The Saints - (I'm) Stranded [HQ] THE WOLF HUNTERZ Reactions

[@jemxs]

R.I.P. Chris Bailey, great song from an iconic Aussie band!

[@Laraine3]

The Saints are one of the first and most influential punk rock groups. According to Bob Geldof, "Rock music in the seventies was changed by three bands-the Sex Pistols, the Ramones and the Saints". 😃

[@OnceWasRStrathfield]

It's often overlooked by rock historians, but The Saints came out of Joh Bjelke-Petersen ruled Brisbane, which was ultra-conservative and repressive at the time. The police would raid house parties, and punk gigs and brutally assault young punk kids. It was a police state at the time, and many young people were desperate to leave. There's a documentary on KZbin about The Saints titled ''Stranded'' which best explains what type of place The Saints emerged from, and there's another documentary on KZbin titled ''Brisbane Bands'', which also outlines the crap many young bands had to go through living in Brisbane. Ed Kuepper (guitarist) has said in interviews that the regime intensified after The Saints left Brisbane. The Saints didn't have as tough of a time as other bands like The Leftovers. This video was shot by Australian film-maker, Russell Mulcahy, who would later direct videos like ''Video Killed The Radio Star'', ''Total Eclipse Of The Heart'', and vids for Duran Duran, Elton John; and make movies like The Highlander. Long time fan, Bruce Spingsteen, would record a version of a latter-day Saints song called ''Just Like Fire Would''. The Saints split up in 1978, but singer Chris Bailey continued playing/recording under the band name right into the 2010's - much to the chagrin of the original members.

[@GeoffCB]

I grew up there at the time, and the music scene was the only good thing to come out of that regime! Of course The Stranglers also commented on Joh with "Nuclear Device".

[@OnceWasRStrathfield]

@@GeoffCB I only know that to be true because I have spoken to a lot of Brisbanites who grew up in that period. Didn't The Stranglers get themselves into some hot water in Brisbane? I always found it interesting that The Saints are an addition to the punk ''movement'' rather than seen as a band pushing against a machine.. The historians rave on about the economic struggle of England, but never talk about the shit regime in Brisbane...

[@RIVAL30388]

And how times have changed, now it's the liberals doing that to conservatives.

[@mitchrowe6433]

​@@OnceWasRStrathfieldcause that ruins the narrative and opens people up to the wider influence australian music has had. Check out a song called make up your mind by the coloured balls, released in 73 on the ballpower album tho had it been a 45 would have kicked off the punk movement 3 years earlier

[@OnceWasRStrathfield]

@@mitchrowe6433 I believe it! I've heard Coloured Balls, and they had that heavy duty sound years before AC/DC. The narrative does get tiresome though...

[@kgroovr]

I remember an interview with the lead singer when asked by a brit journo, "how long have you been doing punk rock?", "what's punk rock?"

[@patelk3648]

IT ALL STARTED HERE !!

[@leemccurtayne9489]

It was Bob Geldof who said the three greatest influential bands of our time were the Sex Pistols, the Ramones and the Saints.

[@letstalk3265]

Sorry guys, the three bands were The Clash, The Jam and The Saints

[@leemccurtayne9489]

@@letstalk3265 I stand corrected, thanks Obi One!

[@stevendaley4150]

Criss bailey passed away yesterday 😢 sad day for punk

[@seanbarry7378]

World's first punk song. Just beat The Sex Pistols. Ah, what Brisbane gave the world!

[@DazzleMonroe]

Even The Damned beat Sex Pistols by a month

[@alanstrom2221]

@@DazzleMonroe " I got a New Rose, I got a New Rose " The Damned

[@donjohns4878]

played furious punk rock in 1974. Game over.

[@andysmith6218]

Some consider Iggy & the Stooges to be the first punk/proto punk act. I disagree.

[@mrmeerkat6055]

There’s an American band called The Punks and they were playing punk in 1973.

