American rock band Unwritten Law has released seven studio albums, two live albums, two EPs, two video albums, eleven singles, one demo, and thirteen music videos.
| Unwritten Law discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 7 |
| Live albums | 2 |
| Compilation albums | 3 |
| Video albums | 2 |
| Music videos | 15 |
| EPs | 2 |
| Singles | 11 |
| Demo albums | 1 |
| Other appearances | 5 |
| Official bootlegs | 1 |
Unwritten Law formed in 1990 in Poway, California with an initial lineup of singer Scott Russo, guitarists Steve Morris and Rob Brewer, bassist John Bell, and drummer Wade Youman.[1] They released their six-song demo in 1992 and the EP Blurr in 1993. Their debut album Blue Room was released in 1994 through local label Red Eye Records. The band then signed to Epic Records, who re-released Blue Room and put out 1996's Oz Factor,[1] supported by singles for "Lame", "Denied", and "Superman", the latter of which became the band's first music video. Bell then left the group and the band signed to Interscope Records, bringing in Pivit bassist Micah Albao for the recording of 1998's Unwritten Law. By the time of the album's release Pat "PK" Kim had become their permanent bassist.[1] Unwritten Law was their first album to chart, reaching #16 on Billboard's Heatseekers Albums chart, and spawned five music videos: "Teenage Suicide", "California Sky", "Holiday", "Cailin", and "Lonesome". "Cailin" and "Lonesome" were released as singles, the former being Unwritten Law's first song to chart, reaching #28 on the Alternative Songs chart. In 1999 they released the Visit to Oz EP in Australia, coinciding with their first headlining tour there.
The band's fourth album was 2002's Elva, their first to chart on the Billboard 200, reaching #69. "Up All Night" and "Seein' Red" were both released as singles, the latter becoming the highest-charting song of the band's career by reaching the #1 spot on the Alternative Songs chart. The group then moved to Lava Records and released 2003's Music in High Places, a live acoustic album recorded in Yellowstone National Park for the VH1 series of the same name,[1] which spawned a charting single for "Rest of My Life". Youman was then ejected from the band, so Adrian Young and Tony Palermo played drums on the recording of Here's to the Mourning (2005). Palermo joined the band permanently, and the singles for "Save Me (Wake Up Call)" and "She Says" from the album both reached the Alternative Songs chart, the former being the band's second-highest-charting song at #5. Brewer was fired from Unwritten Law in 2005 and the band continued as a quartet.[1]
In 2006 Interscope released 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection, a compilation of tracks from Unwritten Law and Elva.[1] Unwritten Law followed by releasing their own greatest hits album, The Hit List, on Abydos Records in 2007.[1] Consisting mostly of re-recorded versions of songs from their back catalog, it reached #10 on the Independent Albums chart. No singles were released from this album, but a music video was filmed for the new track "Shoulda Known Better". Palermo then left Unwritten Law for Papa Roach and was replaced by Dylan Howard. The band signed to Suburban Noize Records, releasing the live album and DVD Live and Lawless in 2008 and their sixth studio album, Swan, in 2011.
Albums edit
Studio albums edit
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [2][3] |
US Ind. [3] |
AUS [4][5] | |||
| 1994 | Blue Room[6] | — | — | — | |
| 1996 | Oz Factor[7]
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— | — | — | |
| 1998 | Unwritten Law[8]
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— | 5 | 62 | |
| 2002 | Elva[9]
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69 | — | 17 | |
| 2005 | Here's to the Mourning[10]
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51 | — | 27 | |
| 2011 | Swan
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195 | — | 41 | |
| 2022 | The Hum
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— | — | — | |
| "—" denotes an album that did not chart. | |||||
Live albums edit
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [2][3] |
US Ind. [11] | |||
| 2003 | Music in High Places[12]
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134 | 5 | |
| 2008 | Live and Lawless[13]
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— | — | |
| "—" denotes an album that did not chart. | ||||
Compilation albums edit
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [2][3] |
US Ind. [3][11] | |||
| 2006 | 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection[14]
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— | — | |
| 2007 | The Hit List[15]
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184 | 10 | |
| 2016 | Acoustic[16]
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— | — | |
| "—" denotes an album that did not chart. | ||||
Demo albums edit
| Year | Album details |
|---|---|
| 1992 | Six Song Demo
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Extended plays edit
| Year | EP details |
|---|---|
| 1993 | Blurr
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| 1999 | Visit to Oz
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Singles edit
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Bubbling |
US Alternative [17] |
AUS [4][18] | |||
| 1996 | "Lame" | — | — | — | Oz Factor |
| "Denied" | — | — | — | ||
| "Superman" | — | — | — | ||
| 1998 | "California Sky" | — | — | — | Unwritten Law |
| "Holiday" | — | — | — | ||
| 1999 | "Cailin" | — | 28 | — | |
| 2000 | "Lonesome" | — | — | 36 | |
| 2001 | "Up All Night" | — | 14 | 71 | Elva |
| 2002 | "Seein' Red" | 5 | 1 | 73 | |
| 2003 | "Rest of My Life" | — | 16 | — | Music in High Places |
| 2005 | "Save Me (Wake Up Call)" | 8 | 5 | — | Here's to the Mourning |
| "She Says" | — | 32 | — | ||
| 2007 | "Shoulda Known Better" | — | — | — | The Hit List |
| 2011 | "Starships and Apocalypse" | — | — | — | Swan |
| "Sing" | — | — | — | ||
| 2012 | "Nevermind" | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes songs that did not chart. | |||||
Video albums edit
| Year | Video details |
|---|---|
| 1999 | Live In Australia 99
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| 2003 | Live in Yellowstone |
| 2008 | Live and Lawless[13]
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Music videos edit
| Year | Title | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | "Superman"[19] | |
| 1998 | "Teenage Suicide"[19] | |
| "California Sky"[20] | Taylor Steele, Emmett Malloy | |
| "Holiday"[21] | Darren Doane, Ken Daurio | |
| 1999 | "Cailin"[19] | Doug Pray |
| 2000 | "Lonesome"[22] | Bill Otto |
| 2002 | "Up All Night"[19][23] | Honey |
| "Seein' Red"[19] | Marc Webb | |
| 2003 | "Rest of My Life"[19] | |
| 2005 | "Save Me (Wake Up Call)"[19][24] | Brett Simon |
| "She Says"[19][25] | Jessy Terrero | |
| 2007 | "Shoulda Known Better"[19][26] | Fernando Apodaca |
| 2011 | "Starships and Apocalypse"[27] | Dale Resteghini |
| "Swan Song"[28] | ||
| "Sing"[29] | Daniel Coolahan | |
| 2022 | "Ghosted"[30] | Joseph Russo |
Other appearances edit
The following Unwritten Law songs were released on compilation albums, soundtracks, and other releases. This is not an exhaustive list.
