Editing The Saints (Australian band) (section)

===1978–1979: ''Eternally Yours'' and ''Prehistoric Sounds''===
The Saints released their second album, ''[[Eternally Yours (album)|Eternally Yours]]'', in May 1978 on EMI/Harvest with Bailey and Kuepper producing.<ref name="McF"/><ref name="ARDb"/> The album showed the band moving towards a more [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]] style of rock, including a brass section on songs like "[[Know Your Product]]" which had been released as a single in February. Another track, "Private Affair", focussed on what the band members saw as the pigeon-holing, hype and commercialisation of punk. The album reached the Top&nbsp;100 on the Australian [[Kent Music Report]] Albums Chart.<ref name="Kent"/>

The jazz-blues influenced third album, ''[[Prehistoric Sounds]]'', followed in October 1978 (January 1979 in Australia).<ref name="Cruel"/> Its commercial failure led EMI to drop the band. During 1978, relations between Kuepper and Bailey had deteriorated, with Bailey preferring rock and pop songs and Kuepper pursuing less commercial and more intellectual material.<ref name="McF"/> Finally Hay, Kuepper and Ward left the group in early 1979. Kuepper returned to Australia and followed a more avant-garde direction with [[Laughing Clowns]], which would frequently feature brass, and later, the punkish [[the Aints]]. He is one of Australia's most influential and highly regarded musicians with over twenty solo albums to his credit.<ref name="Howl"/> Hay briefly returned to Australia to join Sydney-based [[the Hitmen]] and then rejoined Bailey in London for a later version of the Saints.<ref name="Howl"/> Ward became a member of English [[gothic rock|gothic]] punk band, [[The Damned (band)|the Damned]].<ref name="McF"/> Bailey continued the group with Mark Birmingham on drums, Bruce Callaway on guitar, Barry Francis on guitar and [[Janine Hall]] on bass guitar.<ref name="McF"/><ref name="ARDb"/>