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Ministry (band)

January 11, 2023

Ministry is an American industrial metal band founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1981 by producer, singer, and instrumentalist Al Jourgensen. Originally a synth-pop outfit, Ministry evolved into one of the pioneers of industrial rock and industrial metal in the late 1980s. The band's lineup has changed frequently, leaving Jourgensen as the sole original member.[2] Musicians who have contributed to the band's studio or live activities include vocalists Nivek Ogre, Chris Connelly, Gibby Haynes, Burton C. Bell and Jello Biafra, guitarists Mike Scaccia and Tommy Victor, guitarist Cesar Soto, bassists Paul Barker, Paul Raven, Jason Christopher, Tony Campos and Paul D'Amour, drummers Jimmy DeGrasso, Bill Rieflin, Martin Atkins, Rey Washam, Max Brody, Joey Jordison and Roy Mayorga, keyboardist John Bechdel, and rappers and producers DJ Swamp and Arabian Prince.

Ministry
Ministry at Hellfest in 2017. From left to right: Al Jourgensen, Jason Christopher and Cesar Soto. Keyboardist John Bechdel is in the background.
Background information
OriginChicago, Illinois, U.S.
Genres
Years active
  • 1981–2008
  • 2011–present
Labels
Members
Past members
 
Websiteministryband.com

Ministry attained commercial success in the late 1980s and early 1990s with three of their studio albums: The Land of Rape and Honey (1988), The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste (1989) and Psalm 69 (1992). The first two were certified gold while Psalm 69 was certified platinum by the RIAA.[3] Psalm 69 was followed by Filth Pig (1996), which was a stylistic departure for the band, and earned Ministry its highest chart position on the Billboard 200 at number nineteen, although it was met with mixed reception by critics and marked the beginning of the band's commercial decline.[4] The lackluster response to their next album, Dark Side of the Spoon (1999), resulted in Warner Bros. dropping Ministry from the label and the group entered an extended hiatus in early 2000s, when Jourgensen entered rehab after years of substance abuse.[5]

Following Jourgensen's recovery, Ministry resurfaced in 2003 with Animositisomina, which turned out to be their last album with Paul Barker, who would leave the band the following year after nearly two decades as an official member.[6] Ministry returned to the thrash/industrial style of Psalm 69 and released three albums critical of then-President of the United States, George W. Bush, dubbed the "Bush Trilogy": Houses of the Molé (2004), Rio Grande Blood (2006) and The Last Sucker (2007); these albums effectively revitalized the band's commercial viability. Although The Last Sucker was initially intended to be the band's final album, Ministry reformed in 2011 and released Relapse in the following year. On December 23, 2012, longtime guitar contributor Mike Scaccia died of a heart attack, and he was posthumously featured in the next Ministry album, From Beer to Eternity (2013), which was again supposed to be their last album, as Jourgensen thought his death was the end of the band.[7] Despite this, Ministry has since released two more albums: AmeriKKKant (2018) and Moral Hygiene (2021), and they are working on new material for a sixteenth studio album as of October 2021.[8]

The band has been nominated for six Grammy Awards and has performed at several music festivals, including the second annual Lollapalooza tour in 1992, co-headlining Big Day Out in 1995 and performing at Wacken Open Air thrice (in 2006, 2012 and 2016).

History

Formation and early days (1981–1982)

Ministry's origins date to 1978, when Jourgensen moved from Denver to Chicago to attend the University of Illinois at Chicago. He was introduced to the local underground scene by his then-girlfriend, and in 1979 he replaced Tom Hoffmann on guitars in Special Affect, a post-punk group which featured vocalist Frank Nardiello (Groovie Mann of My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult), drummer Harry Rushakoff (Concrete Blonde) and bassist Marty Sorenson.[9][10][11] Following Special Affect's split in 1980, Jourgensen formed a short-lived band called the Silly Carmichaels, which featured members of the Imports and played two shows.[12][13][14][15]