| Year | Release details | Track(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Punk Sucks
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| 1997 | Before You Were Punk[31] |
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| 1999 | Short Music for Short People[32]
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Burning London: The Clash Tribute
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Kevin & Bean's Last Christmas
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| 2000 | Hit & Run Soundtrack
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| 2002 | Don't Make Me Pull This Thing Over[33]
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Santa Clause 2 Soundtrack
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| 2004 | North Shore
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| 2018 | Slabratory - Sick Slabs Of Sonic Sound 2
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Official bootlegs edit
| Year | Album details |
|---|---|
| 1997 | Live in Hollyweird
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References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g Bush, John. "Unwritten Law Biography". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2009-10-07.
- ^ a b c "Unwritten Law: Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 2011-04-06.
- ^ a b c d e "Unwritten Law: Charts & Awards: Billboard Albums". AllMusic. Retrieved 2009-10-07.
- ^ a b "Unwritten Law Discography". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-01-24.
- ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 289.
- ^ Carlson, Dean. "Blue Room". Allmusic. Macrovision. Retrieved 2009-10-07.
- ^ Griffith, JT. "Oz Factor". Allmusic. Macrovision. Retrieved 2009-10-07.
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Unwritten Law". Allmusic. Macrovision. Retrieved 2009-10-07.
- ^ Torreano, Bradley. "Elva". Allmusic. Macrovision. Retrieved 2009-10-07.
- ^ Loftus, Johnny. "Here's to the Mourning". Allmusic. Macrovision. Retrieved 2009-10-07.
- ^ a b "Unwritten Law: Chart History: Independent Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 2011-04-06.
- ^ Bregman, Adam. "Music in High Places". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-10-07.
- ^ a b "Live and Lawless". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-10-07.
- ^ Apar, Corey. "20th Century Masters: Millennium Collection". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-10-07.
- ^ Prato, Greg. "The Hit List". Allmusic. Macrovision. Retrieved 2009-10-07.
- ^ "Unwritten Law - Acoustic".
- ^ "Unwritten Law Chart History: Alternative Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 2011-04-07.
- ^ Peaks of other singles in Australia:
- "Up All Night": "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 10th December 2001" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2002-02-20. Retrieved 2011-01-24.
- "Seein' Red": "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 1st April 2002" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2002-04-23. Retrieved 2011-01-24.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Videos". unwrittenlaw.com. Unwritten Law. Retrieved 2009-10-07.
- ^ "Unwritten Law - 'California Sky'". Universal Music Group. Retrieved 2009-10-08.[dead YouTube link]
- ^ "Unwritten Law - 'Holiday'". Universal Music Group. Retrieved 2009-10-08.[dead YouTube link]
- ^ "Unwritten Law - 'Lonesome'". Universal Music Group. Retrieved 2009-10-08.[dead YouTube link]
- ^ "Unwritten Law - 'Up All Night'". mtv.com. MTV. Retrieved 2009-10-07.
- ^ "Unwritten Law - 'Save Me'". mtv.com. MTV. Retrieved 2009-10-07.
- ^ "Unwritten Law - 'She Says'". mtv.com. MTV. Retrieved 2009-10-07.
- ^ "Unwritten Law - 'Shoulda Known Better'". mtv.com. MTV. Retrieved 2009-10-07.
- ^ Paul, Aubin (2011-04-04). "Videos: Unwritten Law: 'Starships and Apocalypse'". Punknews.org. Retrieved 2011-04-07.
- ^ "Unwritten Law: 'Swan Song'". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-20. Retrieved 2011-12-24.
- ^ Yancey, Bryne (2011-06-24). "Videos: Unwritten Law: 'Sing'". Punknews.org. Retrieved 2011-12-24.
- ^ Unwritten Law - Ghosted (Official Music Video)
- ^ Egenthal, Mike. "Before You Were Punk (1997)". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-10-07.
- ^ DaRonco, Mike. "Short Music for Short People". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-10-07.
- ^ Torreano, Bradley. "MTV Road Rules: Don't Make Me Pull This Thing Over, Vol. 1". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-10-07.
External links edit
- Unwritten Law discography discography at Discogs