“(I'm) Stranded” by The Saints

While the Ramones and the Sex Pistols were reinventing the musical landscape within the New York and London clubs, four suburban boys from the then colorless town of Brisbane, Australia had the same idea. Without pubs or ballrooms in the area to support original music, they rented community halls and eventually turned their own house into a nightclub (club 76) to perform.

“(I'm) Stranded” was recorded in one session in September of 1976 and although it was released seven months after the Ramones first album, it is considered the very first independently produced punk rock record.  The band took a loan from a local bank to press five hundred copies, four hundred of which went to the press and UK and US radio stations. The song drew immediate interest, and with the help of influential BBC broadcaster John Peel, EMI records called their Australian office to sign the band.  
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This song is a punk rock classic. It’s raw and honest, and struck a chord with people who felt stranded in the lifeless suburbs. It also helped influence a generation of radical music. ​