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antiMUSIC Rock-n-Roll Pop Quiz
Part I - Unwritten
Law #1: What is the Unwritten Law
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.
If you answered “e” than you just scored an
A on Part I of this month’s antiMUSIC rock-n-roll pop quiz and are more
than likely already enjoying the band’s rockin’ new CD “Elva”, you may
proceed to part II. If you didn’t select “e” than you are ordered to obtain
a copy of “Elva” lock yourself in your room, turn the stereo all the way
up, push repeat and listen to the CD for the next 48 hours, then return
to take the quiz again. If this is your second time around and you
still didn’t select “e” than you don’t belong here and should quickly click
over and visit Jive Record’s website where you can find all the insipid
pop-crap that your silly little mind can handle.
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
If you answered “e” than you just scored an
A on Part II of this month’s antiMUSIC rock-n-roll pop quiz and know your
musical genres, you may proceed to part III. - If you didn’t select “e”
than you are ordered to play tracks 1, 3, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16 and
17 from Unwritten Law’s new CD “Elva” and return to take this portion of
the quiz again. If this is your second time around and you
still didn’t select “e” than you most likely think that Limp Bizkit is
metal, Blink-182 is punk and Puddle of Mudd sounds original, our advise:
you should walk to the nearest store and buy a clue.
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
If you answered “e” than you just scored an
A on Part III of this month’s antiMUSIC rock-n-roll pop quiz and Unwritten
Law has made an impression on you, you may proceed to part IV. - If you
selected “a” you don’t know what the hell you are talking about because
Lit and Blink-182 only wish they were as cool as Unwritten Law. - If you
selected “b” you shouldn’t be reading this article, you should be at the
mall trying to pass yourself off as a gansta. - If you answered “c” than
you are deaf, so we ask “what in the hell are you doing at a music site?”
- If you answered “d” we ask that you pull your head out of your ass before
proceeding to the next question.
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.
If you answered “e” than you just scored an
A on Part IV of this month’s antiMUSIC rock-n-roll pop quiz and understand
that music can be widely appealing without being contrived, you may proceed
to part V. - If you selected “a” you weren’t listening to “Elva” check
the CD and make sure it doesn’t say “Alien Ant Farm” on it. - If
you selected “b” you have Unwritten Law confused with a boy band, true
young girls may enjoy the songs on “Elva” but their older sister and brothers
should enjoy it too. If you can’t tell the difference between Unwritten
Law and a boy band you are in bad shape and should spend at least five
hours a day at antiMUSIC for the next month to gain a better knowledge
of music- If you answered “c” than you accidentally put Puddle of Mudd
into your CD player and should be shot for owning that CD in the first
place - If you answered “d” you know nothing about Unwritten Law and must
have been listening to Green Day, in that case you are to listen to "Elva"
ten times nonstop and then repeat one hundred times- "Even if he sold his
soul to the Devil, Billy Joe would never be able to sound this good".
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
All of the answers are correct so you should
have selected “e”.
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.
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Unwritten Law & Interscope Records - Copyright 2002
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