Released first cassette demo Six Song Demo

Unwritten Law was formed in Poway, California by Wade Youman back in the mid 1980s when he was twelve years old. The band’s first lineup was Youman on drums, Chris Mussey on vocals, Matt Rathje on guitar, and Craig Winters on bass, Youman described the early incarnations of the group as “kind of Punk, Clashy , and Bauhausy “, A number of players came and went throughout the early years, by 1992 the lineup coalesced to include Youman, Rob Brewer on rhythm guitar , Jeff Brehm on bass , and vocalist Scott Russo, who joined the band after doing an impromptu performance of Fugazi ‘s Waiting Room at a house party. They released their first cassette demo on September 9, 1992, known as Six Song Demo. The lineup changed when Brehm left and was replaced by John Bell, with this lineup the band recorded and released the 7” vinyl single Blurr in 1993, which was released by local label Red Eye Records , Steve Morris was then recruited on lead guitar , Unwritten Law quickly established themselves in the prolific San Diego music scene of the early 1990s that also included groups such as Blink-182 , Agent 51 , Buck-O-Nine , Sprung Monkey , One by One, Drive Like Jehu , and Rocket from the Crypt .