Antiba spent the nineties as an infrequently rehearsing line-up of Matt Jones, Steve McNally, Edward Davis, Kenneth Baldwin and Jack Wataranan, before Steven Morgan joined in 2000 as vocalist / guitarist.
In 2001, all members other than Matt Jones and Steven Morgan left whilst Luke Fussell and Chris Haggarty joined the band on vocals/guitars and drums respectively.
The new line up for the Bath based band spent their first months together moulding individual styles and influences into a cohesive sound, a process that culminated in the recording of a four-song demo in November of 2002. A few months later, the band received free studio time after winning a Battle Of The Bands competition in March 2003, allowing them to record a further two songs. Despite the low quality of the recording, the songs showed the band evolving past their initial meat-and-two-veg rock sound. It wasn’t until years later, and as a farewell project that the band recorded some of the songs they spent the subsequent years working on. In 2006, The Unwritten Rule was released and surprised many. The richness of the recording and comfort in sound from the band made their demise all the more regrettable. Luke later went on to join ANTISTAR, then started a solo project titled Hail! Perestroika before going on to form Neon Highwire with fellow ex-Antiba member Steven Morgan in 2008.