Stiff Little Fingers - Suspect Device

[willieluncheonette]

The first track on their first album, Inflammable Material. Although they had released 2 singles before the album, this was the track that introduced the majority of us to this great band. And what a song it is! This track comes storming out of the speakers with an attack that has rarely been equaled in punk music and it heralded the arrival of one of the very greatest punk bands. This album and their second, Nobody's Heroes, are mandatory for any serious punk collection. Belfast's finest band!!

[96metallhead]

@ZackVomit even tho i didnt live in that time witch i wish i did but i love what you said right there

[Oceangiraffe]

This song helped DIck get some. XD

Even though that is relevant, I can't help but find that comment a little odd....

[poshi12]

...I have a different version of this song on a 45. It sound kinda cleaner but older.

[furiousdesigns]

Thumbs up if this song just makes you want to break some shit

[JoeyFNBlue]

"Is this the new Green Day?"

[bzzzzap]

"They take away our Freedom/In the name of Liberty"--now relevant here in the good ol USA.

[RubyandKristie]

I served in Northern Ireland in 1990/91, the IRA were bombing mainland Britain with Suspect Devices, or IED's, Improvised explosive devices, was my job to provide logistics to the guys who defused them, all paid for by Americans.....................­........perverse history eh!

[incomprius]

@RubyandKristie so you were on the American side being sent out to defuse bombs to Britian instead of Britian defusing them themselves?

[ShamuLesbo]

i remember first hearing these guys in tony hawks pro skater underground. im definitely glad for that

[ZackVomit]

Good mother fuckin' shit right here. Fuck all that "Dumb" Step shit I remember when the youth listened to rebellious music like this and told their parents to fuck off the good old fashioned way, instead of throwing a tantrum when they get their phone taken away. We never had phones, we had only the outside and the clothes on our back.

[spacecab1]

@ZackVomit Cry much?

[ZackVomit]

@spacecab1 Don't you know it baby

[SuperYeastinfection]

@ZackVomit hahaha im 16 and i dont even own a phone alls i have is my good ol SLF!

[DeadbrainLives]

@ZackVomit I like some dubstep and shit, but nothing compares to fuckin punk rock.

[BEATmyguest31]

THE GOLDEN DAYS i h8 what this world is becoming GREEDY, SELFISH, JUDGMENTAL, FAKE, & MANIPULATIVE all the worst traits in my opinion

[willieluncheonette]

@BEATmyguest31 So true. But just try to be the best person you can. It sounds like you're already on the path. Maybe I can suggest 10 non-commandments. 1 freedom 2 uniqueness of individuality 3 love 4 meditation 5 non-seriousness 6 playfulness 7 creativity 8 sensitivity 9 gratefulness 10 a feeling of the mysterious. You already show good taste in music by listening to SLF, one of the all time great punk bands.

[kolbytard]

@ZackVomit amen brother

[Madsoap]

When I was in high school in the late 70's I played this 'til the grooves wore down. Literally unlistenable. Best punk album of all time in my opinion.,

[RochelleMG]

I'm seeing them tonight. Can't wait!

[BrokeTrailerTrash]

What a fantastic song, its blowing my mind.

[MichaelHansenFUN]

i have the seven incher

[Dagarvs]

@MichaelHansenFUN Kira's got the ten and a half

[MichaelHansenFUN]

@Dagarvs the seven incher of this is different

[Wanderlei420]

seeing them tommorrow !!!

[djcharliejunk]

TRUE PUNK.

[jul7254]

thug

[jimbob1969]

shits on the pistols

[ElJeficitoTheSequal]

Jake Burns sounds like he eats cement mixers full of razor blades for breakfast. Three of the bastards in one bowl. Fuck Shredded Wheat, that's a punk rock breakfast right there.

[MichaelHansenFUN]

@ElJeficitoTheSequal his voice changed over the years

[ismokeweedification]

....and a fool

[UnderATEdANARCHIST]

the one person tht disliked this....is a democrat

[LionhartKing]

Class.......

