The Master's Voice

The Master's Voice is the second album by American improvisational band Unknown Instructors.[3] The core quartet of Mike Watt (The Minutemen, fIREHOSE, The Stooges, Dos, Banyan),[4] George Hurley (The Minutemen, Firehose, Red Krayola),[5] Joe Baiza (Saccharine Trust, Universal Congress Of),[2] and poet/saxophonist Dan McGuire reconvene on the album,[2] with guest vocals on three tracks by David Thomas (Pere Ubu)[2] and on another track by artist Raymond Pettibon.[2] In addition, Watt also contributes a vocal of his own. The album was recorded at Total Access Studio in Redondo Beach, California,[6] the same studio where Black Flag recorded many of their classic mid-80's album releases and where Watt and Hurley's The Minutemen had recorded Project: Mersh in 1985.

The Master's Voice
Studio album by
Unknown Instructors
ReleasedMarch 6, 2007 (mail order)
March 20, 2007 (street)
RecordedOctober 13, 2005
GenreExperimental rock, improvised music
Length41:18[1]
LabelSmog Veil
ProducerJoe Baiza, Dan McGuire, Joe Carducci[2]
Unknown Instructors chronology
The Way Things Work
(2005)		 The Master's Voice
(2007)		 Funland
(2009)

Recording

According to Dan McGuire, the previous album The Ways Things Work was recorded in one day and came off jazzier because of it.[2] With the rhythm section more familiar now, McGuire wanted a harder edged album this time.[2]

Track listing
  1. "Swarm"
  2. "In Your Town Without You"
  3. "At The Center"
  4. "This Black Hat Is Rage"
  5. "Twing"-Twang
  6. "End Of The World"
  7. "Tar Baby Sees The Rising Sun"
  8. "Machine Language"
  9. "Doghouse Riley"
  10. "Maggot Sludge"

Musical Personnel

References
  1. "The Master's Voice". AllMusic. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  2. Huddle, Mark (September 7, 2007). "Interview: Joe Baiza and Dan McGuire of Unknown Instructors". Verbicide Magazine. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  3. Watt, Mike. "july 29, 2006". Mike Watt's Hoot Page. Retrieved October 26, 2019.
  4. "Unknown Instructors – The Master's Voice". Discogs. Retrieved October 26, 2019.
  5. Rashidi, Waleed. "George Hurley". Modern Drummer. Retrieved October 26, 2019.
  6. Watt, Mike. "watt (himself)". Mike Watt's Hoot Page. Retrieved October 26, 2019.
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