In 1981, Jourgensen met Jim Nash and Danny Flesher, co-founders and co-owners of the indie record label and shop Wax Trax! Records who recommended him as a touring guitarist for Divine.[16] After playing a few concerts with the latter, Jourgensen began to write and record songs in his apartment, using a newly bought ARP Omni synthesizer, a drum machine, and a reel-to-reel tape recorder.[17] He presented a demo to Jim Nash, who suggested Jourgensen record a single and form a touring band, which Jourgensen decided to call Ministry.[a][17][23][24]

The first line-up of Ministry consisted of keyboardists Robert Roberts and John Davis, bassist Sorenson, and drummer Stephen George; Jourgensen auditioned several singers, all of whom were unsatisfactory, so he decided to perform vocals himself.[25][23] Nash purchased recording sessions at Hedden West studios which resulted in a twelve-inch single featuring "I'm Falling" and instrumental track "Primental" on the A-side, with the song "Cold Life" on the B-side.[b] The record was co-produced by Jay O'Roarke and Iain Burgess and released in late 1981 on Wax Trax! in the US.[17][27] In March 1982, the single was licensed by British label Situation Two, with "Cold Life" as the A-side.[28][29]

Ministry performed their debut concert on New Year's Eve 1982 in the Chicago club Misfits,[17] and, in the spring, commenced a tour of the Northeast and the Midwest, supporting Medium Medium, A Flock of Seagulls, Culture Club, and Depeche Mode.[25] Meanwhile, the "I'm Falling / Cold Life" single reached No. 45 in the Billboard Hot Dance/Disco chart with approximately 10,000 copies as of September 1982,[17][30]: 54 [31] and thus scoring Wax Trax!' first hit.[24] The songwriter Aimee Mann briefly joined the group in the early 80s.[32]

With Sympathy and later Wax Trax! singles (1983–1985)

 
Ministry (Al Jourgensen and Stephen "Stevo" George) during the With Sympathy era

The band's initial success drew the attention of Arista Records founder and chief executive Clive Davis, who offered them a deal, promising to make them "the next Joy Division"—a promise that Jourgensen later considered to be misleading.[17][33][34] Signing a six-figure, two-album deal, the band—with Jourgensen and George comprising the official line-up[35][36][37]—moved to record at the Synchro Sound studios in Boston, with producers Vince Ely (former drummer of Psychedelic Furs) and Ian Taylor (former assistant of Roy Thomas Baker), as well as keyboardists Roberts and Davis as session musicians.[38][17][39][40][25]

A 12-inch single containing the song "Same Old Madness" was recorded and planned for release, along with its accompanying music video.[38][25] However, "Same Old Madness"—both the song and video—did not surface until 2014;[41][34] instead, "Work for Love" was released in January 1983[42] and peaked No. 20 on the Hot Dance/Disco chart. Ministry's debut album, entitled With Sympathy (also known as Work for Love in Europe), was finished around this time[39] and issued in May, reaching No. 94 in the Billboard 200. On release, the album was supported by two more singles—"Revenge" (with a music video partially reworked from "Same Old Madness") and "I Wanted to Tell Her" (a reworked version of "Primental"), and a supporting concert tour with the Police during the North American leg of their Synchronicity tour.[25][43] During this time, Jourgensen met the members of Seattle-based band the Blackouts—namely bassist Paul Barker and drummer Bill Rieflin, as well their then-manager Patty Marsh, who later became Jourgensen's wife from 1984 to 1995.[42][25][44][45]

In spite of With Sympathy's success, Jourgensen's relations with Arista were acrimonious. Eventually, Jourgensen sent a demo tape featuring a cover version of Roxy Music's song "Same Old Scene" before parting ways with Arista, suing the latter for violating contractual obligations.[46]: 78 [47] Since then, Jourgensen has expressed dislike for the With Sympathy-era,[48] often providing different (and widely conflicting) explanations for his antipathy. In a 2004 interview, conducted by Mark Prindle, Jourgensen said that after signing with Arista, all artistic control of Ministry was "handed over" to other writers and producers.[49] In his 2013 autobiography, Jourgensen gave a different explanation, saying that he was pressured by Arista management into producing his existing songs in the then-popular synthpop style, as a means of making them more commercially palatable.[50] However, in the 1980s, Jourgensen said that when he discovered hardcore music, his musical direction simply changed;[51] Jourgensen reiterated this point in 2012,[52] and again in 2018.[53] In 2019, he stated that the record was "fine", only that it could have been a lot better without interference from the record company.[54] In 2021, Jourgensen resurrected the story that Arista took full control of the production and songwriting process, made Jourgensen cut his hair and bought him a wardrobe of sharkskin suits, and this time added the label wanted Ministry to sound like Wham! (a band who were not successful in the US until 1984: one year after With Sympathy had been released).[55] Jourgensen assumes a false English accent for all of the album's songs, for which he also later expressed great dislike,[56] though Patty Marsh stated in a 2013 interview "...the English accent thing was more an homage to the bands he loved than anything else. He was not trying to come off as British. The Stones used a southern accent and no one crawled up their ass for it.",[57] an explanation Jourgensen himself had also given in a prior, 1983 interview with Richard Skinner.[58]

Departed from Arista, Jourgensen returned with Ministry on Wax Trax! in mid-1984.[34] While working as a cashier in the Wax Trax! store, he continued to record new material.[59] In Autumn 1984, Ministry embarked on a new tour with a renewed line-up, supported by Belgian industrial dance act Front 242.[60] During this tour, Sire Records co-owner Seymour Stein attended several gigs, offering the band a new deal; Jourgensen, recalling his negative experience with Arista, repeatedly declined, but eventually agreed to sign on the condition that Sire would provide resources to support the Wax Trax! imprint; as Jourgensen put it, "it was kind of a personal sacrifice to keep that company rolling and allow them to keep signing bands."[61] George left Ministry soon after this tour, disagreeing with Jourgensen over increased use of drum machines,[62][37] and went on to form the short-lived band Colortone,[62] and, much later, to pursue a record engineering career.[63] Ministry released several singles throughout the Summer of 1985—"All Day", "(Every Day Is) Halloween" and "The Nature of Love", as well as a reissue of "Cold Life"—which were cited as marking Jourgensen's first attempt at injecting industrial elements into Ministry's sound.[36][24][64][10] Initially the B-side on "All Day" single, "... Halloween" became viewed as a goth anthem similar to Bauhaus' "Bela Lugosi's Dead";[46][65] "The Nature of Love", which came out in June 1985, became Ministry's final single on Wax Trax!;[24] in July 1985, the band was shown as signed to Sire Records.[66][67]

Twitch (1985–1987)

Ministry debuted on Sire/Warner Bros. in late 1985 with the single "Over the Shoulder",[68][67] preceding the release of the band's second studio album, Twitch, in March 1986.[67] Twitch was recorded and mixed largely at Southern Studios in London and Hansa Tonstudio in West Berlin during 1985, with the On-U Sound Records owner Adrian Sherwood and Jourgensen sharing co-production duties.[69][70] Despite the contribution of several others (namely Belgian singer Luc van Acker and Sherwood's acquaintance Keith LeBlanc), the album's material was mainly performed by Jourgensen, listed as the band's sole member.[10] Some material, recorded during the Twitch sessions, was later used for LeBlanc's and Sherwood's other projects, most prominently LeBlanc's solo album Major Malfunction.[71]: 20 [72]

On release, Twitch hit No. 194 in Billboard 200, and was supported by a US and Canadian tour. Jourgensen assembled a new touring line-up, featuring Roland Barker on keyboards, Paul Barker on bass and Bill Rieflin on drums.[73][74] Twitch received mixed reviews, with a music critic Robert Christgau stating, "Chicago's Anglodisco clones meet Anglodisco renegade Adrian Sherwood and promptly improve themselves by trading in wimpy on arty"; nevertheless, the album came to be viewed as a pivotal point in the band's discography, as it signaled ongoing changes in Ministry's sound.[75][36] In later publications, Jourgensen credited Sherwood with giving his music an aggressive edge and providing production advice, but considered the record "so Adrian Sherwood-influenced."[76][70]

