For the next generation of punk followers, singer songwriter Ed Kueper and co. restore the music of the first three albums of The Saints - (I’m) Stranded, Eternally Yours and Prehistoric Sounds. THE AINTS! Play The Saints '73 - '78' - released on Friday - will be just the second ever release for the Fatal label, the first being The Saints 7” (I’m) Stranded back in June 1976 helping kick start that whole punk thing.
In Sydney The Aints! play the Factory Theatre (two sets) play Friday 28 June as weLL as touring Queensland and Victoria, and performing in Kingscliff NSW. Base player Pete Oxley spent his formative years in Kingscliff surfing and playing in bands Jerry & The Jets, Golden Syrup, Wooden Horse and Four Play, and this will be the first time he has been back since his band The Sunnyboys played their farewell tour there in 1984. The Aints! also feature Paul Larsen Loughhead of The Celibate Rifles / The New Christs infamy as well as Sunnyboys touring keyboard player Alister Spence and trumpet master Eamon Diliworth leading a three-piece brass section.
Play The Saints was recorded across shows in Sydney and Brisbane during their namesake 2017-2018 tours, rekindling the energy of the original band lead by Kuepper.
THE AINTS! Play The Saints '73 - '78' is only available at shows.
THE AINTS! other release brand new 5-track mini-LP/CD5-6-7-8-9 (ABC Music) will be available at all good record stores, at shows and on line via theaints.com