Despite this, they succeeded. “This Perfect Day” reached number 34 on the UK charts, and their first two albums “(I’m) Stranded” (1977) and “Eternally Yours” (1978) are considered punk classics. The second album featured “Know Your Product,” an anti-consumer, anti-punk song that drove fans crazy. Like punk itself, however, the Saints had a short shelf …

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