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This Wiki is dedicated to one of the greatest rock bands on the scene, The Hold Steady, and has been set up with the following goals:
- Annotating references in lyrics
- Documenting facts relating to the band
- Profiling characters form The Hold Steady's songs
- Documenting The Hold Steady's live shows with photos, setlists, reviews, etc.
Please note this is a fansite and is not directly associated with nor necessarily endorsed by The Hold Steady, Vagrant Records or any other related party. Any views expressed are those of the general public and I'm afraid neither ConstantSun, theholdsteady.info or EditThis.info can be held liable for content.
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What's New?
- Stevie Nix (various references added)
- Cattle And Creeping Things#Live Version
- The Brokerdealer
- Category:Literary References
- Bless the beasts and the children
- The scratches on my back
- What they pulled on kennedy
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How you can help
- Find a red link and click it to create a page
- Read the lyrics and identify references, then link them to a page explaining them
- Expand fact pages with any information you have on the band.
- Make suggestions on discussion pages
- Design us a new 150x150 gif logo for the top left corner
- Type up the setlist and/or link to some photos of a Hold Steady gig you went to
Example Pages
These pages show examples of completed pages for you to copy:
- Album: Almost Killed Me
- Character: Mary
- Track: The Swish
- Reference: Minneapolis
- Live Show: October 31 - Chicago, IL @ Metro
Project Status
Structuring: 100%
Lyrical Referencing:
- Almost Killed Me: 99%
- Separation Sunday: 58%
- Boys and Girls in America: 2%
- Live At Fingerprints: 22%
- AKM Bonus Tracks: 2%
- BaGiA Bonus Tracks: 25%
- Miscellaneous Other: 1%
Live At Fingerprints Transcripts: 12%
Character Profiling:
- Mary: 100%
- Freddy: 100%
- Hard Corey: 100%
- Holly: 1%
- Charlemagne: 0%
- Gideon: 2%
Analysis:
- Almost Killed Me: 45%
- Separation Sunday: 0%
- Boys and Girls in America: 0%
- Miscellaneous: 0%
Other:
- Consolidation from songmeanings.net: 0%
- Consolidation from forums.boysandgirlsinamerica.com[1]: 60%
- Consolidation from npr.org: 0%
- Consolidation from Beachwood Reporter: 0%
Biographies:
- The Hold Steady: 1%
- Lifter Puller: 0%
- Craig Finn: 65%
- Tad Kubler: 40%
- Franz Nicolay: 99%
- Galen Polivka: 35%
- Bobby Drake: 12%
Maps:
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