Is Knives AI?
No — Knives is a real band.
We list 8 live shows for them across 8 venues. AI-generated acts do not book venues, sell tickets and turn up — it is the one thing a generated project cannot fake, and the tell behind every AI band exposed so far.
The shows we listed
- 13 Nov 2026 Core. Multiple Venues, Glasgow, Glasgow
- 18 Oct 2026 Cancer Bats THE DEPO, Plymouth
- 16 Oct 2026 Cancer Bats Princess Pavilion, Plymouth
- 15 Oct 2026 Cancer Bats The Cavern, Plymouth
- 4 Sep 2026 Brighton Psych Fest Brighton And Hove Multiple Venues, Brighton
- 30 May 2025 The Bouncing Souls, The Adolescents, Broadway Calls, The Jack Knives The Crocodile, Seattle
- 5 Apr 2025 Knives The Black Heart, London
- 30 Jan 2025 Young Knives at The Underworld - London The Underworld, London
Everything else we checked
- Live shows 8 shows listed at 8 venues, 4 of them upcoming. A generated act does not book venues and play them.
- Presence elsewhere We hold no website, Bandcamp or social links for this act — though we may simply never have collected them.
- MusicBrainz Could not reach MusicBrainz for this check.
Some of these checks may look inconclusive on their own — a band can be missing from MusicBrainz or release quickly. They do not change the answer. The gig history settles it.