Uniform Choice was started by guitarist Myke Bates, bassist Hanson Meyer and drummer Eric Hanna during the spring of 1982 in Newport Beach, California.

[citation needed] After about two months, Marriott left the group to pursue other endeavors and the remaining members pressed forward as a power trio.

Not too long after the closure of the Cuckoo's Nest, the club reopened as "The Concert Factory" and it was there that Uniform Choice played most of their early shows in late 1982.

And later in the tradition of X-Ray Spex, 14-year-old Jennifer Harper fronted the band for a short time along with second guitar player Eric VonArab (Love Canal).

[citation needed] The band made its first studio demo in September 1982 (Orange Peel Sessions) with Colla heading up vocals.

Pat Dubar was a graduate of Pepperdine University and created the label Wishingwell Records, which released albums by Unity, Uniform Choice, Blast, and Youth of Today, among others.