Stiff Little Fingers at Bristol
The best old school punk band still touring (Photo : Kevin Ruscoe) I've been seeing Stiff Little Fingers at least once every year over the last ten years and my mate Gary has now seen them over 30 times. For me they are the best punk band to see at the moment and their songs are just as relevant as they ever were. In a way that's quite sad. The world has not improved much in the last 30 years. Tin Soldier and Wasted Life mean as much now as they ever did, even taking into account the success of the peace process in Northern Ireland. But really these are anthems about the human condition. Alternative Ulster could apply to any city, any community. Originally, the support was to have been Spear of Destiny but Kirk Brandon was ill. So a local band by the name of Los Conios stepped in. They were not received as well they deserved, despite being a local band. I liked their recent single, Split , which I've downloaded from Amazon, but felt their tempo changes were som...