Stiff Little Fingers' Jake Burns: The SPIN Q&A
Share this article: When they were starting out in the late ‘70s, legendary Irish punk band Stiff Little Fingers sent out their promo cassettes to record companies made up to look like a bomb. “Some people really didn’t get it,” original Stiff Little Fingers member Jake Burns says. “The first single was called ‘Suspect Device,’” he explains. “So it was kind of a no-brainer.” To this day, the realistic-looking bomb cassette may be one of the most authentically punk maneuver...
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