The Saints - Live At Paddington Town Hall II (1977)

[IGotARight]

Absolutely Fucking OUTSTANDING. Thank you so much for this upload.

[jormas29]

démentiel !!!!

chris bailey et eddie kuepper .... ARE THE BEST

[PapaThijs]

The Saints are the best punk rock band ever

[Rikitocker]

Classis Aussie rock ... they did it before the Pistols and wore no uniforms ..

[kfb998p]

Pure gold. Thank you nzoz1977.

[deeder2000]

Is this Paddington in London? I heard the band were in London around 76 or 77?

Sound so contemporary! Legendary!

[nzoz1977]

@deeder2000 Paddington in Sydney... Radio Birdman played the same gig (see 'New Race').

[paddlepop77]

From 1:40 on, fucking incredible...

[hairymary1962]

that bloke who invented electricity must have known the saints were coming....

[ZLUGGO]

Excellent! Very fast drummer.

[MrAcido55]

Quite astonishing performance - been a browser on youtube for a few years but this has inspired me to sign up and comment .Loved them at the time and still amazed to think that these guys were doing this so far from the so called epicentre of punk.Blows away anything around nowadays.

[Juggaloalo]

awwwww i so want in.... to bad i has born way to late.... crowds a bit tame ay

[PunksRockJocksSuck]

god these dudes are awesome.

[CutisMinefield]

this is amazing. thanks for posting.

[lvmscinco]

Watched part 1 and 2! Total rockin' performance...what a great band!

[juicedupnsloppy]

The perfect band. Way more punk than the sex pistols.

[davideastwood]

Trivia: I was at this gig, april '77. the only time The Saints & Radio Birdman ever appeared on the same bill. It was a big night...

[librarianeric]

Lucky bastard!!!!

[Wehategod]

@davideastwood That Gig looked amazing by the way by this footage you must have had a blast/

[erumaudie]

@davideastwood lucky bastard

[erumaudie]

@davideastwood lucky bastard

[62salv]

I do like the Clash but even at the time i rated bands like the Stranglers, the Damned, the Adverts along with about another dozen or so bands( including the Saints) more highly. Interesting mentioning the Clash having reggae influence as i always felt they suffered in the same way as the Wailers did in that they got so big they were always under scrutiny by the music media to the point that this pressure blanded-out their songwriting.

[62salv]

The Saints- real punk rock.....and they achieved what most of their competitors failed to do.....make a brilliant 2nd album!

The Clash could have learned a lot from them!

[oldphoque]

I`m sure the Clash did. Not too dif from the Saints, The Clash`s Sandinista was both experimental and influence driven. They both went commercial. IMO, Combat Rock was a POS! Sandanista was the Clash revealing themselves. The Clash had a heavy Ska & Reggae influence which divides the two. The Saints were closer to the NY dolls or Ramones as a band in likeness minus the blues.

[ozseppo]

Mark E Smith must channel this ....

[glamracket2]

The measure of true music, still sounds fresh today!

[RonnyOud]

Fucking awesome!

[wiKidgeeza]

thank fuck for the saints, the sound is somethin else!!

[RamonesKaraoke]

By God this is awesome footage - brilliant.

[rock271993]

wtf and nowadays they call it also punk :O this is a hell good band ed kuepper knows how to strum a guitar ^^

[asmarch]

really amazing...

[mikal9000]

Great clip! LOVED the first two Saints albums way back when they came out (was just a teen L.A. punk rocker then), and it's cool to see live footage of a band that never played the US in their prime. Thanks for posting this.

[krazynite]

WOW!! This is unbelievable!! I want to be there!!Nearly feel of my chair!!

[mindeagle]

fucken amazing!

[fredVIII]

I ve got some new jeans. I shit in the others.

[grenkontakt]

This is so good! Chris & Ed are gods! How did he get that sound on the guitar? Amazing!

[nzoz1977]

I've always wondered that... check out how he strums the thing. It's like he isn't even touching the strings.

[coughcool72]

@nzoz1977 PLEASE DON'T EVER LOSE THIS FOOTAGE SAINTS ARE COOL ON RECORD BUT THIS LIVE STUFF IS TOTALLY SAC SHREDDING THE SOUND AND QUALITY ARE AWESOME I'D GIVE MY LEFT NUT TO HAVE BEEN AT THIS GIG

[mikeinoakland]

@nzoz1977

supposedly it's a PA head or even an entire PA system, not a guitar amp. we had a cabinet like that (a PA cabinet) in our practice garage winter-spring 1979 and it was insane (the distortion from the top "horn" speaker) until it either blew up, blew out, or disappeared into one of the guys' LA Recycler For Sale listings.or

[mikeinoakland]

@nzoz1977

@nzoz1977

supposedly it's a PA head or even an entire PA system, not a guitar amp. we had a cabinet like that (a PA cabinet) in our practice garage winter-spring 1979 and it was insane (the distortion from the top "horn" speaker) until it either blew up, blew out, or disappeared into one of the guys' LA Recycler For Sale listings.

[oldphoque]

@nzoz1977 All the settings are on the amp head. Notice no stomps.

[RockClassicsRamones]

back then he played through an EDA public address system that he turned up loud enough to distort, thats why he it looks like he isn't even touching the strings cos it he full on hit them it would blow the band's eardrums.

[paul4003]

pure class - better than EVERYONE else

[high01]

Dude do you know the tabs to nights in vencis ive been trying for ages and i cant get it?? or does anyone know what the chords are haha?

[KevKavanagh]

this sat night in brisbane...30 years coming....yeah!

[scorpioscorpio]

Hey NZOZ, were you the one that put Ghostships up?

[nzoz1977]

I was originally RStrathfield and I did put up 'Ghost Ships'. I'll put it back up when I get to making a NZOZ1984 account.

[scorpioscorpio]

mate, i know who you are! keep putting out the good stuff. someone's put up the saints doing 'ghostships' on hey hey!

[nzoz1977]

Ghost Ships On Hey Hey.. this I gotta see!

[mrsavage62]

I was in the ghost ships video..Just look for the goofie guy wearing a white t-shirt!!!