Mau Maus LP & CD eBay Bundle
Ratchet Blade Records has put up a killer deal on a Mau Maus Lp and Cd ebay bundle, to get both the Mau Maus lp and cd (w/ a 20 page full color booklet on the Mau Maus notorious history) and 3 free fliers from the collection of lead singer Rick Wilder for one low price. Take advantage now and get this vital piece of Los Angeles punk rock history. Click HERE to check it out.
Here is an excerpt from the CD booklet biography:
“The Mau Maus have a reputation as one of the baddest of Hollywood’s bad-boy bands- and it’s no hype. Leader Rick Wilder, a local underground legend sings (and looks) like a Mick Jagger-Johnny Rotten clone created by some mad punk scientist. And like the New York Dolls (another Mau Maus influence), the band has a reputation for showing up in dubious playing condition, arriving late on stage and sometimes falling apart during it’s sets.
So it came as no surprise that the quartet, headlining a four-band bill at the Cathay De Grande Tuesday, had to wait on stage about 15 minutes before Wilder appeared. But once the band unleashed its classic raunch ‘n’ roll, the only question about the Mau Maus was why it isn’t a bigger success.” Craig Lee, Los Angeles Times 1/20/1983
Why indeed. The Mau Maus were the most notorious of the original 1970’s Hollywood punk rock bands, and there was no shortage of praise for their hellacious sound & fury. But they were also the band that had a street hustler’s stubborn suspicion of every opportunity, not looking but kicking the gift horse in the mouth, thus resisting management, agents and even record labels. And they rode that fuck-‘em-all locomotive right off the tracks and into the woods.
Volatile as a den of thieves, with members being fired and rehired at the blink of a bloodshot eye, you never knew if they would show up, but goddamn it, you knew when they showed up.
Rick Wilder on Mike Watt Radio Show
Rick Wilder appeared on the Watt From Pedro Radio Show, the podcast of Mike Watt from the Minutemen, as well as the Iggy and the Stooges. Click HERE to listen to the interview.
PROGRAM NOTES:
Mike Watt (solo artist, Minutemen, fIREHOSE, Iggy Pop and The Stooges) playing some tunes and doing some spiel. Assisted by brother matt and coming to you from the wild kingdom at the pleasure point, in San Pedro California! TWFPS www.twfps.com
hour one: “abide with me” john coltrane w/thelonious monk “re-pulsion” kyoka (w/mike watt on bass) “all fall down” (live on target video) Rick Wilder mau maus “the street is my home” berlin brats “ticking beat” sandra vu “who tattled told?” sock-tight “houdini” cuz “good complexion” tobacco “sacando pecho y brazo” victor jara “inside looking out” omega is the alpha “tropically hot” berlin brats hour two: “(I’m) psychotic” berlin brats “talkin’ about my neighbors” san pedro slim “mujer metralleta” familea miranda “utsu” hobocombo “sun” in zaire “as they swim” tom gallo “objectivication” (live) peer group “peel the sticker off the apple” jee jee band “war baby” mau maus “clear the runway” wharton tiers ensemble “hang on” the gears “cannibalism is the future” toepunt “buddha’s hair” devin flynn hour three: “roadhouse blues” (live) mau maus w/robbie krieger “impaired nominee” scarcity of tanks “father’s day” (live) bob schriner “people” rewild “the manual” 208 talks of angels “blooms & blossoms” freescha “mechanical mammoth” mystical weapons
Mau Maus Interview and Edward Colver Photos
Here’s a historic Mau Maus radio interview with the 1982 line up (Rick Wilder, Scott “Chopper” Franklin, Mike Livingston and Paul Mars Black) along with some unreleased Mau Maus photos from the great Edward Colver. The interview was conducted by Austin DJ Stig Stench for Stench Radio:
Dive Bar at the Brixton Show Cancelled
Due to construction problems at the venue, the July 20th show at the Dive Bar in Redondo Beach has been cancelled and will be rescheduled for September. Check back for more updates, as additional shows will be added for the July West Coast tour.
The Mau Maus Live on Stench radio
The Mau Maus will be interviewed by Stig Stench of Stench Radio tonight, the show is out of Austin Texas but you can listen by clicking the link below:
