A spoken word compilation in a beautiful reversed digipak featuring front men and women from just about every genre, from punk to new age from hip hop to industrial. Featuring Alan Vega on SUICIDE, JELLO BIAFRA, Little Annie formerly of CRASS, Jennifer Charles of ELYSIAN FIELDS, and Lovage, JARBOE formerly of The Swans and much more on this 23 track disc. "What's the Word, Vol. 1 will hot-wire your soul and bang your head." - Tom Terrell.