NAME: Craig Allan Finn
LOCATION: Brooklyn, NY via Minneapolis, MN and Boston, MA.
BANDS, PAST & PRESENT: Past: Lifter Puller, the Brokerdealer. Current: The Hold Steady. I have also been working on an unnamed project with Cex (Ryan Kidwell). Jason Cadell and Eric Axelson from the Dismemberment Plan have been involved in that as well.
LYRICAL INFLUENCES: Parties, eavesdropping on the subway, books, movies, Pynchon, Updike, Larry McMurtry, Blaxploitation movies, midwestern bars, walking.
FAVORITE SONGWRITERS: Paul Westerberg, Bruce Springsteen, Joe Strummer, Blake Schwarzenbach, Greg Dulli, Nick Cave, Slug (Atmopshere), Bob Dylan, Prince, Dave Shouse and Scott Taylor (Grifters), John Darnielle, Leonard Cohen.
FAVORITE LYRICS: I know Bob Nanna said this too, but "Chesterfield King" by Jawbreaker is totally brilliant. "Growing Up" by Springsteen. "Doublewhiskeycokenoice" by Dillinger Four.
ONE ARTIST YOU'D LIKE TO ASK ABOUT SONG LYRICS: Paul Westerberg, probably. I'm pretty obsessed. I got introduced to Blake Schwarzenbach once and I got more nervous than I would have ever imagined. It sort of suprised me. I'd also like to ask David Lee Roth what the hell he is saying on the chorus of "Little Guitars" from the Diver Down album.

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