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The Saints were an Australian rock band formed in Brisbane, Queensland in 1973. Founded by singer-songwriter Chris Bailey, drummer Ivor Hay, and guitarist-songwriter Ed Kuepper, they originally employed fast tempos, raucous vocals and a "buzzsaw" guitar sound that helped initiate punk rock in Australia and identified them with the greater international movement.
Apr 12, 2022 · Ivor Hay and Chris Bailey, Bondi, 1979. Picture by Judi Dransfield Kuepper, Author provided (no reuse) Out of Inala. To escape the suburb was to head north to the railway line. It was the lifeline ...
- John Willsteed
Jul 26, 2017 · Kuepper, who was born in Bremen, West Germany before migrating with his parents to Australia in 1960 aged four, co-founded the Saints with singer Chris Bailey and drummer Ivor Hay in 1973. The group wrote many of their classics in the Kueppers’ garage. Their single (I’m) Stranded and the subsequent album of the same name, recorded in 1976 ...
Jun 14, 2024 · Founding members Ed Kuepper and Ivor Hay will appear in this latest iteration of the group. Guitarist Mick Harvey and bassist Peter Oxley are fellow newcomers, alongside Arm.
- Dan Condon
Apr 11, 2022 · Bailey, who was born in 1957, co-founded the Brisbane band in 1973 with guitarist Ed Kuepper and drummer Ivor Hay after they met at school. The band came to prominence in 1976 with their single (I ...
Apr 14, 2022 · The Saints (Barry Francis, Ivor Hay, Janine Hall, Bruce Callaway, Chris Bailey) at The Hero of Waterloo, Sydney. 1980. Picture by Judi Dransfield Kuepper. Inala in the early 70s was bleak. A Brisbane suburb of wide dusty streets, treeless and bland. A planned community, meant to grow over time.
Jun 27, 2022 · The UK release of ‘ (I’m) Stranded’ (through tiny label Power Exchange) was four months after The Ramones’ first album but well before The Clash, The Damned, and The Sex Pistols. The Saints became the ‘face of the new punk explosion’ and Bob Geldof would say, “Rock music in the ’70s was changed by three bands – The Sex Pistols ...
