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 Jake, cropped from the current official line up pic of SLF
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | John Burns |
| Born | February 21, 1958 |
| Origin | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Genre(s) | Punk, rock, pop |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 1977–present |
| Label(s) | Chrysalis, Rough Trade, Rigid Digits |
| Associated acts | Stiff Little Fingers (1977–1982, 1987–Present) Jake Burns and the Big Wheel (1982–1987) |
Jake Burns (born John Burns, 21 February 1958 in Belfast) is a singer and guitarist, and is best known as a member of Stiff Little Fingers. Events 362 - Athanasius returns to Alexandria. 1245 - Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Belfast ( is the capital city of Northern Ireland and the seat of government in Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a Country within the United Kingdom, lying in the northeast of A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, which is often contrasted with Speech. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Chrysalis Records was a British Record label that was created in 1969 Rough Trade Records began as an Independent record label, based in London, England. Stiff Little Fingers are a punk band from Belfast, Northern Ireland, formed in 1977 Jake Burns and the Big Wheel were a band put together by former Stiff Little Fingers vocalist Jake Burns in 1982. Events 362 - Athanasius returns to Alexandria. 1245 - Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Belfast ( is the capital city of Northern Ireland and the seat of government in Northern Ireland. A guitarist is a Musician who plays the Guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres Stiff Little Fingers are a punk band from Belfast, Northern Ireland, formed in 1977
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Career
Burns started off his career at school with a rock covers band, Highway Star, which consisted of Burns, Gordon Blair, Henry Cluney, and Brian Falloon. Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. Gordon Blair (born Belfast, 1953 is a Northern Irish Musician, usually known as Gordy Blair. Henry Cluney (born 4 August 1957, Belfast, Northern Ireland) was a Guitarist in Highway Star the school band that Brian Faloon is a Musician born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Gordon Blair subsequently left the group to join Rudi, and Ali McMordie joined, about the time the band discovered punk. Rudi was a Punk rock / Power pop band, formed in 1975 in East Belfast. Alistair Jardine "Ali" McMordie (born 31 March 1959, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a bass guitarist who made his name with and was
They were briefly named The Fast, but as there was already a group of that name they changed it to Stiff Little Fingers, taken from the song of the same name that had appeared on Pure Mania, the 1977 album by The Vibrators. The Vibrators are an original and long-lived British Punk rock band that formed in 1976. [1]
They recorded "Suspect Device" their first single in 1977. The single was packaged in the form of a cassette, with a cover depicting a cassette bomb, apparently causing great hilarity in the group, when one record company phoned them and asked for another copy, as they'd thrown the first one in a bucket of water for fear that it was a real bomb.
A copy of the single was sent to John Peel. He played it repeatedly leading to a distribution deal through Rough Trade.
Inflammable Material to Now Then
Stiff Little Fingers' debut album, Inflammable Material entered the UK Albums Chart as the highest new entry and, coincidentally, the first ever completely independent album on 21st February 1979, which also happened to be Burns' 21st birthday. Inflammable Material is the 1979 debut album by the Northern Irish punk band Stiff Little Fingers. The UK Albums Chart is a list of Albums ranked by sales in the United Kingdom. Events 362 - Athanasius returns to Alexandria. 1245 - Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar)
In mid-1979, Stiff Little Fingers signed to Chrysalis Records, and in 1980 released their second album, Nobody's Heroes. 1981's Go for It followed. Go For It is the third album by Stiff Little Fingers, released in 1981 (see 1981 in music)
In 1981 Burns made his acting debut in an episode of the BBC's Play For Today series entitled Iris In The Traffic, Ruby In The Rain, written by Belfast-born poet and playwright Stewart Parker, which also featured the rest of Stiff Little Fingers effectively playing themselves as 'The Band'. Play for Today was a British television anthology drama series produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984 James Stewart Parker ( 20 October 1941 - 2 November 1988) was a Northern Irish poet and playwright
In 1982 came a 4 song EP called £1. 10 or Less and then their fourth studio album, Now Then... (although their fifth album, as they had released a live LP, Hanx, between Nobody's Heroes and Go For It). Now Then is the fourth album by Stiff Little Fingers, released in 1982 (see 1982 in music) Hanx! is a live Punk album by the band Stiff Little Fingers, released in 1980 (see 1980 in music) By this time they had diversified musically, and Now Then had an almost pop feel about it in places. This led some of their more hard core punk fans to feel alienated, and in the face of low sales and concert attendances, they broke up in 1983, when Burns said: "Our last LP Now Then was to my mind the best album we have made. But it is also unfortunately the best I think we will ever make. So I have decided to call it a day. " The band later revealed the original split had been somewhat acrimonious, with bandmembers apparently having fistfights rather than talking through their differences.
Jake Burns and the Big Wheel
After the breakup of SLF, Jake formed Jake Burns and the Big Wheel. Jake Burns and the Big Wheel were a band put together by former Stiff Little Fingers vocalist Jake Burns in 1982. The band consisted of Jake, Steve Grantley on drums, Sean Martin on bass guitar, and Pete Saunders on keyboards. Steve Grantley is a British Drummer who plays for Stiff Little Fingers, The Alarm and RTZ Global. Sean Martin is a Bass guitarist from Belfast, Northern Ireland. Big Wheel recorded a total of three singles, "On Fortune Street", "She Grew Up" and "Breathless". They split up in 1987 when Jake reformed Stiff Little Fingers. A compilation album, also called On Fortune Street, was later released.
