for some reason, everyone has started to rep the saints
from their first single, "(I'm) Stranded." They started out at the same time as The Ramones, only in Australia. The Saints only stayed in that specific genre for an album, before they started to branch out into combinations that were pretty ahead of their time. Their next album, Eternally Yours had a single entitled "Know Your Product" that included a bizarre horn section backing that really couldn't leave them classified as "punk." Blah blah blah, different direction for the next album, blah blah blah schisms between band members, blah blah blah blah line-up changes, blah blah blah.
The Saints' members have a long and complicated history that involved dragging the band's name through the mud with several line-up changes and poor musical style shifts, and the whole affair wouldn't be complete without the reconciliation between lead singer Chris Bailey and guitarist Ed Kuepper - on stage naturally. The one funny part about their Wikipedia entry {accurate, I'm sure}, is that Kuepper's reaction to Bailey's decision to keep his reincarnations of the band called The Saints was to call his band The Aints. Clever little Australians. Anyway, here is the video that, for some reason, has decided to become internet-popular:
Bob Geldof once said, "Rock music in the Seventies was changed by three bands - the Sex Pistols, the Ramones and The Saints." This is to be taken with the grain of salt, as this was the guy who thought it would be a great idea to marry Paula Yates, and name their children Fifi Trixibelle Geldof, Peaches Honeyblossom Michelle Charlotte Angel Vanessa Geldof, and Little Pixie Geldof. He also adopted Yates and Michael Hutchence's orphaned child Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily Hutchence. Lead singer Hutchence hung himself with his belt in 1997 on the last leg of the INXS world tour and professional whore Yates overdosed on heroin, so Geldof had to step up and do his Live Aid thing for his daughters' half sister. Pixie did help name Tiger, after all.
Hutchence was a pretty deep guy, and pretty deeply psychotic after a blow to the head from a taxi driver in Denmark. He was a lady's man, dating Kylie Minogue {back when she was young} and Helena Christensen. He was also a man's man, apparently, as famous transexual model April Ashley detailed her affair with Mr. INXS in her memoirs. Ashley's story is actually pretty ridiculous, like, movie-fodder ridiculous. So much so that there was a rumor going around that Catherine Zeta-Jones was in talks to play the transexual fashion model born George Jamieson.
Speaking of weird movie rumors that probably won't come to fruition, even though it'd be perfect if they wound up true: Harry Potter/Daniel Radcliff/Full Frontal has been reported as saying that he would love to play Pete Doherty in a rumored Libertines biopic, but has said, "if we start talking specifics about doing Pete’s life, it makes him sound like he’s dead – and he’s not dead yet.” For some reason, this strikes me as perfect. And to bring this circle of love just a little bit tighter, Pete Doherty blamed his poor performance at 2005's Live 8 concert on Peaches Honeyblossom Michelle Charlotte Angel Vanessa Geldof, claiming the then sixteen year old made a suggestive comment to him right before his set.
And THAT is your free-association pop culture jam inspired by an internet-relevant article.
The Saints' members have a long and complicated history that involved dragging the band's name through the mud with several line-up changes and poor musical style shifts, and the whole affair wouldn't be complete without the reconciliation between lead singer Chris Bailey and guitarist Ed Kuepper - on stage naturally. The one funny part about their Wikipedia entry {accurate, I'm sure}, is that Kuepper's reaction to Bailey's decision to keep his reincarnations of the band called The Saints was to call his band The Aints. Clever little Australians. Anyway, here is the video that, for some reason, has decided to become internet-popular:
Bob Geldof once said, "Rock music in the Seventies was changed by three bands - the Sex Pistols, the Ramones and The Saints." This is to be taken with the grain of salt, as this was the guy who thought it would be a great idea to marry Paula Yates, and name their children Fifi Trixibelle Geldof, Peaches Honeyblossom Michelle Charlotte Angel Vanessa Geldof, and Little Pixie Geldof. He also adopted Yates and Michael Hutchence's orphaned child Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily Hutchence. Lead singer Hutchence hung himself with his belt in 1997 on the last leg of the INXS world tour and professional whore Yates overdosed on heroin, so Geldof had to step up and do his Live Aid thing for his daughters' half sister. Pixie did help name Tiger, after all.
Hutchence was a pretty deep guy, and pretty deeply psychotic after a blow to the head from a taxi driver in Denmark. He was a lady's man, dating Kylie Minogue {back when she was young} and Helena Christensen. He was also a man's man, apparently, as famous transexual model April Ashley detailed her affair with Mr. INXS in her memoirs. Ashley's story is actually pretty ridiculous, like, movie-fodder ridiculous. So much so that there was a rumor going around that Catherine Zeta-Jones was in talks to play the transexual fashion model born George Jamieson.
Speaking of weird movie rumors that probably won't come to fruition, even though it'd be perfect if they wound up true: Harry Potter/Daniel Radcliff/Full Frontal has been reported as saying that he would love to play Pete Doherty in a rumored Libertines biopic, but has said, "if we start talking specifics about doing Pete’s life, it makes him sound like he’s dead – and he’s not dead yet.” For some reason, this strikes me as perfect. And to bring this circle of love just a little bit tighter, Pete Doherty blamed his poor performance at 2005's Live 8 concert on Peaches Honeyblossom Michelle Charlotte Angel Vanessa Geldof, claiming the then sixteen year old made a suggestive comment to him right before his set.
And THAT is your free-association pop culture jam inspired by an internet-relevant article.
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Word. good post.
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