On social media channels, Finnerty is known for posting original song compositions and giving critical reviews of popular music songs in the What Makes This Song Stink series.
12 Facts About Pat Finnerty
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Pat Finnerty spent his early life in Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Pat Finnerty began playing live music in bands at the age of 16, Finnerty has said in the past that he was inspired to start playing by acts like Weezer, Ween, and Nirvana.
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Pat Finnerty has been based in Philadelphia since about 2010.
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In 2015, The Lid, a rock opera by Pat Finnerty, had a three-night run at the Underground Arts theater.
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Pat Finnerty has taken on gigs as a sideman guitarist, such as performing onstage with members of Dr Dog and touring as a guitarist with Strand of Oaks.
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Pat Finnerty is known to use social-media platforms to release original song recordings.
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At the nine-hour mark of his stream, to the surprise of Pat Finnerty, Grohl joined via chat while hosting a dinner party with his friends.
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Grohl and Pat Finnerty chatted for several minutes, and Grohl played part of the Dire Straits' song, "Money for Nothing", at the request of Pat Finnerty.
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In 2022, Pat Finnerty adapted the What Makes This Song Stink series as a podcast.
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Pat Finnerty is good friends with members of rock band Dr Dog and to support his critical review video of Train's "Hey, Soul Sister", he convinced the band to release a cover of "Here Comes the Hotstepper" by reggae singer Ini Kamoze.
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Pat Finnerty wrote the songs and played guitars and sang vocals, and Eric Slick played drums, on the band's The Simple Plan EP that was released independently in 2022.