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| Born = [[February 1]], 1969, (age {{Age|1969|2|1}})<br>Buffalo, New York

'''Patrick Jonathan Finn''' (born [[February 1]], 1969) is a Buffalo, New York-born musician and artist who founded two pre-[[Weezer]] bands, [[Bush]] and [[60 Wrong Sausages]], before pursuing a variety of other musical projects. He is the songwriter and lead vocalist behind [[Organic Mechanic]], and has been active in numerous bands in Buffalo; San Francisco; New York City; Los Angeles; and Portland, Oregon, where he has lived since [[1998]]. He introduced [[Rivers Cuomo]], [[Pat Wilson]], [[Matt Sharp]], [[Jason Cropper]] and [[Karl Koch]] to each other.

Finn grew up in Buffalo, New York, and in 1982 was introduced to [[Karl Koch]] by mutual friend John Drenning. The three thereafter became lifelong friends. After his parents divorced, Finn moved to the San Francisco area with his mother and siblings in 1983, but returned to Buffalo in 1984. In 1985-1987 He was a member of The Smegmatics and later New Balance (the Buffalo hardcore band that later morphed into [[Zero Tolerance]], counting [[Darrin Pfieffer]] as its drummer for a period in the early 90's). He returned to the Bay area in 1987.

In 1988, Finn moved to Los Angeles from San Francisco, and attended the Musicians Institute. There he met fellow students [[Matt Sharp]] as well as (among others) Dave "Burdie Cutlass" Georgeff and [[Tom Gardocki|Tom "Soda Pop" Gardocki]], future members of [[Wax]]. Afterwards, Finn returned to Buffalo and remained there from the summer 1989 through the spring of 1990, writing, recording, and practicing songs and working various jobs. While living in Buffalo he met [[Patrick Wilson]], who was working at a music store called Music Mart in the suburb of Amherst, giving drum lessons to children. The two instantly hit it off, musically and personally.  

Bush dissolved in 1990 and, over the coming months into early [[1991]], slowly morphed into [[60 Wrong Sausages]]. Finn initially attempted to go it alone, re-recording all of the band's demos by himself and naming the potential band "Q'rosh", but this did not last. Initially, 60 Wrong Sausages was comprised only of Finn and Wilson, jamming together in a rehearsal space in downtown Los Angeles. On a few occasions, Matt Sharp joined in for some impromptu rehearsals. Around this time, while Sharp was living and working in Westwood, he and Wilson worked on demos together, making humorous songs in the style of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They_Might_Be_Giants They Might Be Giants].  

In early 1991, as Cuomo, Wilson, and Sharp decided to move in together in an apartment on Genesee in Hollywood, Finn moved to the Bay Area to live near his mother and rethink his approach.

In Northern California, Finn met [[Jason Cropper]], eventually convincing him to move back to Los Angeles with him (ostensibly to be in his yet-to-be-named band, 60 Wrong Sausages). The two moved down in early spring of 1991. By summer, 60 Wrong Sausages was beginning to coalesce, finally solidifying with the addition of Cuomo. Cuomo and Wilson's band Fuzz had failed to gel by spring 1991, primarily due to difficulty in retaining bass players.

60 Wrong Sausages would dissolve after its only show on Thanksgiving Day 1991, and Finn would retreat from music again due to personal issues. At this point, the foundation of Weezer had formed. Cuomo and Wilson committed to a new sound and songwriting style, Sharp was recruited into the band in early [[1992]], and the focus changed musically.  

In [[1998]], Finn was invited to play with Weezer by Patrick Wilson, ostensibly as a potential replacement for Matt Sharp. This resulted in at least one rehearsal session during Pat's several weeks of time in Los Angeles. The rest of the time was consumed with a lot of hanging out with Patrick, and some with Rivers. In what was described by Pat later as an awkward turn of events, Pat Finn was ultimately not chosen, but not clearly informed of such, and returned home to Portand, OR. Later, [[Mikey Welsh]] joined Weezer. In hindsight it was theorized that Rivers may have had an eye on Mikey all along, or at least didn't think Pat was going to be a good fit at that point - but wasn't able to come out and say it.

In [[2005]], Finn appeared onstage with Weezer during a performance of "[[Undone - The Sweater Song]]" at [[Weezer concert: 10/25/2005 - Portland, OR|a concert in Portland, Oregon]] on the [[Foozer Tour]] on [[October 25]], [[2005]]. Rivers Cuomo wrote [[Rivers Cuomo blog posts - 2005#October 26|a blog post]] about Finn shortly thereafter.

<blockquote><pre>"Nuts

It was cool to play with him tonight."</pre></blockquote>

 

 

==Discography==

====with the Special Goodness====

*[[1998]] — ''[[The Special Goodness (album)|The Special Goodness]]'' (aka ''The Bunny Record'') (Bass on "[[A Fortunate Mistake]]")

====with Organic Mechanic====

====with Sonnyboy====

*[[2003]] — ''[[Dad Eye]]'' (Guitar and bass on "[[The Less I Care]]")

====with Karlophone====

*[[2007]] — ''[[I Must Find This Karlophone...]]'' (Bass on "[[He Drinks Beer]]" and "[[Penitentiam Agite]]")