You Know I Know is a Canadian rock band comprising three brothers from Winnipeg, Manitoba, formerly known as Inward Eye.
History Singer and bassist Dave Erickson and his two brothers, guitarist Kyle and drummer Anders, originally formed in Winnipeg under the name Inward Eye."Inward Eye's surviving its painful dance with majors". Georgia Straight, by Mike Usinger on March 25th, 2009"Here's a real eye-opener". The Province, October 29, 2009.Tom Harrison They started out by performing in bars, and later signed with J Records in 2005,"Hinder Offers Up More of the Same for Winnipeg Fans" Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, July 12, 2007, page 35. and opened for The Who in 2006 in Winnipeg, Calgary, and Edmonton."Winnipeg's Inward Eye to open for the Who". CBC Arts, Aug 13, 2008
The band opened for the Oklahoma band Hinder in 2007; they then moved to California to work on recording and in 2009 they released a self-titled EP."Inward Eye EP (Sony/J Records)". Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, January 31, 2009, page 45." Inward Eye Inward Eye". Exclaim, Heather Parry Feb 22, 2009 The album contained their oft-performed song "You Know I Know". Later that year they went on a cross Canada tour with Flogging Molly."Inward Eye". The Snipe, October 22, 2009, by Shawn Conner
Inward Eye played during the closing ceremony at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia. In 2013, after several years of inactivity, the brothers changed their band name to You Know I Know, and performed a come-back show in St. Boniface, Manitoba."All eyes on them". Spectator Tribune, Melissa Martin / May 20th 2013
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