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] 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.
[4] In 2019, the fourth album entitled Unwilling to Explain was released with J Mascis on guitar.