Breakthrough success (1988–1993)

After Twitch, Paul Barker became Jourgensen's primary collaborator in Ministry;[77] until his departure, he was the only person credited as a member of the band other than Jourgensen.[78] Jourgensen then made another significant change to Ministry's sound when he resumed playing electric guitar.[10] With Rieflin on drums, Ministry recorded The Land of Rape and Honey (1988). The album continued their success in the underground music scene. The Land of Rape and Honey made use of synthesizers, keyboards, tape loops, jackhammering drum machines, dialogue excerpted from movies, unconventional electronic processing, and, in parts, heavy distorted electric guitar and bass.

The album was supported by a tour in 1988 and the singles and music videos for "Stigmata" and "Flashback". "Stigmata" was also used in a key scene in Richard Stanley's 1990 film Hardware, although the band shown performing the song was Gwar.[79]

The follow-up album, The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste, was released in 1989. Due to the complex nature of the album's drumming, a second drummer, Martin Atkins (formerly of Public Image Ltd. and Killing Joke), was hired. In addition to Atkins, a ten piece touring line-up was formed, consisting of Chris Connelly (keyboards and vocals), Skinny Puppy vocalist Nivek Ogre (vocals and keyboards), Joe Kelly (vocals and backing vocals) and guitarists Mike Scaccia, Terry Roberts, and William Tucker, with Jourgensen, Paul Barker and Rieflin serving as the group's core members. This tour was documented on In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up.[67] Two opening tracks, "Burning Inside" and "Thieves", were released as a commercial single; "Burning Inside" was accompanied by a music video.

After completing the Revolting Cocks tour in early 1991, Jourgensen and his bandmates began work on a follow-up to The Mind ... at Chicago Trax! studios, amidst problems brought on by growing substance abuse.[80][81] During these initial sessions, Gibby Haynes of the Butthole Surfers recorded vocals for what became "Jesus Built My Hotrod", which hit No. 19 in the Modern Rock Tracks chart with approximately 128,000 copies as of mid-July 1992; considered Ministry's first and biggest commercial hit, it built significant anticipation for their upcoming album, then titled The Tapes of Wrath.[82][83][80][84] [85] In an attempt to distance themselves from drugs and find fresh perspective, the band relocated from Chicago to Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, to record at Royal Recorders studios for ten weeks.[86][84] After considering the Wisconsin sessions a "washout", they returned to Chicago to complete the album – now entitled Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs, after a chapter from Aleister Crowley's The Book of Lies – by early May 1992, with only nine of about thirty songs written being chosen to feature.[82][84] The album was influenced by speed and thrash metal, often being described as their fastest record by fans and critics. It was released on July 14, 1992 and peaked at No. 27 on the Billboard 200 chart. Soon after, Ministry was invited to headline the second Lollapalooza tour with Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Soundgarden, among others,[87][88] before commencing a tour of Europe and the US, with Helmet and Sepultura as supporting acts.[89][90]

Middle years, turmoil and Jourgensen's drug addiction (1994–2001)

In October 1994, Ministry performed at the eighth Bridge School Benefit charity concert, with sets of cover songs (most prominently Bob Dylan's "Lay Lady Lay") and one original song, "Paisley", which was intended to be on their next album.[91] After constructing a studio in Austin, Texas in 1993,[19] the band proceeded to record a new album in July 1994.[92] After refusing to perform drums on a cover version of "Lay Lady Lay", Rieflin parted ways with Jourgensen midway through the recording process.[93] Along with newly recruited Rey Washam (formerly of Scratch Acid, Didjits, and Rapeman) who performed the rest of the album's drum work,[94] Ministry performed as one of the headliners for Australia and New Zealand's Big Day Out touring festival in January 1995. In spite of their growing success, Ministry was nearly derailed by drug problems and a series of arrests followed in August 1995.[19][95] Completed at Chicago Trax Studios, Filth Pig was released in 1996.[96] Musically, Filth Pig was more heavy metal than industrial, with synthesizers and samples mostly stripped from a mix that focused on conventional hard rock instrumentation.[97][98][99]

