started.
http://knifeparty.com
2) Knife Party are a punk rock band from Moncton, New Brunswick, CA. They have one self titled EP.
Little Danny Whore Moan, ”The Belgian Berzerker” Johnny Marnix, Killington Stabb, Davey Romance and Jedi Eric form Knife Party.
Rising from the ashes of two other bands, Knife Party bring a little class to the Blade Game, fusing straightforward, minimalist Ramones song-writing etiquette
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Knife Party
Australian electronic music duo
This article is about the Australian electro house duo. For the song by Deftones, which the duo is named after, see White Pony.
Knife Party are an Australian electronic music duo consisting of Rob Swire and Gareth McGrillen, two members of the drum and bass band Pendulum.
The duo has worked with artists such as Swedish House Mafia, Steve Aoki, MistaJam, Foreign Beggars, I See MONSTAS, Tom Staar, Pegboard Nerds and Tom Morello.
Knife Party peaked at 23rd on DJMag's 2013 Top 100 DJs rankings.[1]
History
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2002–2010: Origin
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Rob Swire and Gareth McGrillen met in 2002 and have since performed music in various different bands and music projects. They along with Paul Harding formed the drum and bass band Pendulum.[2][3] The duo started Knife Party as a side project to Pendulum. However, after the project's success and mass popularity, Knife Party became their primary project.
The name is derived from the Deftones song "Knife Prty" featured on the 2000 album White Pony. Knife Party's name caused consternation at first, as some said the name showed support for knife crime. Rob Swire rebutted this during an interview stating "...we're not advocating any type of knife-related crime a
