Although he released seven albums as a solo artist, Chris Bailey is best
remembered as the frontman, songwriter, and producer of The Saints, a pioneering
Australian punk band whose members were inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in
2002. He was born as Christopher James Mannix Bailey in Nanyuki, Kenya, on July
24, 1957. Bailey's parents were Irish, and the family relocated to Belfast for
several years before moving to Australia when Bailey was 7 years old. A decade
later, he formed a band called Kid Galahad and the Eternals. The group soon
changed its name to The Saints and rele...