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3 unusual facts about Stiff Little Fingers


Ali McMordie

Alistair Jardine "Ali" McMordie (born 31 March 1959, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a bass guitarist, who made his name with, and was a founding member of, Stiff Little Fingers.

Anti-Nazi League

The ANL was linked to Rock Against Racism in the 1970s, which ran two giant carnivals in 1978 involving bands such as The Clash, Stiff Little Fingers, Steel Pulse, Misty in Roots, X-Ray Spex and Tom Robinson, attended by 80,000 and then 100,000 supporters.

Sharkbite Sessions

"Six Months in a Leaky Boat" and "Suspect Device" are covers, originally written and performed by Split Enz and Stiff Little Fingers, respectively.


Alex Soria

Carlos would bring home punk rock records such as The Clash, Sex Pistols and Stiff Little Fingers and play them for his brother.

Flags and Emblems

Flags and Emblems is the fifth studio album by the band Stiff Little Fingers, released in 1991 (see 1991 in music).

Guitar and Drum

Guitar and Drum is the ninth studio album recorded by Stiff Little Fingers, released in 2003.

Live in Sweden

The Christmas Album is a bootleg album featuring the band Stiff Little Fingers, released in 1979 (see 1979 in music), although later released as an official live album as Live in Sweden 1991 (see 1991 in music).

No Cure

Bands interviewed ranged from The Jam and Stiff Little Fingers to The Raincoats, VIPs, Patrick Fitzgerald, LKJ and The Instant Automatons.

The Dreadnoughts

Other acts that have shared the stage with The Dreadnoughts include: Stiff Little Fingers, The Cider Fecks, Swingin' Utters, Hepcat, The Real McKenzies, Goran Bregovic, IAMX, Okean Elzy, Talco, The Creepshow, Mad Sin, and Los Furios.

The Maid and the Palmer

Stiff Little Fingers frontman Jake Burns recorded a version on his 2006 solo album "Drinkin' Again".

The Schemers

Mark Cutler later founded the nationally recognized rock band The Raindogs who recorded on Atlantic Record label, Atco Records, with former Red Rockers rhythm section Darren Hill and Jim Reilly (of Stiff Little Fingers), and Celtic fiddle king Johnny Cunningham, formerly of Silly Wizard.


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Ali McMordie

After Stiff Little Fingers disbanded in 1983, McMordie formed Friction Groove with a group of Reading musicians who were in a successful local band, Between Pictures.

Jake Burns

In 1981, Burns made his acting debut in an episode of the BBC's Play For Today series entitled Iris in the Traffic, Ruby in the Rain, written by Belfast-born poet and playwright Stewart Parker, which also featured the rest of Stiff Little Fingers effectively playing themselves as 'The Band'.

Joe Haggerty

He played with Stiff Little Fingers in December 2012 for a show in Chicago, as a substitute for Steve Grantley who could not make the show.