[tom44161]

the true story still happening go on jake keep blasting them out WE WILL GET OUR IRELAND SOON

[marrrtin]

for raw anger, this can't be beat. for persepective on paramilitaries, check out "wasted life" on this same album

[AbsintheFriend]

thin lizzy my arse! this is real!

[AbsintheFriend]

This was a recruiting song for the eighties to kill the republican scum!

[babasdadda]

brings me back to the days when it was cool to be irish..............But make no mistake.....I´m still F**KING proud to be a PADDY!!

[sherbert500]

this is who u2 wanted to be.......fuck bono and his preaching this lot sung it

[Kingrob30]

Never heard of them until Hi Fedelity. Just a dumb yank but better late than never.

[wwaaenn11]

BOE-NOES antichrist? AHhaha,OUee luv ut! (I think I'll play it again , a couple o times ,, bin a while.)

[bazmchat]

Inflammable Material is the best punk LP of all time.

[ilovepantera97]

pok

[Maxshard]

Saw them at Cardiff Top Tank in 1979. Best live band I ever saw, by far!

[lovecraft36]

@Maxshard I was there that night as well, what a great gig that was..

[djloak]

definetly amongst the greatest punk albums ever written, so much fucking energy in there man !!!!!

[admillnx6]

Punk rock in all it's elemental fury.

[paintedship]

I like SLF but comparing them to U2 is kind of dumb. They sound nothing alike and U2 became big egotistical sellouts very quickly.

[Tom18241]

@paintedship it's cause they're both irish bands. obviously everyone knows they don't sound at all similar!

[NorthernSoulGer]

@Tom18241 are SLF Irish?

From Belfast Im sure

[super7fanboy]

@NorthernSoulGer yes

[Malc2169]

@paintedship - that'll be "big RICH egotistical sellouts..." ;)

[ohmslaw36]

Don't believe them

SUSPECT DEVICE EGYPT!!!

[barnowl01292]

We are all brothers and sisters under the sun ffs

[IndustRoyal]

Those riffs could kill a conservative/tory.

[tojoconfused]

@IndustRoyal - best stick to zyklonB for the deceitful, cynical, backstabbing labourite scum then.

[BullArab100]

Best album ..88

[Schlameil]

Ought to put this up as a video response to EVERYTHING related to Israel/Palestine.

[Schlameil]

Yeah, I don't dislike Sunday Bloody Sunday or anything, but it does kind of look like a great big fail-fest next to this. Israelis/Palestinians take note!

[koini11]

Amazing anger amazing song.

[souk766]

Uno dei migliori pezzi punk!

[TIMOTHYSAARINEN]

THE UNDERTONES! Another great Irish punk band!

[OdysseyEvolution]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jpx08]

Without Stiff Little Fingers.....no U2 but Stiff Little Fingers still KICK ARSE!

[jpx08]

Without Stiff Little Fingers.....no U2 but the Stiffs still KICK ARSE!

[njlacrosse9]

so when this song came out were SLF protestants or were they against the IRA and UVF war all togethor?

[haggis10aus]

The lyrics to Suspect Device still ring true today - some 40 years on

[ollieroks]

"IS THIS THE NEW GREEN DAY?"

[haggis10aus]

@ollieroks - SLF – AKA Stiff Little Fingers were formed in the mid 1970’s as young Northern Irish band feed up with the British rule over N. Ireland. A news reporter for NME, following U2 on tour ( who had SLF –known at the time as Highway Star who did rock covers- as a cover band ). He asked if they had any material of their own. He took a demo back to head office and the reporter ended up being the manager for Stiff Little Fingers as the punk band they became.

[retpally1234]

@ollieroks I credit that movie for getting me into SLF <3

[ollieroks]

@retpally1234 Me too, and realize Chicago had a better punk seen than N.Y.

[dukeofmodena]

Superb album - all tracks and thats unusual. Saw them supporting TRB, great!

