Franz Nicolay is a musician who lives in New York. In addition to records under his own name, he was a member of the bands the Hold Steady, the World/Inferno Friendship Society, and Guignol; has performed and recorded with many more acts; and was a cofounder of the new-music collective Anti-Social Music.
In 2009, musician Franz Nicolay left his job in the Hold Steady, AKA 'the world's greatest bar band.' Over the next five years, he crossed the world with a guitar in one hand, a banjo in the other, and an accordion on his back, playing the anarcho-leftist...[SEE MORE]