caption current_members associated_acts years_active label article_title landscape past_members background genre image origin name
live jake burns , ian mccallum in chicago 2012 l-r : ali mcmordie , jake burns ali mcmordie steve grantley ian mccallum the , tom robinson band , spear of destiny , ruefrex jam , casbah club , friction groove , dan donnelly , , the alarm , rudi jake burns and the big wheel 1977 -- 1982 , 1987 -- present rigid , kung fu , emi , mondo recordings/ingrooves digits , pledgemusic , rough trade , chrysalis stiff little fingers
 yes henry taylor bruce foxton cluney brian faloon gordon blair jim reilly dolphin group_or_band punk rock stiff little fingers.jpg belfast , northern ireland stiff little fingers
stiff little fingers

stiff little fingers are a punk rock band from belfast , northern ireland .
they formed in 1977 , at the height of the troubles .
they started out as a schoolboy band called highway star -lrb- named after the deep purple song -rrb- , doing rock covers , until they discovered punk .
they split up after six years and four albums , although they reformed five years later , in 1987 .
despite major personnel changes , they are still touring and recording .
in 2014 the band released their tenth studio album and a world tour followed its release .
jake burns , their lead singer , is the only member to have been with the band during all its incarnations , but in march 2006 , original bass guitarist ali mcmordie rejoined them following the departure of the jam bass player bruce foxton after fifteen years .
