The Saints

Ed Kuepper (guitar), Chris Bailey (vocals & bass) and Ivor Haye (keyboards) formed a high school band called Kid Galahad and The Eternals in 1973, with Kuepper already writing songs that The Saints would later perform.

In 1975, Haye switched to bass and Jeff Wegener joined on drums. This line-up played one gig for the Communist Party at the Brisbane Trades Hall before Wegener left and Haye switched instruments again (this time to drums). Doug Balmanno took over on bass, followed in quick succession by Kim Bradshaw. The Saints were born. The band recorded a howling milestone single called (I'm) Stranded, releasing it on their own independent label (it was later re-issued by EMI), and copies found their way to England where the single received rave reviews.

Signed by EMI in Australia, the band headed off to the UK where they played shows with The Ramones, Talking Heads and other new English bands. In England, Bradshaw was replaced by Alistair Ward but with the band suffering lack of support from their record company, they called it a day late in 1978 (with Haye joining The Hitmen, Ward joining The Damned and Kuepper forming The Laughing Clowns). 

The band recorded one album in Australia (also called I'm Stranded) and two in England - Eternally Yours and Prehistoric Sounds . Bailey reunited with Haye in November 1979 under The Saints banner and toured Australia during 1980.  The re-formed Saints issued an EP called Paralytic Tonight, Dublin Tomorrow containing four songs by Bailey.