Unwritten Law
Biography
More of a power pop band than anything else, though they're nestled in Southern California's skate/snowboard punk scene, Unwritten Law formed early in the 1990s, with drummer Wade Youman the only holdover from the band's early days. The group eventually coalesced around vocalist Scott Russo, guitarists Rob Brewer and Steve Morris, bassist John Bell, and Youman.
After releasing their debut, Blue Room, on an independent label, Unwritten Law toured America several times but grew disgusted by the lack of distribution of their records. The quartet eventually signed to Epic, which re-released Blue Room and in 1996 issued their second album, Oz Factor. The group jumped labels yet again in 1997, to Interscope, and recorded their third album, the self-titled "black" album, in 1998. Just before its release in June of that year, Bell left and was replaced by Sprung Monkey's Pat Kim. The album spawned a few semi-hits among the skate crowd like "Lonesome" and "Cailin." Three years later, the band issued their fourth full-length, Elva, in early 2002. Debut single "Seein' Red" was a hit among TRL and mainstream radio.
Before the year came to a close, Unwritten Law inked a major deal with Lava Records.
Selected Discography
The Hit List
2007
20th Century Masters: The Best Of Unwritten Law
2006
Here's To The Morning
2005
From Music In High Places
2003
Elva (Explicit)
2002
Unwritten Law
1998
dude save me is like my fav song it rocks!!!!!!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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What happened to this awesome band? All progress is change, but not all change is progress. I hope they try and rediscover the sounds from the Black Album.
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i love there song 'shulda known beter' its sortta distubing but it (as wel as almost all there other songs) dells with serice real life issues. all iv gotta say yo ya'all is KEEP ON ROCKIN BABY!!!!!!!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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