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 by antiGUY
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antiMUSIC Rock-n-Roll Pop Quiz

Part I - Unwritten Law #1: What is the Unwritten Law

a) Pigeons shouldn't easily fit in holes. 
b) Predictability is boring. 
c) Guitar driven music can contain memorable melodies and plenty of hooks and still not be a sell-out. 
d) A Band from Poway, California that just released a new studio album called "Elva".
e) All of the above.

Part II - Unwritten Law #2: Pigeons shouldn't easily fit in holes. 

Confucius say: "A bird in hand makes a big mess". 

antiGUY say: "A pigeon in a hole makes for one dead bird". 

Listening to "Elva" the reader is asked, what style of music is this?

a) Pop-punk
b) hard rock
c) power-pop
d) modern rock
e) All of the above

Part III - Unwritten Law #3: Predictability is Boring.

How many times have you purchased a CD only to discover that all the songs sound alike? 

After listening to "Elva" the reader can make the following statements?

a) This sounds just like Blink-182 or Lit
b) I love the rap and sampling
c) I didn't find myself tapping my feet and singing along to any of the tracks
d) This really sucks
e) None of the above

Part IV - Unwritten Law #4: Guitar driven music can contain memorable melodies and plenty of hooks and still not be a sell-out.

Once finished listening to "Elva" the reader can assume that Unwritten Law was attempting to accomplish the following when writing the songs for this album?

a) Land the number one spot on TRL
b) Get 13-year-old girls to buy the CD and call anyone who doesn't like it "jealous". 
c) Tap into the ready-made fan base of Pearl Jam and Alice in Chain fans by shamelessly copying their music.
d) Confuse prepubescent boys by making power-pop and calling it punk.
e) Continue to do what they have done from day one, make the best music they can and taking the next step in their musical evolution.

Part V - Unwritten Law #5: A Band from Poway, California that just released a new studio album called "Elva".

If you have come this far in this month's antiMUSIC Rock-n-Roll Pop Quiz you should have learned the following. 

a) Unwritten Law has a cool new CD out called "Elva" 
b) You shouldn't be sitting there taking this quiz; you should be at the closest record store buying a copy of "Elva" to hear it for yourself.
c) All the songs on "Elva" have something cool and unique to offer but are still good melodic guitar driven tunes with plenty of hooks. 
d) antiGUY doesn't think that highly of Puddle of Mudd but thinks Unwritten Law is pretty damn cool. 
e) All of the Above

If you answered all of the questions in the antiMUSIC rock-n-roll pop quiz correctly congratulations! What do you win? We here at antiMUSIC University feel that Unwritten Law's latest CD "Elva" is enough reward in itself, so you should reward yourself by picking up this CD as soon as you can. If you missed any of the questions, you should also pick up a copy of "Elva" so that you will do better on the next rock-n-roll pop quiz. 

So that is the end of today's lesson, I hope you learned something and enjoy "Elva" as much as I did. Read on for a track by track review of the CD and links to find out more about the band and purchase "Elva" online.

antiGUY
Professor of antiMusicology 
antiMUSIC University.