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Craig Finn

Craig Finn is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The War on Drugs, Jets to Brazil, Jawbreaker, Bruce Springsteen and The Replacements. Those roots explain a lot about how Craig Finn arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Hold Steady, Bob Mould, Hamilton Leithauser, Jason Isbell and Brian Fallon, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Cheap Girls, Titus Andronicus, Chris Cheney, The Living End and The War on Drugs, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 30 connections around Craig Finn, reaching back through The War on Drugs and forward to Cheap Girls. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Craig A. Finn is an American singer, songwriter and musician. He is best known as the frontman of the American indie rock band the Hold Steady, with whom he has recorded nine studio albums. Prior to forming the Hold Steady, Finn was the frontman of Lifter Puller.

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Craig FinnThe War on DrugsJets to BrazilJawbreakerBruce SpringsteenThe ReplacementsThe BandDrive-By TruckersCheap GirlsTitus AndronicusChris CheneyThe Living EndThe War on DrugsThe Hold SteadyBob MouldHamilton LeithauserJason IsbellBrian FallonJosh RitterPaul WesterbergWaxahatchee

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Craig Finn connections

Craig Finn grew out of The War on Drugs, Jets to Brazil, Jawbreaker and Bruce Springsteen, shares an orbit with The Hold Steady, Bob Mould, Hamilton Leithauser and Jason Isbell, went on to shape Cheap Girls, Titus Andronicus, Chris Cheney and The Living End. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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