The Saints - (I'm) Stranded (1977)

Music from Australia and New Zealand in the year 1977:

The Saints' promo-video for the hit single '(I'm) Stranded' (first released in September, 1976; reissued in early 1977), taken from the 1977 album '(I'm) Stranded'.

Band Origin: Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Track: (I'm) Stranded
Album: (I'm) Stranded
Composed by: Ed Kuepper
Produced By:
Label: Fatal -- EMI
Chart Position: # 98 (Australia)
Release Date: September, 1976
Links:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Saints_(band)
- http://www.saintsmusic.com/
- http://saints.binke.com.au/

Line-up:

Chris Bailey - Vocals
[ Kid Galahad and the Eternals (1973-1975) -- The Saints (1975-present) -- solo (early nineties) ]

Ed Kuepper - Guitar
[ Kid Galahad & The Eternals -- The Saints (1977-1978) -- The Laughing Clowns (1979-1985) -- solo artist (1985-present) -- The Aints (1991) ]

Ivor Hay - Drums

Kym Bradshaw - Bass
[ The Saints (1975-1978) -- The Lurkers (UK act: 1978) ]

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NZOZ NZOZ1977 1977 Australia Late Seventies 1970's 1970s 70's 70s

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Musical Terms: Punk, Rock, Aussie, Old Australian Band

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[misterd699]

This is incendiary- It's so good-the first one in Australia that really started 'something' new - when this came out in Australia- it was mostly mid 70's pub rock- denim and satin flares and Americanised Country rock or ponderous jazz fusion bullshit- - AC DC were making some awesome music but the Saints took it that step ahead-went from really fast sped up rock n roll and morphed into Punk in Australia- this is the one lit the spark I reckon

[nzoz1977]

@misterd699 hate to say it, but all too true.. Skyhooks were uniquely Australian but took a page from the British glam thing... The Saints were just The Saints... Brisbane guys that did their things with a measure of US/UK punk awareness, but with no intention of copying nor imitating.

[ManFromMelbourne]

The first ever punk single. Released august 1976, beating the Damned`s New Rose by a month. A fact that the British music press like to ignore.

[nzoz1977]

@ManFromMelbourne this song does get listed among the great punk songs in those UK mags (ie; MOJO)...

[salvadory]

@ManFromMelbourne ofcourse the doors monks mc5 stooges and the ramones beat all of them

[nzoz1977]

@salvadory at the end of the day, they're all just boys making noise... the UK press and the 'punk' tag has really distorted what is a simple pass-time.

[DavidJHilt]

This song goes out to all the QANTAS passengers out there.

[reeceracing123]

@misterd699 ACDC is not an Australian Band they call themselves an international band that originated in Australia. Which sucks 'cause when they went big they never looked back to here... :(

[yogiman78]

@PLScanlan punk comes in many shapes. or how do you explain the fact that the screamers, clash, buzzcocks, ramones, wire, suicide, métal urbain, heartbreakers - all of which had a distinct sound of their own - are referred to as punk? and yes, i'm aware that wire pretty quickly were labelled as post-punk. fast r'n'r is an aspect of punk; the dead boys, kids, teengenerate, new bomb turks, devil dogs all are/were punk bands. admittedly, i envy you for seeing the saints in their heyday!

[BCThunderthud]

@ManFromMelbourne The Dictators and The Ramones were definitely earlier but it seems like the Australian bands and the New York/Ohio bands evolved separately while the English bands didn't happen until after they'd heard The Ramones.

[AndreTheRainbow]

Beautiful voice; I love this song.

[KSX387]

Aussies are awesome !

[nancivenuk09]

@ManFromMelbourne even cooler every one thinks its the pistols then i tell the them its the dammed goes to show ya u learn somthing new every day

[figbat1]

how come i love this song....and hate the rest of their s h i t!

[PLScanlan]

this is NOT punk (in the vane of the shit UK manufactured Pistols crap). Grew up in Brissie and saw the boys play/practice this greatest of songs many times, well before punk. Not PUNK, fast rock n roll.