In his songs he uses irony and satire, a style inspired by the French singer Georges Brassens.
Knabb's own writings include leaflets, comics, pamphlets and articles on Wilhelm Reich, Georges Brassens, Gary Snyder, the 1960s hip counterculture, the 1970 Polish revolt, the 1979 Iranian revolution, the 1991 Gulf war, the 2006 anti-CPE revolt in France, and the 2011 Occupy movement.
Some of his revues consisted of renditions of the songs of Jacques Brel and Georges Brassens, which were often translated from the French for him by Naomi Shemer.
Georges Bizet | Georges Cuvier | Centre Georges Pompidou | Georges Simenon | Georges Bataille | Georges Clemenceau | Paul Georges Dieulafoy | Georges Perec | Georges Duhamel | Georges de La Tour | Georges Schwizgebel | Georges Pouchet | Georges Pompidou | Jean-Georges Vongerichten | Hurricane Georges | Georges Seurat | Georges Moustaki | Georges Méliès | Georges Jeanty | Georges Sadoul | Georges Mandel | Georges Cottier | Georges Carpentier | Georges Canguilhem | Georges Brassens | Georges Besse | Georges Vanier | Georges Duby | Georges Doriot | Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthès |
Inspired by Brel, Brassens, Renaud and Anne Sylvestre, Agnès Bihl appreciates the lyrics of French song.
His joyful character led him to build friendships with the likes of Anne Sylvestre, Raymond Devos, Jacques Brel and Georges Brassens.