Following a debut 7",
Social Unrest
's
Rat in a Maze
mini-album EP arrived in 1982, with seven songs of complex and angry west coast punk. Production work was handled by
Dead Kennedys
guitarist
East Bay Ray
, and the group's punk sound relied on quick, blasting drums,
Darby Crash
-like vocals from singer
Creetin K-os
, and occasional divergences from the punk blueprint, as on the
Pop Group
/
P.I.L
.-esque post-punk track "I Love You." ~ Fred Thomas