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Stiff Little Fingers are an Irish punk rock band from Belfast, Northern Ireland. They formed in 1977, at the height of the Troubles. They started out as a schoolboy band called Highway Star, doing rock covers, until they discovered punk. After six years and four albums, they split up. They reformed five years later, in 1987. Despite major personnel changes, they are still touring and recording. In 2014, the band released their tenth studio album and a world tour followed its release. Jake Burns, their lead singer, is the only member to have been with the band during all its incarnations, but in March 2006, original bass guitarist Ali McMordie rejoined them following the departure of The Jam bass player Bruce Foxton after fifteen years.
James G. Reilly is the second drummer for the Northern Ireland based punk band Stiff Little Fingers, with whom he played from 1979 to 1981. He played on the LPs Nobody's Heroes, Go for It and Hanx. In 1981, he moved to the United States, where he played in two bands, Red Rockers, followed by The Raindogs. In the late 1980s, he lived in Boston and worked as a band manager. He has since moved back to Northern Ireland. For a time in 2004, he played in SLF tribute band Little Fingers, and later led Jim Reilly's Alternative Soldiers, after which he played in a new band called The Dead Handsomes. In July 2013, he and Henry Cluney, also formerly of Stiff Little Fingers, began playing live together under the name XSLF in a 3 piece with Ave Tsarion.
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- ↑ Graham, Steve (4 July 2008). "I played bass guitar in a band with my best mates from school - Brian Faloon on drums and Jake Burns on lead guitar and vocals". Belfast Telegraph . Retrieved 24 September 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ "Stiff Little Fingers – Nobody's Heroes". Punknews.org. 3 October 2003. Retrieved 11 February 2011.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ Berlyant, Matthew (16 July 2014). "Stiff Little Fingers - No Going Back (Rigid Digits)". Big Take Over. Retrieved 24 September 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ "FUNGALPUNK INTERVIEWS, Alan of THE RED EYES". Fungal Punk. 7 January 2008. Retrieved 24 September 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ "Leaflet From Brian Faloon -People Before Profit -Belfast South -2011 Assembly Elections". Irish Election Literature. 3 May 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ Bailie, Stuart (21 April 2018). "Stiff Little Fingers Jim Reilly on forgiving soldier who killed brother: When you're 18 years old, you're still a child yourself". Belfast Telegraph . Retrieved 24 September 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
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