"Suspect Device" is the debut single by Northern Irish punk band Stiff Little Fingers, released on 17 March 1978.
"Gordon asked me if I'd written anything pertinent where I'd grown up [at which juncture] he literally handed me the finished lyric of 'Suspect Device'.
The release of the record required a record/publishing company and Rigid Digits was formed with the band members and two managers all owning equal shares.
Following the release of the second single "Alternative Ulster" in October 1978, "Suspect Device" was re-released on Rough Trade on 17 March 1979.
[4] A re-recorded version of "Suspect Device" was the opening track on the debut Stiff Little Fingers album, Inflammable Material, which was released on Rough Trade records in February 1979.
[1] The popularity of "Suspect Device" was reflected in the annual Festive Fifty voted for by listeners of the John Peel show.