Stiff Little Fingers was a great band — probably the second-best Irish punk band from the classic punk era, behind only the Undertones. SLF was a bit like Northern Ireland’s answer to the Clash, only less eclectic and more uncompromising. Below is one of their better-known songs, “Suspect Device. Their other popular song in the …
We have a new contender in the Most Bizarre Rock-Star Death sweepstakes: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/sep/06/elo-cellist-by-killed-hay-bale A former member of the rock group Electric Light Orchestra has been killed by a giant hay bale that crashed into his van while he was driving. Cellist Mike Edwards died instantly when the 300kg bale landed on the front of the …