...And No One Else Wanted to Play

...And No One Else Wanted to Play is the first full-length album from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada's punk band SNFU. It was released on BYO Records in 1985. The album was engineered by David Ferguson, produced by BYO and SNFU and recorded at Track Record, Hollywood, California, USA.　

In February 2000, it ranked 56th on Chart Magazine's Top 100 Greatest Canadian Albums of All Time.^[1]

Album cover

The initial release of the 12" LP featured a copyrighted image by Diane Arbus entitled Child with Toy Hand Grenade in Central Park, NYC. (1962).^[2] As the band was not granted permission to use the image, they were forced to issue subsequent pressings with replacement cover art.

For the following pressing, the band had an artist draw the boy with the hand grenade in place of the photo. This effort was much too close to the original to be safe from potential lawsuits, so two further versions were created. Hastily assembled in time for the band's supporting tour,^[3] the first replacement cover featured a family sporting rifles. The final and widest-issued version (shown above) featured a Christmas massacre scene, which includes a thickly-veiled allusion to the original Child with Toy Hand Grenade in Central Park.

Track listing

• A cassette release also included a cover of the Warren Zevon song "Poor Poor Pitiful Me", which was also included on some later vinyl pressings.

Band members

• Vocals – Mr. Chi Pig (Ken Chinn)
• Guitar – Muc (Marc Belke)
• Guitar – Brent (Brent Belke)
• Bass – Jimmy Schmitz
• Drums – Evan C. Tadpole Jones

References