Costa students Nolan, Kira Chung come together to create the band, Double Knotted

LOCAL LIVE MUSIC: Redondo Union Sophomore Sophia Lonergan (left), El Camino Senior Kaz, Costa Freshman Nolan Chung and Sophomore Kira Chung, and Redondo Union Sophomore Hunter Taylor (right) assemble to perform in Double Knotted. Double Knotted is a rock band that plays in local bars and restaurants around the South Bay. Photo courtesy of Kira Chung

By Raci Levine

Executive Features Editor

Students from diverse grades and schools collaborate together to formulate a rock band.

In July 2022, Costa Freshman Nolan Chung and Sophomore Kira Chung, Redondo Union Sophomores Hunter Taylor, Sophia Longergan and El Camino Senior Kaz put their musical skills together to produce the band Double Knotted. All members of the band have been playing their instrument from a range of 2 up to 6 years and met at the South Bay’s School of Rock.

ROCK AND ROLL: In the past few months, Double Knotted played for local venues such as the bars; Project Barley, The End, and Schooner Bar and Grill. In addition they perform for family and friends during celebrations.
They primarily focus on a diverse type of rock music like; alternative, indie, and classic. Photo courtesy of Kira Chung

“We were all hanging out as friends and eating shake shack and we looked at each other and just had the fun idea to start a band. Everyone had their instrument that could make up a solid band. And so it became a thing.” said Sophomore Chung “We have all been or are a part of a program called school of rock. It is where we all met and developed our skills of playing with other people, specifically, with each other.”

They were able to come up with the name Double Knotted due to how they all always double knot their shoes. In their band, Kira Chung plays the bass guitar, Nolan Chung plays the drums, Taylor is the lead guitarist, Kaz plays the rhythm guitar, and Longergan is the lead singer.

POSE: Double Knotted was able to come up with the name Double Knotted due to how they all always double knot their shoes. In their band, Kira Chung plays the bass guitar, Nolan Chung plays the drums, Taylor is the lead guitarist, Kaz plays the rhythm guitar, and Longergan is the lead singer. Photo Courtesy of Kira Chung

“We were at my house eating pizza and realized we all double knotted our shoelaces and so we just decided that that was our name from here on out.” said Chung. “We all enjoyed playing music together in a separate extracurricular band and we all had good chemistry and drive to start playing together weekly.”

In the past few months, Double Knotted played for local venues such as the bars; Project Barley,The End, and Schooner Bar and Grill. In addition they perform for family and friends during celebrations. They primarily focus on a diverse type of rock music like; alternative, indie, and classic.

“Our favorite part of being in the music industry is simply getting together and making music. What I mean by that is when we all plug in our amps and take our instruments out and we put all our skills together to create something amazing. To see something come alive, especially when it’s all together is truly the best feeling.” said Chung. “Our least favorite part of being in the music industry is that it is a very competitive industry that has a reputation of being quite negative. We hope to leave the negative behind and just channel the positivity music brings to our lives.

POSE:According to Chung, she hopes to stay involved with music even when she graduates from high school.
Double Knotted uses social media and local advertising in order to spread their music with the public. Photo by Ava Nicols/ La Vista

In the future, Double Knotted hopes to release music on Spotify and youtube and join the battle of the bands which is hosted at Redondo Beach’s Beach Life Festival. According to Chung, their dream performance place would be a Coachella or the Coliseum.

“We have several original songs that we want to produce and release this year and we hope that people will enjoy our music and resonate with our sound,” said Chung. “We also hope to join the battle of the bands in May at the beach life festival.”

According to Chung, she hopes to stay involved with music even when she graduates from high school. Double Knotted uses social media and local advertising in order to spread their music with the public.

“We have connections with south bay music connections which extend our platform to other bands in the south bay. We also have several social media pages our Instagram is @doubleknottedband and out Tik Tok is @doubleknottedband”