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Brian Faloon
Birth nameBrian Faloon
Born (1958-05-27) 27 May 1958 (age 66)
OriginBelfast, Northern Ireland
GenresRock, punk rock
Instrumentdrums

Brian Faloon is a musician born in Belfast, Northern Ireland.[1] He played drums for Highway Star, who were to become Stiff Little Fingers,[2] having met two of the other band members at Belfast Boys' Model School.[1] Faloon stayed with SLF long enough to record their first album Inflammable Material but decided the rock 'n' roll lifestyle wasn't for him, so left the band, inspiring the words to SLF's single "Wait and See".[3][4] In the nineties, Faloon occasionally performed as a guest drummer with the SLF tribute band Hanx who went on to become minor Punk band 'The Red Eyes'.[5]

As of 2009, he is back in Northern Ireland where he presents a weekly show on local radio. In 2011 he ran as a candidate for the "People Before Profit" party in Belfast South.[6]

Preceded by
1st incumbent
 Drummer for Stiff Little Fingers
1977–1979 		Succeeded by

References

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  1. ^ a b "Banging the Drum". Belfast Media Group. 17 October 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  2. ^ Graham, Steve (4 July 2008). "I played bass guitar in a band with my best mates from school - Brian Faloon on drums and Jake Burns on lead guitar and vocals". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Stiff Little Fingers – Nobody's Heroes". Punknews.org. 3 October 2003. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
  4. ^ Berlyant, Matthew (16 July 2014). "Stiff Little Fingers - No Going Back (Rigid Digits)". Big Take Over. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  5. ^ "FUNGALPUNK INTERVIEWS, Alan of THE RED EYES". Fungal Punk. 7 January 2008. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Leaflet From Brian Faloon -People Before Profit -Belfast South -2011 Assembly Elections". Irish Election Literature. 3 May 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  7. ^ Bailie, Stuart (21 April 2018). "Stiff Little Fingers Jim Reilly on forgiving soldier who killed brother: When you're 18 years old, you're still a child yourself". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 24 September 2020.


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