Every Sunday night in Los Angeles from 8PM to Midnight on KROQ 106.7 .. Rodney Bingenheimer would play punk rock in the late 70's. That's how I discovered Stiff Little Fingers. Great Punk Band who never compromised themselves.

This is punkrock gold

A "suspect device" was how they described home-made bombs used during The Troubles.

They were one of the few bands who vocalised their fury and despair at the troubles raging around them in Northern Ireland at the time . Ballsy and great track too 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Screams of hope from the Troubles. If you wanted to let an alien know what pure punk is, hand them an SLF single.

Yes ! Brilliant band ! Thing that you have to remember how young these guys were ! A great Movie that covers "Irish Punk " which IMO is the most powerful ! Is the Movie "Good Vibrations " about a chap buys a record shop on the Shankly Road Belfast during the" Troubles" ! Also the story of how the "Undertones " from Derry were discovered ! A must watch ! Cheers !

The film would be High Fidelity. He is in a record shop and was arguing that Green Day copied SLF, he put on an SLF track and a kid walked in and asked if it was the latests Geen Day tune 🤣.

So fun to watch this little girl face as she discovers the greatness of this song.

Their song alternative ulster became the best song of our youth in the cool punk kids in scotland. That and nellie the elephant by toy dolls played at the under 18 discos. This was all post pistols and the clash. Though we still liked em too.

It was featured in 'High Fidelity' with John Cusack.

I think you're right, Suspect Device appears in that film with John Cusack and Jack Black. High Fidelity

IMO the best version of this track is their live version on HANX! (an amazing live punk album - you deffo need to check out that version). Also, some SLF was in the John Cusack movie High Fidelity, which might be where you heard it (or other SLF tracks from Inflammable Material).

If you want a fantastic live version of SLF songs, go and try the Rockpalast show, 1980, the whole gig was filmed by german TV and it 's a killer !

Great vid first seen fingers in 1978 I was 15 I'm 59 now seen them five times this year best live band you will ever see lost count how many times I've seen them

I saw Stiff Little Fingers and X (LA Band) at Ink N Iron festival Long Beach, CA. Changed my life forever. Amazing band. Later, I saw them at the House of Blues in Anaheim, CA.

SLF's songs were often commentary on 'The Troubles' in Northern Ireland, not just against the government, but the two warring factions trying to drag the province into civil war. Even now there are 25 ft high walls through parts of Belfast to keep the communties apart.

So you have to understand the time period from which Stiff Little Fingers came. In the 70s there was a battle going on in Northern Ireland, what's known as The Troubles. About half of the population wanted to re-unite with the Republic of Ireland (Catholics or Republicans) while the other half wanted to stay with Britain/UK (Protestants or Loyalists). There were protests and riots, Republicans long felt they were targets of discrimination. Violence broke-out, formation of the Irish Republican Army and occupation by British forces (Operation Banner). It started in 1969 and didn't really end until 1998. For a while the city of Belfast was one of the most dangerous cities in the world. Society there is still divided today along those lines. Stiff Little Fingers often brought this up in their lyrics.

I hadn't listened to this for years but not long back from a gig so this is going doon well.

My fav band in school.. them and Blondie.

Lovely stuff again guys and great choice. SLF were one of my favourite punk bands when I was around 17 and saw their first gigs in London (me , a couple of mates and only about another 30 odd at the Camden Electric Ballroom). Can't remember which other SLF tracks you've done, but I'd recommend Johnny Was (Bob Marley cover off their 1st album), Nobody's hero, Alternative Ulster, 78 rpm and At the edge. And it was used in a John Cusack film-High Fidelity. Scene in the record shop when the shop assistant plays it to a girl and another shopper asks 'Is this the new Green day album'!

can remember seeing them live in the 90s and a load of us dancing on this long table to get a better view and it was bending and throwing us up into the air with us all doing the pogo on it, the owner was pleading with everyone to get off and then the inevitable snap happened and there were about 50 people in a heap lol, cans of red stripe and sodden weed everywhere, ears were ringing for a couple of days after as well so you know it was a good one!

This is sung with the background of the shootings and bombings of what is known as The Troubles going on in the North East of Ireland at that time.

It still has the power to get my blood racing. The riff is similar to Space Station No. 5 by Montrose.

It's always for the better of them (politicians) and their big business buddies

Some other SLF songs you might like: The Liar's Club, Tinderbox, The Cosh, Each Dollar A Bullet, Tin Soldier, At The Edge and Harp.

a band thats still going strong they j are ust awesome

They played part of it in the movie High Fidelity, with John Cusack (in his record store).

