SNFU formed in November 1981, but recorded only demo and compilation material in their first three years together. They first became associated with
BYO Records in July 1983 when they shared a short Canadian tour with
Youth Brigade, the American punk band the members of which ran the label. BYO offered SNFU a spot on their forthcoming compilation album
Something to Believe In, due for release in early 1984. SNFU recorded the song "Victims of the Womanizer" at Mid Ocean Studios in
Winnipeg in November 1983 for the compilation. When the track received much positive attention, BYO signed SNFU to a record deal. In December 1984, SNFU traveled from their home of
Edmonton to Track Record Studios in the Hollywood neighborhood of
Los Angeles, California to record what would become their debut album. The trip proved difficult. Travel from Canada to Los Angeles was fraught with complications, as both bassist Jimmy Schmitz and guitarist
Marc Belke were denied entry at various points. The group eventually succeeded in crossing the border, however, and sessions began. The American
thrash metal band
Slayer was working on their
Hell Awaits album at Track Record while SNFU was recording, and the two bands shared the studio. Dave Ferguson engineered the sessions, and Shawn Stern of BYO and Youth Brigade acted as the unofficial producer. The production credit was later given to SNFU and BYO. The group also took several extended breaks from recording to perform concerts in
Arizona and California, their first US shows. While the songs that appear on the record were written between 1982 and 1984, much of the material was new at the time of recording. The new songs were faster and more aggressive than their previous material, and the songs represented a change in their musical direction. The title
...And No One Else Wanted to Play was taken from the chorus of the album's lead track, "Broken Toy". ==Release==