Funland (album)

Funland
Studio album by
Unknown Instructors
ReleasedMay 12, 2009[1][2][3]
Recorded2006
GenreExperimental rock, improvised music
LabelSmog Veil
ProducerJoe Baiza, Joe Carducci, Dan McGuire
Unknown Instructors chronology
The Master's Voice
(2006) 		Funland
(2009) 		Unwilling to Explain
(2019)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Rolling Stone[4]
Punknews.org[5]
Spectrum Culture[6]

Funland is the third album by American improvisational band Unknown Instructors,[1][7] featuring Mike Watt (The Minutemen, fIREHOSE, The Stooges, Dos, Banyan),[8] George Hurley (The Minutemen, fIREHOSE, Red Krayola),[8] Joe Baiza (Saccharine Trust, Universal Congress Of),[8] poet/saxophonist Dan McGuire.[7] The album features guest vocals by David Thomas (Pere Ubu)[1][9] and artist Raymond Pettibon.[7][10]

The album was recorded at the same time as the previous album, The Master's Voice.[11]

  1. ^ a b c Breihan, Tom (March 25, 2009). "Mike Watt Drops Album, Tours, Writes Opera". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 26, 2019.
  2. ^ "In The News: Neil Young, The Lemonheads, Tortoise, Eels, Broken Social Scene And Free MP3s". Magnet. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
  3. ^ Costello, Brian. "Mike Watt & the Missingmen, Nones". Chicago Reader. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
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  7. ^ a b c Yates, James (June 21, 2009). "MUSIC REVIEW: Unknown Instructors' 'Funland'". Staten Island Advance. Retrieved October 26, 2019.
  8. ^ a b c Shimamoto, Ken (April 15, 2009). "Unknown Instructors". Fort Worth Weekly. Retrieved October 26, 2019.
  9. ^ Gallucci, Michael (June 11, 2009). "Pere Ubu Make a Radio Play for the Internet". Cleveland Scene. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
  10. ^ Krinsley, Jeremy. "New: Raymond Pettibon sings, squawks for Mike Watt project". Impose. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
  11. ^ Huddle, Mark (September 7, 2007). "Interview: Joe Baiza and Dan McGuire of Unknown Instructors". Verbicide Magazine. Archived from the original on August 5, 2020. Retrieved October 26, 2019.