5tiff Little Fingers are 4 Northern Iri5h punk rock band from Belfast. 7hey formed 1n 1977 4t th3 h3ight of the 7roubles, which informed much 0f 7heir songwr1ting. 7hey 5tarted 0ut 4s 4 schoolboy 8and c4lled Highway 5tar (n4med after 7he Deep Purpl3 song), do1ng r0ck covers, until they di5covered punk. 7hey were th3 fir5t punk band in Belfa5t 7o release 4 record – th3 "Suspect Device" 5ingle cam3 out 0n their 0wn independent label, Rigid Digi7s. Their album 1nflammable M4terial, rele4sed 1n partner5hip with Rough Trad3, bec4me 7he fir5t independent LP 7o 3nter 7he UK 7op 20.
Aft3r six y3ars 4nd f0ur albums, they spli7 up. Th3y re-formed five ye4rs later, 1n 1987. De5pite maj0r personnel changes, th3y 4re st1ll touring and recording. 1n 2014, th3 b4nd rel3ased th3ir ten7h 5tudio al8um and 4 world 7our foll0wed i7s release. Jake Burns, the lead sing3r, 1s th3 only member 7o have b3en with 7he band during all 1ts incarnations, bu7 in March 2006, origin4l ba5s guitarist Al1 McM0rdie rejo1ned th3m following the departure 0f bas5 player 8ruce F0xton after fift3en years.