You cannot deny the energy

Kia ora hello my friends hay AWESOME THANK YOU FOR PLAYING SLF again these guy's are number two after THE CLASH for me 👍🤘✌️👏👏👏

Hanx best live album SLF WE SALUTE YOU BIRMINGHAM UK

The movie you're thinking of is High Fidelity.

Given the era, you'd be lucky to find a live version with decent sound quality.

Their cover of THE SPECIALS (doesn't make it alright) I'm positive will rock your boat it's one of the best Anti RACISM songs ever

Grab and change it -it yours get an alternative ulster !! Still live still vibrant still relevant still stiff -go for it

I regard them as Irish, but they could be described as British - because of where they are from! And I am from the Republic (Limerick)

It was in a John Cusack movie, Grosse Pointe Blank (Didn't know that off the top of my head btw) A legendary punk band from Chicago called Naked Raygun did a cover of this and it's awesome, you should def check them out as well. I was lucky to see SLF in Chicago around '95, never thought I'd get the chance as I think they disbanded for a long while prior.

Check out the John Peel versions of SLF songs. Search Peel Stiff Little Fingers and you'll find them

Hiya, love this channel. I’m quite new to it and like the format and, obviously, you two. Sorry, but I’ve not checked all the comments but I felt I needed to put you right regarding the message in the song. It’s not about the government, it’s about the terrorist groups in n Northern Ireland at the time, trying to control everyone’s lives ie the IRA & UDA. They did put themselves at risk singing songs against these groups. Keep up the great show 😊

If you want to listen to SLF at their best you must listen to their live album "Hanx", best live album ever all categories.

What a band to see live, f brilliant, I need a Time Machine

i only had 1 ambition in life, i then saw crass live and then SLF and never looked back. otherwise i would of killed my brother or died in the process

Ofc it was the radio edit 💀

Specifically northern irish band (britain) , which is different from republic of Ireland band , Jake supports english football team Newcastle united and Northern Ireland national team, Ulster or Northern Ireland have some of the most "british" people of the 4 nations the others England Wales, Scotland , though SLF have always stood up against the civil war, "Johnny Was" is one of the most deeply moving songs you would hear , it has 3 great hotbeds of watching Stiff little fingers live, Its Belfast , Glasgow and Newcastle

The album version (this is the single version) is even wilder.

He was joking about the folk song- and SLF isn’t just about the distortion isolated garage sound but more-so about the anti-war anti-establishment lyrics that provoke fire, inspiration, energy and thought during a time when Elton John, Foghat and Hall & Oats just weren’t enough….

SLF, love it!

Just saying ......... STIFF LITTLE FINGERS one of the BEST BANDS EVER!!!!!!! Period

Can listen to SLF tracks any day (many good tracks), Suspect Device was very much a track of the times in the UK as we were all painfully aware due to the IRA bombing campaign of any package, car or container left suspiciously unattended, which usually required evacuation of the surrounding area and the army bomb squad being called in, as a means to call people to resist the system it's message was as strongly worded as the Sex Pistols Anarchy in the UK or God Save the Queen or The Clash's White Riot or I Fought the Law.

Not sure the Americans/Canadians ever get SLF and the message

have you reacted to 'the exploited'? great uk neo punk band

Maybe you could look at The Interrupters - Get Down Moses (Joe Strummer cover) and compare to Joe's & The Mescaleros. I thinks Joe's is more organic, However I love the Inturrupters version.

Another suggestion for you from the fingers is bits of kids!

If you're getting into punk, listen to some songs by the Chats like 6lt gtr, smoko, the clap. All high energy, dare I say cliche raw fun punk.

Northern Ireland will do that to ya

Im not sure if it was the government they were speaking of, but rather the IRA.

Need to look at British and Irish media from the troubles!

check out EACH DOLLAR A BULLET by them slf

very sanitised version of this song.

I've got my headphones on its REGGAE SUNDAY here in Northland Aotearoa New Zealand i don't want to have to sleep with Chooper and Diablo our pet kunekune pig's for killing Tori's reggae vibes with punkrock

日本🇯🇵では多分 リリースなかったかな 1st.2nd are good thanks

Northern Ireland and Ireland are very different!

You played yourselves the wrong version!

I'd never heard this remaster until watching your reaction and it felt so weird and then I had to go back and listen to the original (here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pdRmd9tzzMzXdI0.html) and yeah, the original is (in my opinion of course) so much better, it's faster and got real energy which after knowing that version makes this one feel a bit off for me. Great reaction and glad you enjoyed it, probably my favourite SLF song.

Listen to hanx album

Green day influenced?

I prefer the original version!

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I'm not entirly sure you understand this.

Anarchism is the only way

I thought you people didn't like rock music.