A Brief History of Stiff Little Fingers ‪(Rough Trade Documentary‬)

BBC4, 29 Oct 2011
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[@nevillecarson5435]

Growing up in Northern Ireland as a teenager this band represented so much of what life in the troubles was about. The greatest band ever to come out of Ireland

[@willieluncheonette5843]

one of the two most inspirational bands I've ever seen, along with Minor Threat. Seeing these two bands could change your life, and always for the better

[@dattagirnar1831]

I always loved Minor threat and SLF 30 years ago and fire is still burning

[@chrisgaffga5974]

Wish I had seen them

[@zew1414]

Got that right! Saw them in Glasgow in like 82, but also grew up in NJ two towns over when the Misfits we're getting started and was neck deep in the NYHC scene and saw a lot of DC Hardcore when they came up to the lower east side. I couldn't have been born at a better time in a better place to see some of the most influential bands!

[@willieluncheonette5843]

@@zew1414 We were so fortunate to see all those GREAT bands. I live in the East Village and it was punk heaven back then, CBGB's, The Ritz, Irving Plaza, The Rock Hotel, and best of all A7

[@LouLou-tl1gv]

The best band I have ever seen live First time I seen them was when I was a teenager way back in 1980 and still as good today a class act

[@MadderMel]

I saw SLF with 2 mates in Bristol , before they split up , so pretty much at their peak ! We were only about 15years old , and still at school , I don't even think we were allowed to be in the club as it had a bar ! They were brilliant , we danced all gig long , but my best memory of it all , and this is at least 40 years ago now , was that all 3 of us got to meet with them backstage after the gig , and how very nice and genuine they were to us , we were just little kids really but they had so much time for us , as they must've been very tired by then , they truly treated us very special indeed !

[@jmc0075]

Great band lyrically brilliant and so influential to the music scene they were of the scale.

[@PaddyByrne931]

One of the best bands ever ✌✌✌

[@Mixwell1983]

Saw SLF twice and they were awesome. They were already older... SLF are awesome.

[@gmantramp404]

Beats ANYTHING else that Rough Trade has signed and certainly in THIS day and age 👍👍

[@apathyintheuk265]

The Smiths?

[@lismoeffmoeff4468]

incredible kind of raw power in the past and for today

[@WhiskeyAndBama]

SLF practised down the street inside a garage on my dads street when he was a kid

[@Isabelle_Li]

That’s awesome

[@keithpiddock2968]

Still going strong live at Newcastle City Hall 2023 seen them every year in the last 40 years theve toured HANKS !!!!

[@tobyprice1092]

First heard fingers when I was a kid, When I was a loon never met a st Paddys day show at the barrowlands for many years.

[@markdixon8474]

Still doing it brilliant live even today

[@jimirvine5865]

Hey!! It's DavidJensen ! And the tune goes!

[@iano382]

'the clash didn't need to go to CBS, SLF proved that' - well said Mayo Thompson. Indie was always better!

[@fray008]

but rough trade were shafted by slf. And before you ask yes i was/still am an slf fan, and right back since the early days

[@fraser9056]

How were they?

[@homebrew95]

fray008 f

[@peterigan1897]

made you all millionares so deal.

[@bobcvetichan4426]

Bernie Rhodes knows, don't argue.

[@teamblitz1990]

SLF one word to describe them " awesome"🔥🔥🔥

[@gerladrobinson287]

Great band

[@AnthonyMonaghan]

Everyone 'sells out' if and when the price is right.

[@michaelmccaffery2684]

frankly, i am tired of fans calling bands sell outs for wanting to get paid for their art, does anyone call painters, sculptors, movie directors, etc. sell outs when they get paid? Why fans want musicians to starve to be legit is FOOKED.

[@WhatwouldRoddyPiperdo]

@@michaelmccaffery2684 Agreed the only people who do it for the absolute love are already rich like Christopher Lee doing metal albums,. I hated that sellout mentality like yes they sold out...sold out Wembley,sold out CBGB's,sold out Strawberry fields. it's like these people want to see 50 year old squatters "yeh mate I spent all my money on cider & feeding my rescue dogs"

[@charliecroker7005]

Who said SLF sold out? They moved to a "bigger" label because they were selling bigger volumes of records, which needed a bigger infrastructure to service a bigger market, with the possibility of attracting interest in other countries. Maybe Rough Trade did not have that infrastructure in place?

[@shruggzdastr8-facedclown]

That guy, Mayo Thompson's accent is hard to place -- it sounds halfway between a British and an American accent.

[@darrenmcgovern1969]

Those people at the end Were not Stiff Little Fingers

[@apathyintheuk265]

No shit, Sherlock. Maybe reading the title of this clip would help?

[@renewd]

Rough Trade lies?!?

[@zew1414]

Suspect Device has never been more true then now!

[@FFM0594]

SLF went to Chrysalis.

[@stevewilson9479]

it was a stand against corparates..SLF went with rough trade! I admire that..but there beliefs Came Good cos they're awwesome live!

[@lyndahenry5469]

Saw em in Barrow in Furness 2010-ish....tickets were expensive.. The place was full of people wanting too hear alternative Ulster etc....and the singer pissed n moaned but there would've been no fucker there elsewise....matey boy (singer)came across as an arsehole...bulletproof discography tho......

[@dibutler9151]

I was a huge fan back then, still like their music, but there's no two ways around it, they were hypocrites. They said they were against the whole Thatcherite capitalism and went with an indie label so as to not be seen as sell outs, but the 1st thing they did when they started to get some shine, was to put their own personal wealth ahead of their previous ideology against capitalism. I''m not saying I blame them for selling out, I do however blame them for pretending they were above it all.

[@fray008]

di butler, i agree

[@stevencorsoe7512]

di butler Something new I learned mate...this makes me sad but it is what it is and the viewpoint is still there.I still love these guys.I grew up on their material...much much more sensical than those fucking ramones.You could understand the anti-belfast bomber protest and anti-government sounds that expelled them...if anything the punk scene showed you the world through a different set of eyes and it wasn't the Ramones,or the clash,or the (god forbid),sex pistols...I mean as I said before watch r&r highschool and you will figure out these jerk-offs were posers or as you Brits say tossers.Just had my piece to say and despite what it is I will always love Stiff Little Fingers and their view point.Thanks guys just a word from yank gen xer that hasn't changed his agenda.🌍🌎🌏🌞🌚

[@deanpd3402]

There is no such thing as sincerity among socialists. Every socialist hates the rich because they envy the rich. Orwell wrote about it in Road to Wigan Pier.

[@FFM0594]

..and lost. After Inflammable Material they were played out. Their next album was crap.

[@stevencorsoe7512]

paul w Time and place but not point...always misunderstood viewpoints.Much like Bob Dylan his music was never sensical and you have to mean something to a generation...all I ever got from the pistols was in clear protest and a big name.

[@josephkeogh1208]

Guff leftie guff , don’t dis the clash , Eater , SLF we kids were there and only cared about the gig , I saw SLF support the Ramones

[@sexobscura]

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