[@DazzleMonroe]

The Saints. Wayyyy ahead of their time. Perhaps too soon. I remember getting excited when I saw a Saints poster on Danny's wall in a very early episode of Aussie soap Neighbours

[@glennrandall7468]

Glad you have found The Saints. Bought the vinyl single when it was released. GREAT Aussie band. No your product is another great song. They couldn't get any venues for gigs so they rented a house for shows and I believe this is where the video was made. Love your reactions 👍

[@theotherdogknees]

Nice one Glenn. Should have said something like this myself, (see above). Now I'm caught up in a meaningless argument about definitions. The Saints were great. RIP Mr Bailey.

[@56music64]

Hey Glenn, glad you are into the Saints, as am I. Just a little bit more definition on what you have said above. They actually rented a house on the corner of Petrie Tce and Milton Road, correct shows were held there and the vid was filmed further up the road in the Old Mansions, which have since been redeveloped and restored. Wonderful memories, not the Joh era though! 😔

[@glennrandall7468]

@@56music64 Being a Newcastle boy I'm not quite up to date on the Brisbane scene but it surely would have been a once in a lifetime experience to be at one of their early gigs

[@56music64]

@@glennrandall7468 Of course not, I would not know my arse from my elbow re Newcastle. Just mentioned in case you ever come up here and want to check the location out. There is a real estate agency there now. Great memories, listening to ZZZ up here. Shows: Cops would make their presence known and come in and walk around shows. Husband saw The Clash at Cloudland before Joh knocked it down!

[@ianmatthews5188]

Another Great Australian Punk Band from the 70's RADIO BIRDMAN 'New Race'

[@martinrobinson936]

And Aloha Steve and Danno!

[@letstalk3265]

Both played fast rock'n'roll better than anyone else on the planet at the time. Both shooting stars. Chris Bailey was once asked what was the best thing about his first time in Sydney ''meeting Radio Birdman''. Likes attract.

[@JulioLeonFandinho]

Best australian band EVER

[@alanstrom2221]

I forget to mention that whilst listening to JJ 1540 AM radio that the 15 yr old me heard ( I'm ) Stranded by THE SAINTS . It was a musical epiphany, because I had never heard anything like THE SAINTS before. Not long after this I heard "BEAT ON THE BRAT " by THE RAMONES, then in 1977 JJ 1540 AM put on a free gig by RADIO BIRDMAN, which was like being transported to another Universe. For the uninitiated, RADIO BIRDMAN are a very unique Rock Band from another Universe. The original 4 members of THE SAINTS were only together for a few short years, though their impact is indelible. Long Live THE SAINTS!!!!

[@markphillips3186]

One of the great songs from the early days of punk.

[@YobboBear]

Glad this was reviewed when it was. Saints lead singer and “co-creator of punk” Chris Bailey, died on April 11.

[@choos6919]

Was there for this!!!! :Thanks for the throwback. The Saints were formed in Brisbane (my home town) during a time of severe political repression under a conservative government. We certainly embraced the punk ethic of anti-establishment!

[@DazzleMonroe]

Sorry guys. bad news. Singer Chris Bailey passed away yesterday. Such a sad loss.

[@alanstrom2221]

RIP - Chris Bailey 29 November 1956 - 9 April 2022

[@jgsheehan8810]

Authentic original punk rock

[@RIVAL30388]

It wasn't called Punk until the Pistols were branded it. So everything else that sounded similar before and after was given that label.

[@stuff3829]

Awesome band awesome album

[@spazco-s3m]

lol, that ciggy flick at the start. The epitome of punk.

[@PhalseProfit13]

Stoked you guys played the Saints thank you

[@grantgraham5201]

Possibly my fave Australian punk song...many of us have been stranded overseas.

[@emilyhahahah]

Stranded. " The best song this week, next week. Every week." The BBC.

[@reallyoldskeptic]

Wait until you see 'Know Your Product' by these boys... Important influential band. TRULY important!

[@56music64]

1976 people and they played it around Brisbane from around 1974. Think about that. Some women still wore gloves and definitely stockings! Another time and this song is so current. Last saw them at Pig City. RIP Chris

[@theotherdogknees]

Seriously people, lets just appreciate them for what they were/are. They were a band that played and recorded music. End of story. Classification, while sometimes helpful, ultimately fails as a description. The Saints were the Saints. They played electric guitar based music with their own slant derived from their oppressive home town, (at the time), influenced by Sister Rosetta Tharpe. I call it 'wibbley kando', because I choose to. I call the Ramones 'webbley kando', because they're a different band. Again, I choose to call them this, just as others choose to call them 'Punk'.

