The Inflammable Material album was heavily influenced by the band’s experience of growing up in Belfast during the Troubles. However, of the 13 tracks, only 6 were directly about Northern Ireland and the political situation – “Suspect Device”, “State of Emergency”, “Wasted Life”, “No More Of That”, “Barbed Wire Love”, and “Alternative Ulster”. Even “Alternative Ulster”, which has references to “You got the Army on the street, and the RUC dog of repression is barking at your feet”, is mainly about being a bored teenager in the late 1970s. Another track on the album, “Johnny Was” is a cover of a Bob Marley and the Wailers song with the words adapted to place the song in Belfast.
The Inflammable Material album was heavily influenced by the band’s
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