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'''Alistair Jardine McMordie''' is a [[Belfast]] born (c.1957) musician, who made his name with, and was a founding member of, [[Stiff Little Fingers]]. He was with them from their inception in [[1977]] to their break up in [[1983]], and joined them on the first few years worth of reunion tours five years later. He left the group in [[1990]], and between [[1992]] and [[1994]] was executive producer for the [[peace together]] Irish concert events. Since 1994 he has been the bass player and tour manager for [[American]] artist Richard Hall AKA [[Moby]], and has his own company ATM or Alistair McMordie Tour Management.

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Ali McMordie

| image = Slfcurrentofficial (cropped).jpg

| caption = McMordie, in a 2006 promotional photo for [[Stiff Little Fingers]]

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| birth_name = Alistair Jardine McMordie

| alias = Ali McMordie

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1959|3|31}}

| death_date =

| origin = [[Belfast]], [[Northern Ireland]]

| instrument = [[Vocals]], [[Bass guitar|bass]]

| genre = [[Punk rock|Punk]], [[Rock music|rock]], [[Pop music|pop]]

| years_active = 1977 – present

| label = [[Chrysalis Records|Chrysalis]], [[Rough Trade Records|Rough Trade]], Rigid Digits

| associated_acts = [[Stiff Little Fingers]] (1977–1982, 2006–present),<br />[[Friction Groove]] (1982),<br />[[Sinéad O'Connor]] (1986),<br />[[Moby]] (1994–present),<br />[[Dan Donnelly (singer-songwriter)|Dan Donnelly]] (2006)

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'''Alistair Jardine "Ali" McMordie''' (born 31 March 1959 in [[Belfast]], [[Northern Ireland]]) is a bass guitarist, best known as a founding member of [[Stiff Little Fingers]], playing with the band from 1977 until they broke up in 1983,<ref name="Thompson2000">{{cite book|last=Thompson|first=Dave|title=Alternative Rock|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZHP-r9-eqdAC&pg=PA655|year=2000|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=978-0-87930-607-6|page=655}}</ref> and joined them on the first few years of reunion tours five years later.

[[File:Alislf.jpg|left|thumb|upright|McMordie performing on stage.]]

[[File:DSC_4315_Ali_McMordie_Stiff_Little_Fingers_KK's_Steel_Mill.jpg|left|thumb|upright|Ali McMordie at KK Steel Mill, Wolverhampton, 2019]]

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After Stiff Little Fingers disbanded in 1983, McMordie joined a group of Reading musicians in the newly formed dance-punk band, [[Friction Groove]]. They secured a deal with Warner label, [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]], and went on to record an album - ''The Black Box'' - in Berlin and Brussels, from which the first single ("Time Bomb") charted very briefly.

Around 1986 he provided, along with other Friction Groove members, the core band behind [[Sinéad O'Connor]], who had just arrived in London from Dublin. Ali was later sacked.

Between 1992 and 1994 Ali McMordie was executive producer for the [[Peace Together]] Irish concert events. Since 1994 he has been the tour manager for American artist Richard Hall AKA [[Moby]] (with whose band he has sometimes played bass). Ali has also been used as the live bassist for Belfast singer-songwriter [[Dan Donnelly (singer-songwriter)|Dan Donnelly]], having played in Dan's live band at the [[Beautiful Days (festival)|Beautiful Days]] Festival 2006 in [[Devon]].

In 2006, it was announced that McMordie was to rejoin Stiff Little Fingers for their current tour, and subsequently that he was rejoining the band on a permanent basis. As of 2021, he is still playing bass with SLF.

Besides being a live musician, McMordie runs Alistair McMordie Tour Management.

==References==

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==External links==

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20181121113242/http://www.alimcmordie.com/ Official website]

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[[Category:1959 births]]

[[Category:Living people]]

[[Category:Musicians from Belfast]]

[[Category:People educated at the Belfast Royal Academy]]

[[Category:Male bass guitarists from Northern Ireland]]

[[Category:Stiff Little Fingers members]]

[[Category:Rough Trade Records artists]]

[[Category:20th-century bass guitarists from Northern Ireland]]

[[Category:21st-century bass guitarists from Northern Ireland]]

[[Category:20th-century male musicians from Northern Ireland]]

[[Category:21st-century male musicians from Northern Ireland]]

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