Endangered Species released

The band recorded their next album at the rural Jacobs Studio in Farnham , Surrey , in southern England. Endangered Species was released 19 March 1982 on the band’s new label, NEMS, which also folded shortly after the release of the album. Harper and Garratt both consider this album to be the U.K. Subs’ best album. Following the recording of the album, Steve Roberts was fired at the end of 1981 and the Subs used both Mal Aisling and John Towe as replacements. The band toured the U.S. in support of the album, hoping to get signed to a U.S. label. It was their second tour of the U.S.; the first occurring in 1979. In July 1982, they became the first Western band to perform in Poland since the imposition of martial law, and the suppression of the trade union Solidarity . Their concert was held in Gdańsk , and they were supported by Brygada Kryzys .