Unknown Instructors

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Unknown Instructors are an all-star improvisational rock outfit that features the former rhythm section of Minutemen and fIREHOSE, bassist Mike Watt and drummer George Hurley; Saccharine Trust members, guitarist Joe Baiza and vocalist Jack Brewer; and vocalist/saxophonist Dan McGuire. [1] They have been described as "an all-star reunion of alumni from the SST stable of yore" [2] and Henry Rollins called it a dream lineup. [3]

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Their first album, The Way Things Work , was released in late September 2005 by Smog Veil Records. In October 2005, they returned to the studio to record a second album, this time with Pere Ubu's David Thomas and artist Raymond Pettibon as added participants. [1] The finished product, The Master's Voice , was released in March, 2007. A third album, Funland, followed in 2009. [4] In 2019, the fourth album entitled Unwilling to Explain was released with J Mascis on guitar. [5] [6] It was the first Unknown Instructors album that wasn't improvised. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 Huddle, Mark (September 7, 2007). "Interview: Joe Baiza and Dan McGuire of Unknown Instructors". Verbicide Magazine. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  2. ↑ Sanford, Graham (May 11, 2009). "Mike Watt: Still Banging Away in the Engine Room". Gapers Block . Retrieved October 27, 2019.
  3. ↑ Kelly, Amy (July 16, 2009). "Joe Baiza Of Unknown Instructors: 'My Musical Insight Has Grown'". Ultimate Guitar . Retrieved October 27, 2019.
  4. ↑ Breihan, Tom (March 25, 2009). "Mike Watt Drops Album, Tours, Writes Opera". Pitchfork . Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Song Premiere: "Out in the Cold" by Unknown Instructors". The Big Takeover . February 11, 2019. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
  6. ↑ "Unknown Instructors: Unwilling to Explain". Org Music. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  7. ↑ Cohan, Brad (May 2, 2012). "Q&A: Mike Watt On Snapping Pics In San Pedro For on and off bass, The fIREHOSE Reunion, And Playing Stooges Covers". The Village Voice . Retrieved October 16, 2019.


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