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Named after the 1950’s secret political action from Kenya, and inspired by a U.S. Hardcore act of the same name, Sheffield’s Mau Maus formed after leaving school in late ’79. They were soon to meet Marcus Featherby (founder of Pax Records and local gig promoter) who was to invite them to support The Angelic Upstarts at Sheffield’s Marples club.
April ’82 saw the band’s first visit to a recording studio, where they recorded 8 songs which were recorded and mixed within 5 hours – for £5O! “The Kill” – taken from this session – appeared on the highly successful Wargasm compilation album and gave great exposure to the band leading up to the release of the Society’s Rejects E.P. which spent 10 weeks in the Independent chart, peaking at No. 22. September 1982 saw the Mau Maus back in the studio for a new EP. With Lee Wilson of Infa Riot producing, 4 tracks were recorded at London’s Matrix Studios – costing ten times as much as the first single! From this session come the No Concern EP and then the track ‘Give Us A Future’ (plus ‘Clampdown’ from the EP) which featured on the compilation Punk Dead – Nah Mate, The Smell Is Jus Summink In Yer Underpants Innit album. Released in November 1982, the EP spent 10 weeks in the newly compiled Punk chart in ‘Sounds’, peaking at No. 10, just behind G.B.H. and The Anti Nowhere League – with the compilation album reaching No. 2!
This is the original press of the 7″ on Pax records. VG+/VG++