The album's songs were played mostly at slower tempos than those on their previous three LPs, giving it an almost doom metal feel. Filth Pig was supported with the singles/videos "Reload", "The Fall", "Lay Lady Lay" and "Brick Windows" and with a tour in 1996 (the live performances were later anthologized on the Sphinctour album and DVD in 2002). Jourgensen has subsequently said that he was severely depressed during this period, that Filth Pig reflects this, and that he dislikes performing music from Filth Pig.[100]

Ministry recorded their final studio album for Warner Bros. Records, Dark Side of the Spoon (1999), which they dedicated to William Tucker, who committed suicide earlier that year. For Dark Side of the Spoon, Ministry tried to diversify their sound by adding some melodic and synthetic touches to their usual electro-metal sound, along with some jazz influences,[96] but the album was not well received, critically or commercially. However, the single "Bad Blood" appeared on the soundtrack album of The Matrix and was nominated for a 2000 Grammy award.[101]: 72 [102] During this period, Jourgensen had an infected toe amputated after accidentally stepping on a discarded hypodermic needle.[103]

In the summer of 2000, Ministry was invited to that year's Ozzfest;[104] amidst a management changeover, they were dropped from the bill and replaced by Soulfly.[105][36]

After Ministry were dropped from Warner Bros. in 2000, the label issued the 2001 collection Greatest Fits, which featured a new song, "What About Us?". Ministry would later perform the song in a cameo appearance in the Steven Spielberg film AI: Artificial Intelligence.[106] In 2000–2002, disputes with Warner Bros. Records resulted in the planned live albums Live Psalm 69, Sphinctour and ClittourUS on Ipecac Recordings being canceled.[104] Sphinctour was released on Sanctuary Records.[36]

Jourgensen's recovery from drug addiction and comeback (2001–2007)

Around 2001, Jourgensen almost lost his arm when he was bitten by a venomous spider.[107] By his own admission, Jourgensen was suicidal during this period and decided to call an acquaintance he had met years earlier; the acquaintance, Angelina Luckacin, helped Jourgensen give up his massive substance habit, which included heroin and cocaine "speedballs", crack, LSD, various pharmaceuticals and as many as two full bottles of Bushmills whiskey per day (Luckacin and Jourgensen married soon after).[108] Jourgensen and Barker, along with Max Brody who had joined as a saxophone player for the 1999 tour, focused on developing songs for a new record during 2001 and 2002, with the band issuing Animositisomina on Sanctuary Records in 2003. The sound was strongly heavy metal with voice effects, though it featured an almost-pop cover of Magazine's "The Light Pours Out Of Me". Animositisomina, compared to previous releases, sold poorly and singles for "Animosity" and "Piss" were canceled before they could be released.

Barker announced his departure from Ministry in January 2004. He stated that the trigger was his father dying while the band was wrapping up a summer tour in Europe, and also stated that his family life was his main focus at that particular time.[109] Lukacin stated in 2013 that Jourgensen fell out with Barker over the band's finances.[110] Jourgensen continued Ministry with Mike Scaccia and various other musicians.

 
Ministry performing live at the 2006 M'era Luna Festival (Hildesheim, Germany)

For Ministry's next album, Jourgensen released the song "No W", a song critical of then-U.S. President George W. Bush; an alternate version of the track was placed on the multi-performer compilation Rock Against Bush, Vol. 1. The follow-up LP, Houses of the Molé (2004), contained the most explicitly political lyrics Jourgensen had yet written, with songs played more crudely than on previous recordings, giving the album the most metal-oriented sound of their career. In 2006, the band released Rio Grande Blood, an LP on Jourgensen's own 13th Planet Records. With Prong's Tommy Victor and Killing Joke's Paul Raven, the album featured an even heavier thrash metal sound drawing comparison to Slayer. The single "Lieslieslies" was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance at the 49th annual Grammy Awards. It, along with another song on the album, "The Great Satan", is also available as a downloadable content song for the 2008 video game Rock Band 2. In July 2007, the band released Rio Grande Dub, an album featuring remixes from the band's 2006 Rio Grande Blood album.

