Amoeba Music

By Oliver Hall

Whereas you can hear many punk bands actually learning to play their instruments on their first recordings, Stiff Little Fingers, from Belfast, Northern Ireland, began as a tight cover band that approached punk as a style to be mastered rather than invented from scratch.  Stiff Little Fingers are nonetheless beloved for their high-energy performances and the strength of their early songs, some of which rank among the most popular singles of punk’s first wave.

Jake Burns, Henry Cluney, Gordon Blair and Brian Faloon formed the cover band Highway Star, named after the Deep Purple song, in 1976.  Bassist Ali McMordie... Read More

Genre:

Rock, Punk

City Of Origin:

Belfast, Ireland

Formed Date:

1977