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Brian Faloon is a musician born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He played drums for Highway Star, who were to become Stiff Little Fingers, having met two of the other band members at Belfast Boys' Model School.
SLF 1977: Left to right: Jake Burns, Henry Cluney, Brian Faloon, Ali McMordie. These were the first of what became SLF's signature style: lyrics that meld the personal and political, music that combines the energy of punk with infectious hooks, and delivery that rings of honesty and commitment.
Prior to becoming Stiff Little Fingers, Jake Burns, vocals and guitar, Henry Cluney, guitar, Gordon Blair, bass, and Brian Faloon, drums, were playing in a rock music cover band, Highway Star, in Belfast.
Northern Irish punk band formed around 1977, the original members being Jake Burns, Ali McMordie, Henry Cluney & Brian Faloon.
6 de dic. de 2023 · Brian Faloon, Stiff Little Fingers’ original drummer, reviewing for Sounds music weekly, described a Stretch show in Belfast as “magic”. Sadly, however, circumstances and management had taken its toll on Stretch.
One of their greatest songs, Alternative Ulster, is mostly about being bored. Numerous other punk classics had that very sentiment at their core. Burns was joined by guitarist Henry Cluney, Ali McMordie on bass and drummer Brian Faloon. Stiff Little Fingers, Rockpalast 1980
PSF: What happened to your first drummer, Brian Faloon? Why did he leave the band, and how did Jim come into the fold? HC: Brian left because his girlfriend told him it was her or the band.
