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Stiff Little Fingers are a Northern Irish punk rock band from Belfast, Northern Ireland. They formed in 1977 at the height of the Troubles , which informed much of their songwriting. They started out as a schoolboy band called Highway Star (named after the Deep Purple song ), doing rock covers, until they discovered punk.
Dec 2, 2016 · Stiff Little Fingers’ aggressive music and social realist lyrics, epitomised by songs like Suspect Device and Alternative Ulster, corresponded to the image the outside world had of Northern...
- Timothy Heron
Stiff Little Fingers formed in 1977 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Their first album, Inflammable Material, made the world aware of The Troubles -- the sectarian civil war happening in Northern Ireland at the time -- and is generally considered to be one of the greatest punk albums of all time.
"Alternative Ulster" is the second single by the Northern Irish punk band Stiff Little Fingers. Originally released as a single on 17 October 1978, the song later appeared on the band's 1979 debut studio album, Inflammable Material.
(Chorus) They say they've got control of you. But that's not true you know. They say they're a part of you. And that's a lie you know. They say you will never be. Free free free.
A re-recorded version of "Suspect Device" was the opening track on the debut Stiff Little Fingers album, Inflammable Material, which was released on Rough Trade records in February 1979. Its B-side, "Wasted Life", also appeared on the album.
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Mar 7, 2020 · If you haven’t heard it in a while go and listen to the lyrics: “If a thought came into your head, it would die of loneliness, you rate absolute zero, no more and not even less”.
