James G. Reilly (born 9 May 1957) is the second drummer for the

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based

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Stiff Little Fingers Stiff Little Fingers are a Northern Irish punk rock band from Belfast. They formed in 1977 at the height of the Troubles, which informed much of their songwriting. They started out as a schoolboy band called Highway Star (named after the Deep P ...

, with whom he played from 1979 to 1981. He played on the LPs '' Nobody's Heroes'', '' Go for It'' and ''

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''. In 1981, he moved to the

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, where he played in two bands, Red Rockers, followed by The Raindogs. In the late 1980s, he lived in

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and worked as a band manager. He has since moved back to

. For a time in 2004, he played in SLF tribute band Little Fingers, and later led Jim Reilly's Alternative Soldiers, after which he played in a new band called The Dead Handsomes. In July 2013, he and Henry Cluney, also formerly of Stiff Little Fingers, began playing live together under the name XSLF in a 3 piece with Ave Tsarion.

References

External links

XSLF websiteStiff Little Fingers website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Reilly, Jim 1957 births Living people Musicians from Belfast Male drummers from Northern Ireland Stiff Little Fingers members The Raindogs members 20th-century drummers from Northern Ireland 21st-century drummers from Northern Ireland 20th-century male musicians from Northern Ireland 21st-century male musicians from Northern Ireland