A Positive Rage

A Positive Rage documents the indomitable live spirit of The Hold Steady. It's accompanying album captures the band in their element, live and rolling around amongst a roaring crowd.

It's not all about the shows though, it's also a tale of a band abandoning their day jobs and hitting the open road, grappling with success, always on the brink of collapse and praying they make it home in one piece. This one's of interest to anyone in a band, or anyone who used to be, much like that probing study of dysfunctional Metallica.

"It ended up being a fantastic suburban blow out with band and audience on the floor, Frisbee and tailgating in the adjoining parking lot, and everyone singing along to every song&. It reminded me of the hardcore shows I loved as a kid, everyone sweating and screaming together in a rented hall. And drinking in the parking lot, of course. The next night worlds converged&." - Craig Finn, The Hold Steady