[burgercide]

goddamn this is good

[alvinferguson]

saw kingsarms aux 2005ish jumpd up&down sang laughd cryd slf is how rocknroll is meant2b done thanks hanx 

[metalyouth666]

the BEST irish band ever. kicks U2's ASSES any day of the week

[misconduckt]

@metalyouth666 fuck yes sir

[TheClarenceter]

@metalyouth666 not irish.

[SPOTdDRUMMER]

@TheClarenceter Yeah they are. Northern Irish.

[TheClarenceter]

@SPOTdDRUMMER well if theyre northern irish theyre not irish, eh?

[MsGhost7]

@TheClarenceter What part of the word "Irish", do you not see in , Northern Irish????

Fucking love this album!!!

[SPOTdDRUMMER]

@TheClarenceter Saying they're not Irish is like saying the Scottish and Welsh have to identify themselves solely as British. They're northern IRISH. Thy might not be part of the state but it's still Ireland.

[TheClarenceter]

@SPOTdDRUMMER northern irish is northern irish. irish is irish.

[SPOTdDRUMMER]

@TheClarenceter Northern IRISH. It's not western British. North Dakota and South Dakota are both Dakota, North London and South London are still London, Northern Ireland is still Ireland. Northern Irish is still Northern [key word] Irish [/key word]

[TheClarenceter]

@SPOTdDRUMMER so.....they are nothern irish after all then? please dont mention spastic americans like dakota hicks in a conversation with me. just thought i needed you to know this. i know what you mean, always mostly knows what the other one is on about. you say northern irish people are irish. i say not, northern irish people only live on the island of ireland, which in some cases makes them irish, get me? what I am trying to prove is, that according to their addressings, they are northern I.

[TheClarenceter]

@SPOTdDRUMMER even if they are Irish, as ye say...they are still northern irish. there is nothing wrong with northern irish people, i just want to hold on with reality.

[Frankieireland]

@TheClarenceter good friday agreement would disagree. They can call themselves british but they could equally call themselves irish, they are entitled to irish passports. To me and 5 million others, they are as irish as a pint of guinness.

[TheClarenceter]

@Frankieireland to you and some other trailer park trash (about 78,00) would agree with you.

northern irish is northern irish as long as they decide to wank off to their queen and be part of a fucking ghetto.



[TheClarenceter]

@Frankieireland i actually mean 78.000

[ChameleonsFan]

@metalyouth666 Yeah, kicks U2's asses, but IMHO Virgin Prunes were even better than SLF. Well, off course the Prunes were much to weird for most people ...

[metalyouth666]

@ChameleonsFan i love the virgin prunes

[Trigun914]

@metalyouth666 well said

[BeduffKidAli]

@metalyouth666 u2 never heard of them

[MontanaBraxton10]

@BeduffKidAli LMAO!!!

[Maxshard]

@metalyouth666 You are so damn right!

[ilovepantera97]

@metalyouth666 nah

[wwaaenn11]

@metalyouth666 bow-noes anti 

[cudleycamerondudley]

@metalyouth666 u2 are an irish band... Northern Ireland Is part of the U.K

[Desd3n0va]

@cudleycamerondudley Northern Ireland is part of Ireland...

[cudleycamerondudley]

@Desd3n0va attached to ireland. however some of us prefer to be called british thank you very much

[Desd3n0va]

@cudleycamerondudley apologies, did not mean to offend.

[cudleycamerondudley]

@Desd3n0va None taken... Do you know why there is a N.Ireland in the 1st place?

[freddytherubberducky]

@metalyouth666 They're irish? Cool!

[MrFrontallobotomy]

@metalyouth666 Ahem. not wanting to sound like an old hippy. But what about Thin Lizzy? They where a class act.

[StarSeeker94]

@metalyouth666 WRONG! U2 IS EPIC!

[josh66694]

@StarSeeker94 Stiff LIttle fingers are better though ;)

[linhildur]

@metalyouth666 fuck bono

[herminedirt]

fuck yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!

[RoyMM46]

feeling it..crank dat shit up

[msRoboticseye22]

@RoyMM46 YEAH MAN!!