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The Mau-Mau's (sic) were started in 1978 by Rick Wilder (formerly the singer of the Berlin Brats) after returning from a trip to London in 1977.

The original short lived line-up was Greg Silva on guitar, Rod Donahue on bass, and Rick Sherman on drums. They started out playing at The Masque in Hollywood. Greg was replaced by Michael R. Livingston, guitarist in 1979 after Greg moved to New York and Rod was replaced first by Oscar Harvey and then by Scott Franklin (onetime bassist in The Cramps). Rick had been chosen to be MC of the Penelope Spheeris movie The Decline of Western Civilization but was dumped after he insisted he be able to say what he really thought of every act before their clip (it was probably not going to be too complimentary.

The Mau-Mau's are probably the only one of the original bands from The Masque era that do not appear in The Decline. Wilder’s somewhat eccentric attitude toward the record industry and the generally extreme lifestyle of the band members contributed towards a long period of obscurity despite being well known by most in the early Los Angeles punk rock scene. The Mau-Mau's can be seen briefly in the movie Rock 'n' Roll High School, have appeared the movie "Cocaine and Blue Eyes" starring OJ Simpson and were included in the compilation Hell Comes to Your House II.

Since the late nineties Alex Gomez, and Paul Black have played Drums and Danny Kupresan has played bass at re-union shows.

The Mau Mau’s also recorded an original song called Psychotic that featured Robby Krieger from The Doors playing lead guitar.

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 '''The Mau-Mau's''' (''sic'') were started in 1978 by [[Rick Wilder]] (formerly the singer of the [[Berlin Brats]]) after returning from a trip to [[London]] in 1977.
-The original short lived line-up was [[Greg Silva]] on guitar, [[Rod Donahue]] on bass, and [[Rick Sherman]] on drums. They started out playing at [[The Masque]] in [[Hollywood]]. Greg was replaced by [[Michael R. Livingston]] in 1979 after Greg moved to [[New York]] and Rod was replaced first by [[Oscar Harvey]] and then by [[Scott Franklin]] (onetime bassist in [[The Cramps]]). Rick had been chosen to be [[MC]] of the [[Penelope Spheeris]] movie [[The Decline of Western Civilization]] but was dumped after he insisted he be able to say what he really thought of every act before their clip (it was probably not going to be too complimentary.
+The original short lived line-up was [[Greg Silva]] on guitar, [[Rod Donahue]] on bass, and [[Rick Sherman]] on drums. They started out playing at [[The Masque]] in [[Hollywood]]. Greg was replaced by [[Michael R. Livingston, guitarist]] in 1979 after Greg moved to [[New York]] and Rod was replaced first by [[Oscar Harvey]] and then by [[Scott Franklin]] (onetime bassist in [[The Cramps]]). Rick had been chosen to be [[MC]] of the [[Penelope Spheeris]] movie [[The Decline of Western Civilization]] but was dumped after he insisted he be able to say what he really thought of every act before their clip (it was probably not going to be too complimentary.
 The Mau-Mau's are probably the only one of the original bands from [[The Masque]] era that do not appear in The Decline.  Wilder’s somewhat eccentric attitude toward the record industry and the generally extreme lifestyle of the band members contributed towards a long period of obscurity despite being well known by most in the early [[Los Angeles]] [[punk rock]] scene. The Mau-Mau's can be seen briefly in the movie [[Rock 'n' Roll High School]], have appeared the movie "[[Cocaine and Blue Eyes]]" starring [[OJ Simpson]] and were included in the compilation [[Hell Comes to Your House II]].