Prescott Niles

Prescott Niles
Background information
Born (1954-05-02) May 2, 1954, United States
GenresRock, power pop, pop rock, new wave
OccupationMusician
InstrumentBass guitar

Prescott Niles (born May 2, 1954) is an American rock bassist. He is best known as bassist with the Knack, who had a No. 1 US / No. 6 UK hit with "My Sharona".

Since 2013 he has played bass with Mike Pinera's Classic Rock All-Stars and Missing Persons.

Prescott Niles mostly played a Rickenbacker 4001 and a Guild M-85 as well as Vigier bass during his tenure with The Knack.