Brian Faloon
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Brian Faloon
| image =
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| birth_name = Brian Faloon
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1958|5|27}}
| death_date =
| origin = Belfast, Northern Ireland
| instrument = drums
| genre = Rock, punk rock
| label =
| associated_acts = Stiff Little Fingers (1977–1979)
}}
Brian Faloon is a musician born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He played drums for Highway Star, who were to become Stiff Little Fingers, having met two of the other band members at Belfast Boys' Model School. 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". 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'.
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.
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{{succession box
| title = Drummer for Stiff Little Fingers
| years = 1977–1979
| before = 1st incumbent
| after = Jim Reilly
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References
{{Reflist|refs=
| first = Steve
| last = Graham
| title = 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
| date = 2008-07-04
| website = Belfast Telegraph
| url = https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/music/news/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-28032393.html
| accessdate = 2020-09-24}}
| title = Banging the Drum
| date = 2011-10-17
| website = Belfast Media Group
| url = https://belfastmedia.com/banging-the-drum/
| accessdate = 2020-09-24}}
| first = Stuart
| last = Bailie
| title = Stiff Little Fingers Jim Reilly on forgiving soldier who killed brother: When you're 18 years old, you're still a child yourself
| date = 2018-04-21
| website = Belfast Telegraph
| url = https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/features/stiff-little-fingers-jim-reilly-on-forgiving-soldier-who-killed-brother-when-youre-18-years-old-youre-still-a-child-yourself-36828209.html
| accessdate = 2020-09-24}}
| first = Matthew
| last = Berlyant
| title = Stiff Little Fingers - No Going Back (Rigid Digits)
| date = 2014-07-16
| website = Big Take Over
| url = https://bigtakeover.com/recordings/stiff-little-fingers-no-going-back-rigid-digits
| accessdate = 2020-09-24}}
| title = Leaflet From Brian Faloon -People Before Profit -Belfast South -2011 Assembly Elections
| date = 2011-05-03
| website = Irish Election Literature
| url = https://irishelectionliterature.com/2011/05/03/leaflet-from-brian-faloon-people-before-profit-belfast-south-2011-assembly-elections/
| accessdate = 2020-09-24}}
| title = FUNGALPUNK INTERVIEWS, Alan of THE RED EYES
| date = 2008-01-07
| website = Fungal Punk
| url = http://www.fungalpunknature.co.uk/FUNGALPUNK/Interviews/AlanRedEyes.html
| accessdate = 2020-09-24}}
| url = http://www.punknews.org/review/2317
| title = Stiff Little Fingers – Nobody's Heroes
| date = 3 October 2003
| publisher = Punknews.org
| accessdate = 11 February 2011}}
}}
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Category:Male drummers from Northern Ireland
Category:Musicians from Belfast
Category:Stiff Little Fingers members
Category:20th-century drummers from Northern Ireland
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