| Jim Reilly | |
| Background: | non_vocal_instrumentalist |
| Birth Name: | James G. Reilly |
| Birth Date: | 9 May 1957 |
| Origin: | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Instrument: | Drums |
| Genre: | Rock, punk rock |
| Associated Acts: | Stiff Little Fingers, Red Rockers, The Raindogs, Little Fingers, Jim Reilly's Alternative Soldiers, XSLF |
James G. Reilly (born 9 May 1957) is the second drummer for the Northern Ireland based punk band Stiff Little Fingers, with whom he played from 1979 to 1981.[1] He played on the LPs Nobody's Heroes, Go for It[1] and Hanx. In 1981, he moved to the United States, where he played in two bands, Red Rockers, followed by The Raindogs.[1] In the late 1980s, he lived in Boston and worked as a band manager. He has since moved back to Northern Ireland. For a time in 2004, he played in SLF tribute band Little Fingers, and later led Jim Reilly's Alternative Soldiers, after which he played in a new band called The Dead Handsomes.In July 2013, he and Henry Cluney, also formerly of Stiff Little Fingers, began playing live together under the name XSLF in a 3 piece with Ave Tsarion.