[@MichaelAxe]

'Borrowed' my parents compilation tape it had this; album name was devastator and it was a glimpse into 1970s OZ favourites. Wore that sucker out. ever wanted to hear wollfman jack in a song? its here. Special.

[@theread59]

That was a cracking record. It had a cover with a crap load of wasps flying in formation over a skull. It was an eclectic collection of songs that's for sure.

[@davidnelson6874]

This is a killer track! It just exploded out of nowhere in 77, not that Australia is nowhere. It’s definitely inspired by Iggy & The Stooges.

[@PhotonJon]

I’ve been in the house that film clip was recorded in and there’s a strong sense of history there. ❤

[@Blissbomb2]

This came out in 1976 way before punk and the sex pistols. The amazing thing is they came out of Brisbane which was virtually a police state under Premier Joh Bjeke-Peterson. Fun was not allowed in Queenland at the time.

[@RIVAL30388]

The Pistols were already a band playing back in 73. They just played under a different name and Malcolm brought in Johnny Rotten to fill in because he liked Rottens style, spikey green hair, piercings, garbage bag pants and safety pins that held his clothing together. So then the band renamed themselves Sex Pistols after meeting up at Malcolm's Sex shop. 🤷‍♂️

[@Blissbomb2]

@@RIVAL30388 but what about Joh Bjelke Peterson?

[@wonsworld61]

The first 'commercially released' Punk Rock single ever...

[@RRaquello]

I'm from NYC so I should be a Ramones partisan, but while I like the Ramones, this was always my favorite punk record. The whole album is great. Should also check out "Pure Energy" by the Vibrators, particularly the song "Stiff Little Fingers" or "Keep It Clean".

[@adamfindlay7091]

Love the tude o this aussie garage cats, purrfect for waiting for those extra long layovers theze holidays.

[@garyrowlands2334]

Don't know about being the captain, but Suzi is definitely running the show.

[@deannavanvelsen2057]

They are from Brisbane, Australia where i live

[@patelk3648]

Love love love how they just punched into it 👊👊👊👊👊

[@letstalk3265]

Chris Bailey (lead singer) died Monday 11-4-2022. RIP

[@alanstrom2221]

RIP - Chris Bailey 29 November 1956 - 9 April 2022

[@ianleslie2326]

Looks like they have run out of Murine, again! 😁👍🇦🇺

[@nickmaguire4914]

😉

[@oscillatewildly6553]

The Saints pre-dated the punk explosion in Britain by several years

[@RIVAL30388]

The Pistols were already a band in 73, they played under a different name until Rotten joined in 76 and they renamed the band Sex Pistols after meeting up inside Malcolm's Sex shop. Johnny then wrote all the songs because he didn't want to sing the bands old songs or anyone else's 😂

[@adrianross8383]

Hi you gorgeous pair. The Saints. "KNOW YOUR PRODUCT." YOU'LL LOVE IT. Btw, this was 1976. It predates British Punk. The Saints are the original true punks.

[@RIVAL30388]

Bullshit. Nothing was labelled punk until after the Sex Pistols mate. Anything that sounded similar before or after them was given that label. Before the Pistols it was just called "rock n roll."

[@donjohns4878]

playing furious high energy rock and roll in 1974.

[@alanstrom2221]

The late 60's produced a lot of Garage Rock Bands that in hindsight are very Punk in attitude and raw sound.

[@40ofchips]

Love the saints. Check out My pal by God . Aloha steve and dano by Radio Birdman.

[@andysparks1973]

Lots of future in those guys

[@glennlaycock3387]

the saints changed history of music and from the suburbs of Brisbane Australia.

[@glenchapman3899]

And absolutely no one in Australia realized that at the time. In Sydney we were all jamming to Radio Birdman thinking they were the future lol

[@doctoralfred]

Great band , seeing Ed Keuper next month , I would suggest listening first then commenting?

