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Unwritten Law

Band formed in 1990 in California

Unwritten Law's Genre:

Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Punk-Pop, Punk/New Wave, Post-Grunge

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 band eventually signed to Epic, which re-released Blue Room and in 1996 issued a second album, Oz Factor. The group jumped labels yet again in 1997, to Interscope, and recorded its 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, like "Lonesome" and "Cailin," among the skate crowd. Three years later, the band issued its fourth full-length, Elva, in early 2002. Debut single "Seein' Red" was a hit on TRL and mainstream radio.

Before the year came to a close, Unwritten Law inked a major deal with Lava Records. The largely acoustic Music in High Places followed in early 2003. Recorded on location at Yellowstone National Park, the album was part of MTV's Music from High Places series, a sort of National Geographic Explorer for the Warped Tour set. As the band started recording its fifth studio effort in 2004, Tony Palermo (Pulley, the Jealous Sound) replaced Youman on drums. The Sean Beavan-produced Here's to the Mourning followed in February 2005, which did reasonably well, mostly due to the single "Save Me."

Brewer was kicked out of the band during a subsequent tour with Sum 41, apparently due to "volatile circumstances" between him and the rest of the group, and Unwritten Law decided to continue on as a four-piece instead of replacing him. Unwritten Law's installment for the 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection series was issued in fall 2006 by one of their old labels, Interscope, a suspect move considering the band was due to release its own greatest-hits compilation, The Hit List (which included various re-recordings and a new song), in early January 2007. Swan, the group's sixth studio album, arrived in 2011 via Suburban Noize Records. ~ John Bush

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'00s Alternative

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Punk

Slacker Radio's Punk station covers the third wave of Punk Rock, from its sloppy beginnings (NOFX), to its poppy present (Blink-182). Modern Punk features the SoCal sound, the East Coast's metal/HC tendencies, and even some third and fourth wave Ska.

Alternative Workout

Even Alternative people like to work up a sweat. With this in mind, Alternative Workout serves up a continuous barrage of high energy tunes from the complete Alternative spectrum. We've got grunge, punk, and all decades of Alt-rock covered. Let's do this already.

'00s Rock

'00s Rock plays your favorite fist pumping post-grunge and nu-metal. Slacker's '00s Rock goes deeper on the decade that gave you Disturbed, Shinedown, Seether, Godsmack, and more. If your ears are ringing, you're listening to '00s Rock.

'90s Alternative

90's Alternative on Slacker Radio highlights one of the most profound decades of Alternative Music. You'll hear the powerhouse artists of the Seattle grunge movement including Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains, Soundgarden and the Screaming Trees. You'll also get a heaping helping of non-Northwest classics like Stone Temple Pilots, The Smashing Pumpkins and Sublime as well as recalling the Punk resurgence with classics like Green Day's "Dookie" or the Offspring's "Smash" and the offbeat sounds of The Flaming Lips, Beck and Cake.

Unwritten Law

This station plays the best music from and music from related artists like Pennywise, NOFX, Bad Religion, Rancid, Goldfinger, Less Than Jake, Reel Big Fish, Lagwagon, No Use for a Name, MXPX and more.

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Unwritten Law's Selected Discography (22)

Swan

2011 BreakSilence Recordings201119 Songs

Here's to the Mourning

2005 Lava Records LLC for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.200512 Songs

Here's to the Mourning

2005 Lava Records LLC for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.200512 Songs

Blue Room

2011 BreakSilence Recordings200212 Songs

Elva

Unwritten Law

Oz Factor

(P) 1996 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.199612 Songs

Rolling Stone Originals

2005 Lava Records LLC for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.DIGITAL20054 Songs

Save Me

2004 Lava Records LLC for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United StatesSINGLE20051 Songs

Up All Night

The Hit List

2008 Suburban Noize RecordsCOMPILATION200723 Songs

20th Century Masters: Millennium Collection

(C)(P) 2006 Interscope RecordsCOMPILATION200612 Songs

Music In High Places

2003 Unwritten Recording Partners200311 Songs

Blue Room

Starships and Apocalypse

Shoulda Known Better

20061 Songs

She Says

2004 Lava Records LLC for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United StatesSINGLE20051 Songs

Live and Lawless

2008 Suburban Noize Records200840 Songs

Unwritten Law [Australia 2000 Tour Edition]

200023 Songs

Lonesome

200016 Songs

Unwritten Law [Bonus Tracks]

DIGITAL200813 Songs

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