In mid-2024, a remastered box set edition of The Saints’ first album was announced, with Kuepper and Hay forming a new spinoff, The Saints 73–78, to tour the 50th anniversary of (I’m) Stranded . The band also featured Mick Harvey of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds on keyboards and…
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Chris Bailey died on April 9, 2022, aged 65.
In 2021, the State Library of Queensland named its copy of “(I’m) Stranded” as one of the treasures from its John Oxley Library collection, citing the 7” vinyl single represented a piece of Australian and Queensland music history, influencing generations of bands around the world.
In 2017, a mural dedicated to the Saints and their song “(I’m) Stranded” was enacted on Roma Street, Brisbane . The mural included lyrics from the song and is situated close to 4 Petrie Terrace, the location previously used by the band as an unlicensed venue.
On 7 November 2013, the Saints appeared as a 4-piece at the Borderline club in London, England. Alongside Bailey were stalwart Saints Barrington Francis and Peter Wilkinson. The band was augmented with Chris Dunne on keyboards.
2012 saw the release of King of the Sun . The album was recorded at the Trackdown studios in Sydney, where Bailey had previously recorded Savage Entertainment . Released in Australia in late 2012, King of the Sun was delayed in European countries until April 2013. The following year, the…
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On 14 July 2007, Bailey, Kuepper and Hay re-united for another one-off gig at the Queensland Music Festival , with current member Wijnberg on bass guitar. In January 2009, as part of the All Tomorrows Parties touring festival, in this instance curated by Mick Harvey formerly of The Birthday Party,…
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By 2005, the group had re-located to Amsterdam , Netherlands – with Bailey were the line-up of Marty Willson-Piper on guitar, Caspar Wijnberg on bass guitar and Pete Wilkinson on drums. They issued Nothing Is Straight in My House in 2005, and after Willson-Piper left they released Imperious Delirium in…
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On 11 September 2001, the original line-up of the Saints came together for a one-off reunion when the writer Clinton Walker , a long-time friend and champion of the band, inducted them into the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Hall of Fame.
Spit the Blues Out was issued in 2000 in France by Last Call Records with production credited to Debris. It displayed “’60s-era blues-rock” and “Brit-pop” influences, with Patrick Mathé of French label New Rose providing harmonica and guitar.