Boston hardcore punk quintet the Unseen includes Paul Russo (guitar/vocals), Mark Unseen (vocals/drums), Tripp Underwood (vocals/bass), lead guitarist Scott, and drummer Pat Melzard since forming in the mid-'90s. After appearing on numerous punk compilations, the band issued the LPs So This Is Freedom and Lower Class Crucifixion on A-F Records, the label run by Pittsburgh punk iconoclasts Anti-Flag. The band also continued to tour incessantly and release spit-flying 7" singles with classic, cut-and-paste punk rock aesthetics and titles like "Raise Your Finger, Raise Your Fist" and "Piss Off, You Worthless Lying Fuck." In 2003, the band returned with the Explode LP for California's BYO; a tour with Millencolin and booking on the 2003 Vans Warped Tour followed. State of Discontent appeared two years later on Hellcat Records.