Jake Burns and the Big Wheel
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Jake Burns and the Big Wheel were a band put together by former Stiff Little Fingers
vocalist Jake Burns
in 1983. The band consisted of Jake, Steve Grantley
on drums, Sean Martin on bass guitar, and Pete Saunders
on keyboards. They split up in 1987 when Jake rejoined Stiff Little Fingers.
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Stiff Little Fingers
Stiff Little Fingers are a punk rock band from Belfast, Northern Ireland. They formed in 1977, at the height of the Troubles. They started out as a schoolboy band called Highway Star , doing rock covers, until they discovered punk. They split up after six years and four albums, although they...
vocalist Jake Burns
Jake Burns
Jake Burns is a singer and guitarist, and is best known as the frontman of Stiff Little Fingers.-Career:...
in 1983. The band consisted of Jake, Steve Grantley
Steve Grantley
Steve Grantley is a British drummer who plays for Stiff Little Fingers, and formerly The Alarm and RTZ Global. Between 1982 and 1987 he played drums for Jake Burns and the Big Wheel...
on drums, Sean Martin on bass guitar, and Pete Saunders
Pete Saunders
Peter "Pete" Saunders is an English keyboard player, born in Hammersmith, London. At 14 his family moved to Birmingham. At the age of 16, he joined Pub Theatre and wrote songs and performed with them...
on keyboards. They split up in 1987 when Jake rejoined Stiff Little Fingers.
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Singles
- On Fortune Street b/w Here Comes That Song Again
- She Grew Up b/w Race You To The Grave
- Breathless b/w Valentine's Day
Albums
- On Fortune Street, a compilation CD was released after they split.
- She Grew Up
- Race You To The Grave
- On Fortune Street
- Here Comes That Song Again
- Breathless
- Valentine's Day
- Company Of Strangers
- Innocent Man
- Waltz On
- Race You To The Grave
- Belfast 14
- She Grew Up
- Trapped Inside
- Breathless
- Native Son
- Real Girls
- Interview - Jake Burns & Steve Grantley