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.
John "Jake" Burns is a singer and guitarist, and is best known as the frontman of Stiff Little Fingers, although he has also recorded with Jake Burns and the Big Wheel, 3 Men + Black, and as a solo artist.
Nobody's Heroes is the second album by the band Stiff Little Fingers, released in 1980.
Brian Faloon is a musician born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He played drums for Highway Star, who were to become Stiff Little Fingers, having met two of the other band members at Belfast Boys' Model School. Faloon stayed with SLF long enough to record their first album Inflammable Material but decided the rock 'n' roll lifestyle wasn't for him, so left the band, inspiring the words to SLF's single "Wait and See". In the nineties, Faloon occasionally performed as a guest drummer with the SLF tribute band Hanx who went on to become minor Punk band 'The Red Eyes'.
Inflammable Material is the debut album by the Northern Irish punk band Stiff Little Fingers, released in 1979. Most of the album's tracks are about the "Troubles" and the grim reality of life in Northern Ireland with the songs containing themes of teenage boredom, sectarian violence, RUC (police) oppression, etc., urging people to "grab it and change it, it's yours" in what became their signature song "Alternative Ulster". The song "Rough Trade" is about the band's view of the music business as being dishonest, but they have since claimed it is not about their record label which happens to have the same name.
Go for It is the third album by Stiff Little Fingers, released in 1981.
Now Then... is the fourth album by Stiff Little Fingers, released in 1982.
All the Best is a compilation album by the band Stiff Little Fingers, released in 1983.
Flags and Emblems is the fifth studio album by the band Stiff Little Fingers, released in 1991.
Hope Street is the eighth studio album recorded by Stiff Little Fingers, released in 1999. The album was released as a 2-disc set however each set was different in the UK and U.S. with different track listing order on the Hope Street album and a greatest hits cd for the UK release and live greatest hits for the U.S. release.
The Christmas Album is a bootleg album featuring the band Stiff Little Fingers, released in 1979, although later released as an official live album as Live in Sweden 1991.
Live and Loud is a live Punk album by the band Stiff Little Fingers, released in 1988 by Link Records.
No Sleep 'til Belfast is a live Punk album by the band Stiff Little Fingers, released in 1988.
Greatest Hits Live is a live punk album by the band Stiff Little Fingers, released in 1988.
See You Up There is a live album by the punk band Stiff Little Fingers, released in 1989.
Alternative Chartbusters is a live album by the band Stiff Little Fingers, released in 1991. The album was recorded live at Brixton Academy on October 1, 1988.
Fly The Flags is a live album by the band Stiff Little Fingers, first released on 26 October 1994, and re-released in 1998.
BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert is a live album by the band Stiff Little Fingers, released in 1994.
The Radio One Sessions is a compilation of performances by the Northern Irish punk band Stiff Little Fingers for BBC Radio, recorded between 1980 and 1982. Tracks 1–4 were recorded for the Mike Read show on 1 February 1980. Tracks 5–8 were recorded for the Mike Read show in April 1981. Tracks 9–12 were recorded for the David "Kid" Jensen show on 19 November 1981. Tracks 13–16 were for Kid Jensen again in September 1982. The four sessions encompass songs from all four of the band's albums before they split up in 1983, although they reformed four years later.
Pure Fingers is a live album by Stiff Little Fingers, recorded on St. Patrick's Day in 1993, at the Barrowland Ballroom in Glasgow, Scotland. Stiff Little Fingers are from Northern Ireland and playing Glasgow Barrowlands to mark St. Patrick's Day has become an annual event for the band. The gig set list contained a mixture of old favourites from the original incarnation of the band along with newer tracks from when the band reformed after splitting up for a few years.
