Chris Bailey, the lead singer of legendary Australian band the Saints, has died. The band announced his death on Facebook on Monday. “It is with great pain in our hearts that we have to inform you about the passing of Chris Bailey, singer and songwriter of The Saints, on April the 9th 2022,” the statement said. “Chris lived a life of poetry and music and stranded on a Saturday night.” Bailey was born in Nanyuki, Kenya, to Irish parents in 1957 and lived the first seven years of his life in Belfast before his family emigrated to Australia. They lived in Inala in Brisbane and he met bandmates Ed Kuepper and Ivor Hay at Corinda state high school. They originally named their band Kid Galahad and the Eternals, changing the name to the Saints in 1974. The group had their first hit with (I’m) Stranded in 1976 and released their first LP with the same name in 1977. They went on to release 13 more records. Bailey was the only member to be with the band its entire run. The Saints were the core of the Australian punk scene in the 1970s and (I’m) Stranded is regarded as one of the most influential punk songs of all time. In a promotional video for the single’s UK re-release, the INXS frontman, Michael Hutchence, credited the Brisbane band for creating the sound that led to the rapid rise of the Sex Pistols. Bailey was remembered on Monday as “a co-creator of punk music”.