In 1987, Stiff Little Fingers reformed, because they were "skint and wanted to make a bit of cash to get back to Ireland for Christmas". They released some live albums and did short tours towards the end of the 1980s, and by 1990 were thinking of reforming permanently.
Flags and Emblems
Ali McMordie decided he could not commit the time to tour full-time or record, and so left, being replaced by Bruce Foxton (previously bass guitarist in The Jam) in time to record 1991's Flags and Emblems. Bruce Foxton (born 1 September 1955, Woking, Surrey) is an English Rock and roll Musician who is best remembered The Jam were an English Mod revival band active during the late 1970s and early 1980s Flags and Emblems is the fifth studio album by the band Stiff Little Fingers, released in 1991 (see 1991 in music) In Britain, the single from this album, "Beirut Moon", was withdrawn from sale on the first day of release, allegedly because it criticised the government for not acting to free hostage John McCarthy, who had been held in the Lebanon.
In 1993 Burns made what he described as one of the hardest decisions of his life and asked Henry Cluney to leave the band, and the trio of Jake Burns, Bruce Foxton and Dolphin Taylor continued for the next four years, joined on live shows by either Dave Sharp or Ian McCallum. Dave Sharp, (born in the Kersal district of Salford, Lancashire, 28 January 1959) is an English guitarist most noted Ian McCallum (born September 1965 in Kenton, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England) is a Los Angeles based English Guitarist.
Get a Life
In 1994 they released Get a Life in the UK, releasing it in the U. Get a Life is the sixth studio album by Stiff Little Fingers, released in 1994 (see 1994 in music) S. in 1996. By the end of 1996 Taylor left due to family commitments, to be replaced by Steve Grantley.
Tinderbox to Guitar and Drum
The trio of Burns, Foxton and Grantley recorded 1997's Tinderbox album, with help from Ian McCallum who joined as a full time member for 1999's double album And Best of All...Hope Street. Historically a tinderbox is a small container containing Flint, firesteel, and Tinder (typically charcloth, but possibly a small Hope Street is the eighth studio album recorded by Stiff Little Fingers, released in 1999 (see 1999 in music) This same line-up recorded 2003's Guitar and Drum. Guitar and Drum is the ninth studo album recorded by Stiff Little Fingers, released in 2004.
Stiff Little Fingers are still performing and recording as of 2008, although Burns was the only member to be present in all line ups of the band.
As of 2008, Burns plays lead and rhythm guitar, and lead vocals, Ian McCallum plays guitar and does backing vocals, Ali McMordie plays bass guitar and Steve Grantley, formerly of Jake Burns and the Big Wheel, the group Burns formed in the five years that SLF were not performing, plays drums, and is also on backing vocals. Ian McCallum (born September 1965 in Kenton, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England) is a Los Angeles based English Guitarist. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles Alistair Jardine "Ali" McMordie (born 31 March 1959, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a bass guitarist who made his name with and was Steve Grantley is a British Drummer who plays for Stiff Little Fingers, The Alarm and RTZ Global. Jake Burns and the Big Wheel were a band put together by former Stiff Little Fingers vocalist Jake Burns in 1982. A drum kit (also drum set or trap set) is a collection of Drums Cymbals and sometimes other Percussion instruments such as cowbells
On 27 March 2006 his solo album Drinkin' Again was released. In Music, a solo (from the Italian solo, meaning alone) is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer An album or record album is a collection of related audio or Music tracks distributed to the public
3 Men and Black
Since 2001, Burns has also been involved in a side project with Pauline Black of The Selecter, called 3 Men and Black. The Selecter were a 2 Tone Ska revival band from Coventry, England, formed in the late 1970s This involves Black touring with three males artists from the late 1970s, early 1980s doing acoustic versions of songs they are famous for, and talking a little about how they came to write the songs etc. The line up for the concerts is fairly fluid, and has included such people as Bruce Foxton, J.J. Burnell, Eric Faulkner and Nick Welsh. Bruce Foxton (born 1 September 1955, Woking, Surrey) is an English Rock and roll Musician who is best remembered Jean-Jacques Burnel (born 21 February 1952 in London) also known as J J Burnel, is an Anglo - French Musician and Songwriter Eric Faulkner (born Eric Francis Falconer 21 October 1953, Edinburgh, Scotland) is a Guitarist, Songwriter, and
Personal life
After moving to England, Burns married and lived in Newcastle in the North East of England becoming a fan of Newcastle United Football Club, having previously supported Liverpool. Newcastle upon Tyne ( (often shortened to Newcastle) is a city and Metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, England England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Newcastle United Football Club (also known as The Magpies or The Toon) is an English football club based in Newcastle upon Liverpool Football Club are an English professional Association football club based in Liverpool England. He subsequently married Shirley Sexton - webmistress of the official Stiff Little Fingers website - in late 2004, and has lived in Chicago, Illinois becoming a fan of the Chicago Cubs baseball team. The webmaster (feminine webmistress) also called the Web architect, the Web developer, the site author, or the website A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. The Chicago Cubs are a Professional Baseball franchise based in Chicago, Illinois.
References
- ^ Burns, Jake and Parker, Alan "Stiff Little Fingers: Song By Song", Sanctuary Publishing, 2003. ISBN 1-86074-513-X
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