{"product_id":"stiff-little-fingers-inflammable-material","title":"Stiff Little Fingers' Inflammable Material","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Kevin Dunn\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"about-the-book\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more\" data-action=\"read-more\" data-overviewlongdescription=\"null\" data-aboutthebook=\"true\" id=\"product-description-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"aboutthebook\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSituating the band and its groundbreaking debut within the context of The Troubles, this book explores the band's complicated and controversial relationship with the Belfast punk scene, a scene that actively defied violent social divisions to create important non-sectarian spaces through which an \"Alternative Ulster\" was imagined and put into practice.\u003c\/strong\u003eStiff Little Fingers' 1979 debut album,\u003ci\u003eInflammable Material\u003c\/i\u003e, was the first independent album to ever reach the UK Top 20 and is regarded as one of the most influential punk releases of all time, containing the singles \"Suspect Device\" and \"Alternative Ulster.\"\u003ci\u003eInflammable Material\u003c\/i\u003ewas both a product of, and response to, The Troubles, the era of political violence in Northern Ireland that claimed more than 3,500 lives over three decades. Though\u003ci\u003eInflammable Material\u003c\/i\u003ewas regarded as the clarion call for that scene, with anthemic songs now regarded as synonymous with the times, the band was often viewed with suspicion and outright hostility by many of their contemporaries.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"series-name\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.indigo.ca\/en-ca\/33-1%2F3\" class=\"secondary series-name\" data-a8n=\"pdp_see-collection__link\"\u003e33 1\/3\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"spec publisher-spec\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb class=\"label\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cspan class=\"value\"\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"spec shippingdimensions-spec\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb class=\"label\"\u003eShipping dimensions\u003c\/b\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"value\"\u003e6\" H x 5\" W x 1\" L\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"spec upc-spec\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb class=\"label\"\u003eISBN\u003c\/b\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"value\"\u003e9798765133248\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Librairie Résonance Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51535317762180,"sku":null,"price":22.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0950\/9801\/1780\/files\/1AE9A80C-7AA9-465C-883F-FC0059AE2ACA.jpg?v=1771011188","url":"https:\/\/librairieresonance.com\/products\/stiff-little-fingers-inflammable-material","provider":"Librairie Résonance Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}