Having completed my “50 Albums in 50 Days” expansion of Mr. Chris Estey’s August 24th directive “to post 25 albums in 25 days that have had a major CREATIVE impact on you”, I’ve decided to add a THIRD [slash] final batch of 25, in order to fill some remaining “gaps”—at least as I perceive such …
October 8 was a day I had been looking forward to for months. Not only was Stiff Little Fingers headlining the Showbox, but the Avengers were opening. This was a show not to be missed by any punk rock fan. Stiff Little Fingers opened their show with my favorite song, “Roots, Radicals, Rockers & Reggae.” …
Saturday night July 25th brought the return of two things Seattle hasn’t seen in a long time — rain and Stiff Little Fingers. The rain and cooler weather did nothing to prevent the swelter inside the tiny El Corazon caused by both poor ventilation and the onstage energy of the band reciprocated by the packed …
Back at El Corazon for Sunday and the final night of my three-day stint covering the Soundfest punk shows, although the first artist was hardly punk. Pascal Briggs, looking much like a young Woody Guthrie, is a poet singer with an electric/acoustic guitar. He had had very nice poetry, but there was nothing that wowed …
Stiff Little Fingers was a great band — probably the second-best Irish punk band from the classic punk era, behind only the Undertones. SLF was a bit like Northern Ireland’s answer to the Clash, only less eclectic and more uncompromising. Below is one of their better-known songs, “Suspect Device. Their other popular song in the …