Stiff Little Fingers - Live At Rockpalast 1980

The longest-tenured Irish punk band is undoubtedly Stiff Little Fingers � who have been bashing and thrashing since1977. And the vinyl, �Live at Rockpalast 1980�, shows that the band remained a vital live band (and also, stayed true totheir roots) throughout the �80s, despite a five-year hiatus smack dab in the middle of the decade.Singer/guitarist Jake Burns has been the band�s leader since their inception � with bassist Ali McMordie standing rightalongside Jake most of the time � which saw Stiff Little Fingers being a part of the first-wave of Euro punk bands, whichincluded the lofty likes of the Sex Pistols, the Clash, and the Damned, the Buzzcocks, the Jam, etc. And in the process,Stiff Little Fingers issued such classic punk LP�s as �Inflammable Material�, �Nobody�s Heroes� and �Go for It� plus thepunk anthems �Alternative Ulster, �Suspect Device� and �At the Edge�.Jake Burns still remembers: The place was packed and the audience were with us from the first note. They werewonderful, singing and bouncing along. It really felt like a home game to use a football analogy. I thought we playedreally well too, apart from a slight timing mistake during Back to Front, a new song we were still learning. (See if youcan spot my giving Jim the look of death at that point! LOL!).