[@neild3074]

This song/clip was released 6 months before Sex Pistols, Never Mind the Bollocks.

[@GeoffCB]

I watched because unfortunately Chris Bailey (the singer) just passed away last weekend. 😪

[@alanstrom2221]

RIP - Chris Bailey 29 November 1956 - 9 April 2022

[@richardeast5660]

Maaaaaaate this song hit number 1 in the UK before the sex pistols which begs the question who invented Punk 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@RIVAL30388]

Pistols invented Punk because it was the attitude that came with it. No other band before them had that attitude. Every other band after them just copied. Rotten has said many times Malcolm had no influence over them what so ever, he just answered phones and got paid for it. Pistols sounded nothing like The Saints. I'd say The Ramones sound like the Saints.

[@richardeast5660]

@thepineappleking88 no mate the Saints had that attitude way before the Sex Pistols you don't your history to well

[@digger5521]

@@richardeast5660 So a band where the lead singer flicks a lit cigarette , They Graff the wall of the housem the drummer knocks over drums but there not punk ??

[@petebestbeatles9117]

Punk Rock!

[@tubecat101]

When it hit it was declaired the single of the week. This and every other week. but then the Buzcocks and the Pistols blew up and "Punks" had to wear the uniform of spikey hair and torn leather. the Saint's didn't fit the image and just continued being the Saints. and nothing is more punk than that

[@randymaloney7113]

Aussie pride

[@marclaroche5083]

The Damned were first New Rose

[@letstalk3265]

No. This song was released in Oz in September 1976 but they'd been playing it locally for a year or two before that. New Rose was released in 22 October 1976. Both The Saints and The Damned DIY'd their original stuff until the music industry woke up. The UK release of (I'm) Stranded was a month later.

[@donjohns4878]

check out 'the most prehistoric band in the world, Brisbane 1974' and you'll see how the Saints led the way.

[@aynyce411]

This is a protest song about Queensland back in the day. You congratulate in more than groups of three people Good old Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen…………….not !!!

[@kathyheyne6030]

The song’s about Brisbane under Joh Bjelke-Petersen’s government. Not a happy time to be a Queenslander. Not a happy time to be a band in Brisbane.

[@theotherdogknees]

They were excellent, but not really 'the original punks'. That was more an American thing, and the label came from a mid 70's NY fanzine. They were undoubtedly influential though. Anyway, that's not really how it works. Music is like biology. Progression, (evolution), has no direction and is certainly not linear. Bands get influenced to varying degrees by others, but the classification comes after. This was '76/'77 though.

[@grantgraham5201]

Rubbish...name one real American punk band...the Ramones were pop...so don't say that...

[@markphillips3186]

@@grantgraham5201 Depends on how you define punk. If it is a sound, as defined by the British explosion, then most US bands don’t fit ‘punk’ though I’d argue Ramones, and many others, like Dead Kennedys, are punk. But if it is an attitude a reaction to the corporate rock of the mid 70s then bands like Patti Smith Band, Television, Blondie, Talking Heads (all from CBGB scene) we’re as punk as the British bands in their early days

[@grantgraham5201]

@@markphillips3186 I'll give U the dead Kennedys, they were political in their lyrics on occasion... listen to Dave Warner.. Siouxsie...early INXS (funnily enough) exploding white mice...the saints I believe, started the movement... political statements about inequality...the Ramones didn't do that ..great sound tho...Gabba Gabba hey

[@grantgraham5201]

The poms made it great...the whole...Viv Westwood n Malcom McLaren thing was incredible...the sex pistols did some great stuff...the clash...ten pole Tudor..all great.. political statements

[@markphillips3186]

@@grantgraham5201 still listen to Dave Warner From the Suburbs. Still bites to the present day.

[@glynquick4488]

You have to review Sex Pistols if you liked this.

[@rikhellum5652]

Im an old fart from Aussie. Used to see these guys at my local pub. Didnt even know it was called punk, it was just great pub rock in those days. Ps good to see young Yanks enjoying old Aussie music.