Of course, Yerke — a bear of a dude at 6-foot-3 if he’s an inch — has just finished up talking to a reporter about the band he fronts, the seven-piece Christian ska-punk outfit Insyderz.

Born Dec. 22, 1962, Knott came out of Southern California's Christian punk scene of the early 1980s, at first joining the ministry-oriented band The Lifesavors before essentially taking over and ...