Anthology

"STIFF LITTLE FINGERS", "ANTHOLOGY", "EMI", "CD", "PUNK" This is the definitive collection of singles, and B-sides from Northern Irish punk legends Stiff Little Fingers. The three CD set also includes live tracks recorded in 1989 at the Brixton Academy.
The Northern Irish punk rock band Stiff Little Fingers gained their initial inspiration from the egalitarian approach of bands like the Clash. Their songs reflected the everyday experiences of youth in and around the troubled province of Ulster, which was the scene of almost daily civil strife and sectarian violence. During their brief heyday in the late 1970s and early '80s, the band were among the cleverest and most ferocious purveyors of melodic, message-oriented punk rock on the U.K. scene, while their stripped-down sound influenced later 1980s and '90s U.S. punk rock bands like NOFX, 7 Seconds, Green Day, and Bad Religion.
Culling a variety of tracks from among the band's first three albums, ANTHOLOGY features the feral attack of songs like "Alternative Ulster" and "Suspect Device," as well as the Clash-influenced "You Can't Say Crap on the Radio" and later, more lyrically and musically sophisticated tracks like "The Price of Admission" and "Beirut Moon." This three-CD set also includes a live set recorded in the late 1980s during one of the band's frequent latter-day reunion shows.