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times brilliant, at times average The Saints can justifiably mix it with
any of the UK boys in terms of tunes and punk attitude. The mix of incendiary
guitars, garage attitude and sneering vocals and white hot punk riffs
made them instant punk favourites. Sadly, though their music coincided
with punk, their attempts to move on were ill fated and out of tune with
the times and they split up shorty after their third album. Click to hear
audio clip of 'No Time'
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I'm
Stranded / No Time (Fatal Records September 1976)
Released in
September 1976 its Ramones style riffs with snarling vocals by Chris
Bailey virtually built the Saints reputation as a punk band of note.
Voted single of the week By Sounds when re-released it was also coupled
with the awesome No
Time that I'm
sure Status Quo slowed down and nicked for Sweet
Caroline !
This single truly is one of the great moments of punk. |
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I'm
Stranded
( Harvest EMI February 1977)
Recorded in 48
hours this set The Saints as a major force to be reckoned with.
Featuring blistering tracks Like
Nights In Venice, Demolition Girl & One Way Street,
Coincided perfectly with the upsurge of punk in the UK. |
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Erotic
Neurotic / One Way Street
Harvest EMI
May 1977
Average song for
The Saints that still manages to beat most of the competition! One
Way Street is
the pick here.
Sounds Review Opposite
May 77 |
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This
Perfect Day / L.I.E.S ( EMI Harvest May 1977)
In which the boys
from down under hit the charts at Number 34 with a song written by Ed
Kuepper while at his parents house on his dads classical guitar. The
second truly great punk tune from The Saints, they promoted it with a
now typical static performance on the TV show Top Of The Pops. But who
needs movement when you bring a song like this to the party crackling
with energy and angst. Superb! |
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Deep Mountain High /Lipstick On My Collar / One Way Street / Demolition
Girl (Harvest EMI October 1977)
You would have
expected this to chart but it didn't. Maybe too many songs to choose
from. Fairly typical punk run through a couple of covers but the nugget
here is Demolition Girl. The energy they had was awesome! |
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