Rarest - 1981  Original Vinyl Pressing Classic Irish Punk Rock Pop LP


Stiff Little Fingers Hanx!


1981 Chrysalis Records Live LP



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Stiff Little Fingers:

During the first wave of U.K. punk rock, plenty of bands sang about a world full of violence and chaos, but  didn't have to imagine a dystopian world -- living in Belfast, Northern Ireland at the height of "The Troubles," police brutality and terrorist violence were simply a part of daily life, and the band's music was a powerful response to what they saw, raw-boned rock & roll that balanced rage at a world gone mad against hope for a better day.  were formed in 1977 by singer and guitarist , guitarist , bassist , and drummer . , , and  had previously been in a cover band called Highway Star, but when  became a convert to punk rock,  and  followed suit, and after recruiting , they took the name  from a song by .

Shortly after the band started playing out,  struck up a correspondence with reporter , who urged  to use his own experiences of Belfast life in his songs;  began collaborating with  as a songwriter, and  and music writer Colin McClelland agreed to manage the band. McClelland booked time for the band at a studio in a local radio station usually used to record commercial jingles; the band cut raw versions of "Suspect Device" and "Wasted Life," two anthemic tunes that became 's first single, released on their own Rigid Digits label in early 1978. The influential BBC disc jockey  started spinning "Suspect Device" on his show, and soon the indie label Rough Trade struck a distribution deal with Rigid Digits; in 1979, Rough Trade released ' brilliant first album, , and it became one of the first independent punk albums to chart in the U.K., rising to 14 on the British sales surveys.

With their new success in England,  relocated to London, which led to drummer  leaving the group (as did co-manager McClelland).  signed on as drummer in time for the sessions for 's second album, 1980's , their first LP in a new distribution deal with Chrysalis Records. The album fared well, as did the 1980 live set  and 1981's polished but effective . However,  quit the band after the release of , and , formerly of , took over behind the drums. Released in 1982,  was a more pop-oriented effort that didn't please fans and made no great impression on the charts; as ticket sales began to lag, acrimony rose within the group, and in early 1983,  announced  had broken up.

Little was heard from the members of  (though  released a few singles with his group ) until 1987, when  and  got together for a few pints and decided it was time to give  another try. With  and  returning to the lineup,  launched a successful tour of the U.K. and Europe, and the group opted to make the reunion an ongoing concern. In 1991, the band began work on a new album, but  bowed out of , saying he was unable to commit to their increasingly busy schedule, and the group recruited a new member, former  bassist . Issued in 1991,  became the first new  album since their reunion, but by the time they released  in 1994,  was out of the group, with  handling all guitar work in the studio and  (formerly of ) or  joining  for live dates, depending on availability. In 1998,  was officially named ' full-time guitarist, while drummer  had taken over for , who left to spend more time with his family.

 toured frequently and continued to record, releasing  in 1997,  in 1999, and  in 2003, and after  left to join the group  in 2006,  returned to the lineup. However, by his own admission,  was unhappy with his own songwriting, feeling he was writing because he had to and not because he wanted to, and in 2008, after turning 50 years old, he decided to scrap an  album in progress as he felt his material was subpar. However, several years later, when news broke of the pedophilia scandal in Ireland's Catholic Church and how it affected men of his generation,  was inspired to once again write songs that dealt with injustice and how it ravaged the lives of ordinary people. In 2013,  eagerly began work on a new album, financed by their fans through a crowdfunding campaign, and in 2014,  was released. In 2017,  offered evidence of their continued strength as a live act with , recorded during a 2016 St. Patrick's Day show at the Barrowlands in Glasgow, Scotland.