What Jourgensen expected to be Ministry's "final" album,[111] The Last Sucker was released on September 18, 2007.

Paul Raven died on October 20, 2007, a month and two-days after the release of The Last Sucker, suffering an apparent heart attack shortly after arriving in Europe to commence recording for the French industrial band Treponem Pal near the Swiss border.[112][113]

Breakup and posthumous releases (2008–2011)

Jourgensen remixed and co-produced Spyder Baby's "Bitter", which was released by Blind Prophecy Records in early 2008.

A song titled "Keys to the City", which became the theme song for the Chicago Blackhawks, was released on March 5, 2008. In addition to this single, two albums of covers/remixes, Cover Up (April 1, 2008) and Undercover (December 6, 2010) were released. All of these releases are credited to Ministry and Co-Conspirators, since they feature collaborations between Jourgensen and other musicians.

Ministry's "farewell" tour, the "C-U-LaTour", started its North American leg on March 26, 2008 with Meshuggah performing as special guests and Hemlock as an opening act. They played their final North American shows in Chicago on May 10 and 12, 2008.[114][115] The final date on the international leg of the tour was at the Tripod in Dublin, Ireland on July 18, 2008. During the performance, Jourgensen repeatedly reaffirmed it would indeed be the last Ministry show. Due to a large demand for tickets, an extra gig was added at the Tripod on July 19, 2008. The band again played to a full house. Ministry's final song at this show (and ostensibly their last live performance) was a rendition of their cover version of "What a Wonderful World".[116]

Adios ... Puta Madres, a live album featuring material culled from the tour, was released in 2009 on CD and DVD.[117]

A documentary film called Fix: The Ministry Movie was planned for release sometime in 2010. However, the release date was pushed back to early 2011. Eventually, it premiered at the Chicago International Movies & Music Festival. Jourgensen sued the filmmaker, Doug Freel, for failing to fulfill a portion of the contract giving Jourgensen approval over the final cut, along with "thousands of dollars".[118] The lawsuit was dropped in July 2011. On July 21, the film was screened privately at the Music Box Theater in Los Angeles.

Reunion, Relapse, death of Mike Scaccia and From Beer to Eternity (2011–2015)

On August 7, 2011, Ministry announced they would reform and would play at Germany's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place on August 2–4, 2012.[119] The reunion lineup featured Al Jourgensen on vocals, Mike Scaccia and Tommy Victor on guitar, Aaron Rossi on drums, John Bechdel on keyboards, and Tony Campos on bass.[120][121]

Jourgensen told Metal Hammer in August 2011 that Ministry was working on a new album called Relapse, which they hoped to release by Christmas. Regarding the sound of the new material, he explained, "We've only got five songs to go. I've been listening to it the last couple of weeks and I wasn't really in the mood, I was just taking it as a joke. Just to pass the time at first but [Mikey's] raving about it. It's like, dude c'mon, this is not about Bush, so ... that part's over. The ulcers are gone and Bush is gone so it's time for something new. I think this is actually gonna wind up being the fastest and heaviest record I've ever done. Just because we did it as anti-therapy therapy against the country music we would just take days off and thrash faster than I've done in a long time, faster than Mikey's done in a long time. He just did a Rigor Mortis tour and said it was easy compared to this Ministry stuff so it's gonna be brutal and it's gonna freak a lot of people out."[120][121]

Ministry announced on their website that they entered the studio on September 1, 2011 with engineer Sammy D'Ambruoso to begin recording their new album.[119] During the third webisode featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the making of Relapse, a release date of March 23, 2012 was announced.[122]

On December 23, 2011, Ministry released "99 Percenters", the first single from Relapse, and began streaming it on their Facebook page two days later. On February 24, 2012, Ministry released a second single, "Double Tap", which was included in the April 2012 issue of the Metal Hammer magazine. On March 23, 2012, Relapse was released;[123] it was supported with "Defibrillatour", a concert tour which lasted from that year's June to August.

