The Master's Voice

The Master's Voice
Studio album by Unknown Instructors
Released	March 6, 2007 (mail order) March 20, 2007 (street)
Recorded	October 13, 2005
Genre	Experimental rock, improvised music
Label	Smog Veil
Producer	Joe Baiza, Dan McGuire
Unknown Instructors chronology
The Way Things Work (2005) The Master's Voice (2006) Funland (2009)

The Master's Voice is the second album by American improvisational band Unknown Instructors. The core quartet of Mike Watt (The Minutemen, Firehose, The Stooges, Dos, Banyan), George Hurley (The Minutemen, Firehose, Red Krayola), Joe Baiza (Saccharine Trust, Universal Congress Of), and poet/saxophonist Dan McGuire reconvene on the album, with guest vocals on three tracks by David Thomas (Pere Ubu) and on another track by artist Raymond Pettibon. In addition, Watt also contributes a vocal of his own. The album was recorded at Total Access Studio in Redondo Beach, California, 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.

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

• Mike Watt - bass; vocals on track 2
• George Hurley - drums
• Joe Baiza - guitar
• Dan McGuire - vocals (except where noted); saxophone
• David Thomas - vocals on tracks 4, 7 and 9
• Raymond Pettibon - vocals on track 5