A particular ritual of my secondary school, (all secondary schools at the time of course), was the meticulous carving of band names on pencil cases and school bags. It seemed to mark out a particular hierarchy of playground cool. Stiff Little Fingers were definite leaders of the pack in this respect. Their name of course was really great, especially for schoolkids, but also they never really threatened to break really huge, which would have meant their named would have required scratching off, as I remember happening to the likes of Adam & the Ants and even Duran Duran as they broke from cult obscurity to national property. This was SLF's biggest chart hit. It rose to Number Fifteen in early 1980. Clash posturing on Top of the Pops, small consolation for the fact that the band themselves always refused to play the show.
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