On December 23, 2012, guitarist Mike Scaccia died[124] following an on-stage heart attack, while playing with his other band, Rigor Mortis.[125] In an interview with Noisey in March 2013, Jourgensen announced that Ministry would break up again, explaining that he did not want to carry on without Scaccia. He explained, "Mikey was my best friend in the world and there's no Ministry without him. But I know the music we recorded together during the last weeks of his life had to be released to honor him. So after his funeral, I locked myself in my studio and turned the songs we had recorded into the best and last Ministry record anyone will ever hear. I can't do it without Mikey and I don't want to. So yes, this will be Ministry's last album."[126] The album, titled From Beer to Eternity, was released on September 6, 2013. Jourgensen stated that Ministry would tour in support of From Beer to Eternity, but would not record any more albums.[127][128]

AmeriKKKant, Moral Hygiene and upcoming sixteenth studio album (2016–present)

 
Jourgensen and Bechdel (at the background) performing with Ministry at The Forum in 2019

In an April 2016 interview with Loudwire, Jourgensen stated that Ministry would make a follow-up to From Beer to Eternity "if the circumstances are right."[129] When asked in July about the possibility of a new album, Jourgensen stated, "When I was asked [before], it was after Mikey passed and the entire media immediately starts asking me what is going to happen to Ministry. He wasn't even buried yet. I thought, 'Fuck you.' I was really pissed and really angry. I said, 'Fuck Ministry and fuck you for asking.' They want to comment on Ministry when my best friend had died. It's been more than two years now, and I got more ideas and I have done albums with Mikey and have done them without him. It's time to get another record out. I have a bunch of songs written in my head. I wanted to have time to mourn before people start asking me about touring dates. It was sick. I was bombarded and email boxes were overloaded with 'what are you going to do now?' It was kind of creepy."[130]

By February 2017, Ministry had begun working on their fourteenth studio album,[131] titled AmeriKKKant.[132] The album, released on March 9, 2018,[133] includes guest appearances from Burton C. Bell of Fear Factory, former N.W.A member Arabian Prince, DJ Swamp and Lord of the Cello.[132][134] During their performance at the Blackest of the Black Fest in Silverado, California in May 2017, Ministry debuted their first song in four years, "Antifa", which, at the time, was expected to appear on AmeriKKKant.[135]

In an October 2018 interview with Billboard magazine, Jourgensen revealed that he had begun working on new material for Ministry's fifteenth studio album. He explained, "I have to get as many albums as I can done while Trump is still president, and then what am I going to do: write those crappy albums that I write while Democrats are president?"[136][137] A month later, media reports noted that Jourgensen had reconnected with Barker after 15 years, hinting that the two might collaborate once again on the upcoming Ministry album.[138]

In a 2019 interview with Revolver magazine, Jourgensen reaffirmed that he had been working on new material since 2018, and revealed that he had hired Paul D'Amour (formerly of Tool) as the new bassist of Ministry.[139] The band – alongside Primus and Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals – opened for Slayer on the final North American leg of their farewell tour, which took place in November 2019.[140]

In December 2019, the band released a visual history coffee table book, Ministry: Prescripture, with author Aaron Tanner.[141]

In January 2020, Ministry announced the "Industrial Strength Tour" would start in 2020, with drummer London May of Samhain, which would feature both KMFDM and Front Line Assembly as guests. The tour was to begin on 1 July and extend until August.[142] In May 2020, the band announced that they postponed all dates on the Industrial Strength Tour until 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 25–date tour, with KMFDM and Front Line Assembly, was scheduled to take place in March and April 2021;[143] the trek was once again postponed to the fall of 2021, this time with Helmet replacing KMFDM, who were unable to partake in the tour because of restrictions caused by the COVID in their native Germany.[144] On September 24, 2021, Ministry announced that The Industrial Strength tour had been postponed once more because of the pandemic, with the tour now scheduled to take place in March and April 2022, and the Melvins and Corrosion of Conformity replacing Front Line Assembly and Helmet as special guests.[145]

