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Pat Finnerty (born 1980) is an American musician and YouTube personality based in Philadelphia. As a singer-guitarist, his projects include Okay Paddy, And the Moneytones, Pat Finnerty and the Full Band, and August is Falling. On social-media channels, Finnerty is known for posting original song compositions and giving critical reviews of popular music songs in the What Makes This Song Stink series.

Pat Finnerty
Born1980
Occupation
  • Musician
  • YouTuber
  • Podcast host
Years active2004–present
Musical career
Genres
  • Hard rock
  • Alternative rock
  • Pop punk
Instrument(s)Guitar, vocals, bass
Member of
  • Pat Finnerty and the Full Band
  • August is Falling
Formerly of
YouTube information
Channel
LocationPhiladelphia
GenreVlog, music
Subscribers140,000[1]
Total views5.31 million[1]
Associated actsAugust is Falling
Creator Awards
100,000 subscribers 2022
Last updated: September 27, 2022

Early life and education


Pat Finnerty spent his early life in Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States.[2] He began playing cover songs at live music shows at the age of 16. Finnerty later attended Temple University.[3][4]


Career



Musical projects


Finnerty has been based in Philadelphia since about 2010.[2][5] His musical projects have included Okay Paddy, And The Moneynotes, Heavy Blonde,[6] The Tom Petty Appreciation Band, and Pat Finnerty and the Full Band.[7][2][8][9] In 2015, The Lid, a rock opera by Pat Finnerty, had a three-night run at the Underground Arts theater.[10][11] Finnerty has also performed onstage with members of Dr. Dog[5] and toured as a guitarist with Strand of Oaks.[12][13]


YouTube and Instagram


Finnerty joined YouTube in 2009. By the early 2020s, Finnerty's viral online content and musical performances had made him a renowned singer-guitarist in the Philadelphia music scene.[14][15] As of September 27, 2022, he had over 140,000 subscribers and over 5.31 total million views.[16]

Finnerty is known to use social-media platforms to release original song recordings. In 2014, he released the humorous songs "Raggae Dog" and "Raggae Dog II: Reflection" via YouTube.[17]

His social-media channels gained national acclaim in May 2020 when he posted videos online of his band performing live, rooftop concerts in Philadelphia that complied with COVID-19 social-distancing measures and that supported Black Lives Matter.[15][18][19]

On the Instagram platform, Finnerty's presence is branded as "The Pat Finnerty Show".[2] In August 2020, Finnerty staged a 24-hour Instagram livestream event referred to as "Grohlathon"[20][21] in an attempt to get the attention of Foo Fighters' front man Dave Grohl.[22] At the nine-hour mark of his stream, to the surprise of Finnerty, Grohl joined via chat while hosting a dinner party with his friends. Grohl and Finnerty chatted for several minutes, and Grohl played part of the Dire Straits' song, "Money for Nothing", at the request of Finnerty.[2][23][24][25]

On his YouTube channel under his own name, Finnerty occasionally posts videos in series titled, What Makes This Song Stink, where he analyzes the musical concepts in popular songs and offers social commentary about the song's lyrics and commercial appeal.[26] The series has reviewed "Kryptonite" by 3 Door Down, "All Summer Long" by Kid Rock, "Beverly Hills" by Weezer, "Hey, Soul Sister" by Train, several songs by Lenny Kravitz, "Dani California" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and "Emo Girl" by Machine Gun Kelly.[26][27] Finnerty also releases "Little Stinkers", which are shorter videos than the approximately 45-minute videos of the main series.[27] In 2022, Finnerty adapted the What Makes This Song Stink series as a podcast.[28]

Several of Finnerty's videos call out to YouTuber Rick Beato ("Beato!") whenever Finnerty mentions music theory concepts, such as a chord progression. Finnerty's niche humor, however, may not be well understood outside the YouTube music community.[27]

In April 2021, Finnerty's critical review video of the Weezer song "Beverly Hills" helped popularize the term, "The Weezer Conversation", about the complicated relationship fans of the band Weezer have with how its songwriting and album development have progressed over the band's tenure, which had been parodied in a 2018 Saturday Night Live sketch.[29] "The Weezer Conversation" is also the name of a 2014 song by Pat Finnerty and the Full Band.[30]

To support his critical review video of Train's "Hey, Soul Sister", Finnerty convinced Dr. Dog to release a cover of "Here Comes the Hotstepper" by reggae singer Ini Kamoze.[31]


August is Falling


Finnerty founded August is Falling, a pop-punk, emo-style music project.[32][33] Finnerty wrote[34] the songs and played guitars and sang vocals, and Eric Slick played drums,[35] on the band's The Simple Plan EP that was released independently in 2022.[36] Lyrics of the songs on the EP take aim at the popular music industry, internet culture, and the state of the emo movement.[36] The EP's fifth song track, "August is Falling", was mixed by acclaimed music producer Butch Walker.[32][33][37][38]


Discography



Okay Paddy



And the Moneytones



Pat Finnerty and the Full Band



Other projects



Other credits



Personal life


Finnerty resides in West Philadelphia.[2]


See also



References


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  3. "Excellent article from the (Scranton PA) sunday-Times about being a local musician". The Gear Page. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
  4. Wilding, Patrice (March 23, 2013). "Musicians on a mission". The Scranton Times-Tribune. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  5. DeLuca, Dan (August 10, 2022). "3 new live music venues by Avram Hornik will energize Philly nightlife". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
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  11. Peterson, Tyler (August 25, 2015). "BRAT Productions to Stage THE LID During Fringe Arts Festival". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved September 9, 2022.
  12. Fennell, Sean (September 18, 2021). "Strand of Oaks makes an emotional return to the XPNFest River Stage". WXPN. Retrieved September 9, 2022.
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  26. Thrower, Sean (June 3, 2021). "What Makes Pat Finnerty's "What Makes This Song Stink" Series Great". Guitar Ramble. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
  27. Janci, Janelle (August 28, 2022). "Meet Pat Finnerty, the YouTuber who explains why some songs just stink". Lancaster Online. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
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