"Erotic Neurotic/One way street" was released coinciding with their tour of London, and it sold well enough.

Their first London show was a large one. June 5th and 6th saw them play the Roundhouse supporting the Ramones and Talking Heads - two bands that had made a name in New York years before punk had hit Britain. Despite the fact the Saints predated the Ramones, they were hit with the view they were nothing more than cheap imitators. Their latest single, after all, contained an identical lick to a song on the Ramones first album - it was incidental the Saints version came first. This didn't help the way the band felt about the punk scene. Equipment hassles would also plague the band, with one amplifier blowing on the first night and two blowing on the second.

Backstage. the Heads' Tina Weymouth would garner much attention from the band, and would be quite put off by Bailey (according to Kuepper) or Hay (according to Bailey) paying her far too much attention. Bailey seems to recall something about Hay knocking the top off a beer bottle in a fire exit door.

August saw the release of "This perfect day", an awesome Kuepper/Bailey composition that soared up the charts despite the bands protests at the scene that was making them successful. Unfortunately the success would be cut short: EMI ran out of singles at 75,000 and it fell like a rock from the charts after peaking at number 34. Backed with "L.I.E.S.", the twelve-inch version of the single starred a mistakenly included "Do the robot". A sticker was placed on the cover, warning patrons about the "administrative error".

The band also released a double 7" single, released as an E.P. called "1,2,3,4", which featured re-recorded versions of "Demoliton Girl" and "One way street" and two covers, "River deep, mountain high" and "Lipstick on your collar" from the Sydney stopover in April. Bailey sounds ridiculous singing the same lines as Connie Francis ("I noticed yours was red, mine was baby pink").

"Suffice to say it was not 'happy families' in Saintsville." says Bailey. Bradshaw was fired from the band after being too heavily medicated to play properly on the tour. His replacement was found after reccomendation from roadie Ian Ward, who suggested his brother Alisdair. "Algy" was just what the Saints needed - a strong, tight bass guitarist. Bradshaw would go on to play in the Small Hours.

The band toured England in support of it and then entered the studio to record what was to become Eternally Yours.