Gavin Martin (left) with Stiff Little
Fingers’ Jake Burns.
IAN MCDONALD: GETTY; GAVIN MARTIN: KEVIN CUMMINS
BORN IN BELFAST and raised in Bangor, County Down, Gavin started writing about music in 1977 when he published his hand-written fanzine Alternative Ulster (which would lend its title to Stiff Little Fingers’ enduring punk classic).