The Saints (Australian band)( The Saints )

Album list

Singer Intro

The Saints are a rock band, originating in Brisbane, Australia founded by Chris Bailey (singer-songwriter, later guitarist), Ivor Hay (drummer), and Ed Kuepper (guitarist-songwriter) in 1974. Alongside mainstay Bailey, the group has had numerous line-ups. In 1975, contemporaneously with American punk rock band the Ramones, The Saints were employing the fast tempos, raucous vocals and 'buzz saw' guitar that characterised early punk rock. With their debut single, '(I'm) Stranded', in September 1976, they became the first 'punk' band outside the US to release a record, ahead of better-known acts including the Sex Pistols and The Clash. They are one of the first and most influential groups of the genre.

In early 1979, Ivor Hay and Ed Kuepper left, while Bailey continued the band, with a changing line-up. All Fools Day peaked in the Top 30 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart in April 1986. Bailey also has a solo career and had relocated to Sweden by 1994. The band was inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Hall of Fame in 2001.

The Saints continue to record and perform. In 2014 Bruce Springsteen covered their song 'Just Like Fire Would' on his High Hopes album.

Discography
Main article: The Saints discography

(I'm) Stranded (1977)
Eternally Yours (1978)
Prehistoric Sounds (1978)
The Monkey Puzzle (1981)
I Thought This Was Love, But This Ain't Casablanca (1982)
aka Out in the Jungle... Where Things Ain't So Pleasant
A Little Madness to Be Free (1984)
All Fools Day (1986)
Prodigal Son (1988)
Howling (1997)
Everybody Knows the Monkey (1998)
Spit the Blues Out (2002)
Nothing Is Straight in My House (2005)
Imperious Delirium (2006)
King of the Sun (2012)