STIFF LITTLE FINGERS: Go For It

As a project to mark the 30th anniversary of when Punk morphed into New Wave, I have decided to dust off my collection of LP's from the loft and photograph the cover artwork of the more interesting ones. Pure self-indulgence I know, but I think some of you that are of a similar age as me might enjoy the retrospective trip too!

STIFF LITTLE FINGERS are from Belfast, and were formed in 1977. They started out as a schoolboy band called Highway Star (named after the Deep Purple song), doing rock covers, until they discovered punk. They split up after six years and four albums, although they reformed five years later, in 1987. Despite major personnel changes, they are still touring and recording as of 2008. Jake Burns, their lead singer, is the only member to have been with the band during all its incarnations, although in March 2006, original bass guitarist Ali McMordie rejoined them following the departure of Bruce Foxton after fifteen years.

Pictured is the cover from their third album entitled 'Go For It', which was released in 1981, and to this day remains one of my favourite examples of record cover artwork