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"Inflammable
Material" was the band's very first album, and it still sounds
good today. 15 blazing tracks including "Alternative Ulster",
"State of Emergency" and an amazing cover of the Bob
Marley song, "Johnny Was".
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TO PUNK ALBUM COVERS
Stiff
Little Fingers (SLF) hailed from Ireland, and
this, their first record release... helped to further
politicize punk. Released in 1978, Alternative
Ulster was the type of anthemic song you just
couldn't forget. It's message was for the youth of
British occupied Northern Ireland... but the song's
rebellious spirit reached far beyond Ireland's battle
hardened Catholic ghettos.
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say they've got control of you... but that's a lie you know.
They say they're a part of you... and that's a lie you know.
They say you will never be free. An Alternative Ulster...
grab it and change it, it's yours. Get an Alternative Ulster,
ignore the bores and their laws. Get an Alternative Ulster,
be an anti-Security force. Alter your native land!"
The cover art was a photograph of an English soldier patrolling
the streets of Ulster. Stiff Little Fingers' next release
came in 1979 with an album titled Inflammable Material.
It was a scathing attack against war and oppression with lyrics
and music so noteworthy that the release immediately became
a classic. Glad to say that SLF is still recording and touring...
you can read about the band at their official website, located
at: www.slf.com |
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