Craig Finn was born on August 22,1971 and is an American singer-songwriter and musician.
17 Facts About Craig Finn
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Craig Finn is best known as the frontman of the American indie rock band The Hold Steady, with whom he has recorded eight studio albums.
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Craig Finn began hosting his own podcast, That's How I Remember It, in 2022.
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Craig Finn was raised Catholic and still identifies as such.
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Craig Finn attended Valley View Middle School and graduated from Breck School.
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At this point in time, Craig Finn did not play music for two years before forming The Hold Steady.
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Back in Minneapolis, Craig Finn was a member of the band Lifter Puller from 1994 to 2000.
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Craig Finn had a short stint of work with Mr Projectile after moving to New York City in the fall of 2001.
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Craig Finn moved to New York City in the fall of 2001, after Lifter Puller broke up, for a change and because he and his wife knew people there.
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Craig Finn has said that lyrically with The Hold Steady, he's been trying to produce a more positive, coherent, story-based message in a natural way that he could imagine someone saying.
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Craig Finn provided his voice to Titus Andronicus's second album, The Monitor.
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Craig Finn is the voice of Walt Whitman at the very end of their song "A Pot in Which to Piss".
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On this split, Titus Andronicus covers Craig's "No Future" from his debut solo album, Clear Heart Full Eyes, and Craig Finn covers Titus Andronicus's "No Future" from their debut album, The Airing Of Grievances.
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In December, 2016, Craig Finn released "Preludes", the first single from his next album, titled We All Want the Same Things, which was released via Partisan Records on March 24,2017.
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Craig Finn is most notable for his third-person narrative lyrical style, wherein he frequently makes reference to literature, pop culture, adolescence, partying, religion, and drugs.
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Particularly in later Hold Steady albums, Craig Finn's songs have explored the darker aspects of his characters' party-centric lifestyles.
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Craig Finn has indicated that some of his greatest lyrical influences include Blake Schwarzenbach from Jets to Brazil and Jawbreaker as well as Bruce Springsteen.