Amid the tension of 1970s Northern Ireland, Stiff Little Fingers came roaring
out of Belfast to take the punk scene by storm with their DIY,
adrenaline-charged, heart-on-sleeve rushes of teen spirit and political anger.
They were originally a covers band named Highway Star until front man Jake Burns
started writing songs about their experiences and they were soon championed by
Radio 1 DJ John Peel. Signing to the Rough Trade label, debut record Inflammable
Material (1978) became the first independent album to chart in the UK, reaching
Number 14 and selling over 100,000 copies. Tr...