{"product_id":"the-gospel-of-the-hold-steady-how-a-resurrection-really-feels-9781636140957","title":"The Gospel of the Hold Steady: How a Resurrection Really Feels","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Plenty of rock bands treat their fans like congregants. But, not many shine a light on the arrangement. Fewer still go as far as The Hold Steady, whose lead vocalist and lyricist, Craig Finn, has a disarming way of combining humility and exultation.\" \u003cstrong\u003e--\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn January 22, 2003, four men stepped onto a stage in Brooklyn and did something no one else was doing at that time, in that place. They played rock 'n' roll: old-fashioned rock 'n' roll with skyscraping riffs and sloppy solos, topped with extraordinary lyrics about an out-of-focus America, blurred by pills and powders, of crime and fear and desperation and redemption.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwenty years later, The Hold Steady are one of America's most beloved rock bands, famed for live shows that turn unbelievers into converts, and for a catalog filled with some of the most exciting yet poetic music of the twenty-first century. To mark those twenty years, The Hold Steady tell their full story in \u003cem\u003eThe Gospel of The Hold Steady: How a Resurrection Really Feels.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e An oral history, based on interviews with everyone who has played in the band, and those who have worked with them over the course of their career, \u003cem\u003eThe Gospel of the Hold Steady\u003c\/em\u003e addresses all the triumphs and setbacks of The Hold Steady's career in the band's own words--from high times to near deaths, from the brink of splitting to their current renaissance. The volume also includes over 200 photographs and images.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Gospel of The Hold Steady\u003c\/em\u003e is completed by essays about America's greatest bar band by writers Rob Sheffield, Laura Barton, Isaac Fitzgerald, and Michael Hann, as well as the thoughts and memories of \"The Unified Scene\"--the fans who have helped define the band's identity over the years. This is a book for everyone who loves The Hold Steady, and anyone who understands that the magic of rock 'n' roll happens on a stage in a small room, with voices raised from the crowd.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Hold Steady is Craig Finn, Tad Kubler, Galen Polivka, Bobby Drake, Franz Nicolay, and Steve Selvidge. Since forming in Brooklyn in 2003, they have released eight studio albums, most recently \u003ci\u003eOpen Door Policy\u003c\/i\u003e in 2021. Their debut album, \u003ci\u003eThe Hold Steady Almost Killed Me, \u003c\/i\u003e was named one of the 100 best albums of this century by \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Hann is a writer and editor based in London, who contributes to the \u003ci\u003eGuardian, \u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times, \u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eEconomist, \u003c\/i\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eSpectator, \u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eQuietus, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eUncut.\u003c\/i\u003e He was formerly the film and music editor at the \u003ci\u003eGuardian.\u003c\/i\u003e He is the author of \u003ci\u003eDenim and Leather: The Rise and Fall of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Akashic Books, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50724892901650,"sku":"9781636140957","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_29dd3dcc-6f37-4820-8f9a-88b9343dcc75.jpg?v=1734812818","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-gospel-of-the-hold-steady-how-a-resurrection-really-feels-9781636140957","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}