The Hold Steady

What kind of guy writes a song about how he tries to get people to call him "Freddie
Mercury," but everybody keeps calling him "Right Said Fred"? Only one man: Craig Finn of
the Hold Steady. While the band bashes out friendly trash-rock riffs, Finn goes off the deep
end in surreal rants such as "Killer Parties," "Sketchy Metal" and "Positive Jam." He spins
hilarious, hyperactive tales about America ("In the Nineties we were wired and... More >

Craig Finn lifts and pulls more cruddy details from his intimacy with crystal meth and his consuming desire to rhyme Nina Simone with Neil Schon ("Killer Parties," "Sweet Payne")