On January 17, 2020, Billboard released an exposé on guitar player Sin Quirin, detailing accounts of Quirin's alleged behavior including sexual relationships with underage females while touring in San Antonio, TX, Portland, OR, and Tacoma, WA, in the early 2000s.[146] In May 2021, Quirin announced via Facebook that he was leaving Ministry.[147]

On March 24, 2020, longtime drummer Bill Rieflin died of cancer, which had been kept private. His death was announced the next day by Robert Fripp of King Crimson via Facebook.[148]

On April 24, 2020, one month after Rieflin's passing, Ministry released their first song in two-and-a-half years, "Alert Level", which was expected to appear on the band's then-upcoming fifteenth studio album.[149][150]

In May 2021, the band announced that drummer Roy Mayorga has rejoined the band.[147]

On July 8, 2021, Ministry released "Good Trouble" as the first single from their fifteenth studio album Moral Hygiene, which was released on October 1.[151][152]

About two weeks after the release of Moral Hygiene, Jourgensen revealed that another Ministry album "will be out in 6-8 months."[153] In an interview with Metal Edge, Jourgensen said that the album will feature an arena rock-styled sound, and also hinted at one final Ministry album.[154]

Artistry

See also: Al Jourgensen § Musicianship

Ministry's experimentation, stylistic variation and changes during its career cross several genres of popular music. Alternative rock subgenres such as industrial rock and industrial metal are umbrella terms predominantly used to describe the band's career in general.[c] Ministry has been classified under many other genres, including EBM/industrial dance,[164][165] techno-rock,[166] hard rock,[159] heavy metal,[167] speed metal,[168] thrash metal,[169] and electro-industrial;[170] their early output has been categorised as new wave,[171] synth-pop,[36][37] dance-pop,[172] electronic dance,[20] and dark wave.[173] In the April 1989 issue of Spin Magazine, an author Michael Corcoran labelled the band as "industrial disco";[174] in 1994, writer Simon Glickman used this term as well.[175] AllMusic's Steve Huey states that, previous to Nine Inch Nails' rise to mainstream popularity, "Ministry did more than any other band to popularize industrial dance music, injecting large doses of punky, over-the-top aggression and roaring heavy metal guitar riffs that helped their music find favor with metal and alternative audiences outside of industrial's cult fan base." Despite frequent descriptions of the band's music as industrial,[176][177][173] Jourgensen disputed the use of this tag in several publications since the early 1990s, preferring instead to identify his style as "aggro",[178][179][180][96] and, much later "industrious".[181][182][183]

Despite Jourgensen's dislike of touring, Ministry are noted for their live performances, featuring extended versions of songs (as evidenced on In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up)[184] and disturbing visual imagery.[185] MTV also recognized the band as an influential heavy metal act, highlighting the use of sampling during their heyday.[186] Alternative Press included Ministry in their 1996 list of 100 underground inspirations of the past 20 years, stating that they merged "metal, samples, synths, and the 100-mph sound of urban paranoia, they pretty much created industrial music as we know it."[187] Jourgensen revealed in 2008 that Ministry music is mostly on drop D and standard E tuning.[188]

Related projects

Jourgensen, with former and current bandmates, has been active in a number of musical projects besides Ministry. Foremost of these was the Revolting Cocks, founded by Jourgensen, Richard 23 and Luc van Acker during Ministry and Front 242's tour in 1984.[22][189] Since its formation, the band has released a number of records, and has gone through several line-up changes. 1000 Homo DJs, a project purposed for outtakes from The Land of Rape and Honey and The Mind ... , has recorded a cover of Black Sabbath's "Supernaut", featuring Nine Inch Nails frontman and one-time Revolting Cocks touring member Trent Reznor. PTP, a project led by Jourgensen and Barker, included the assistance from Nivek Ogre on one occasion, and Connelly on another, and notably provided the song "Show Me Your Spine" featured in Paul Verhoeven's 1987 film RoboCop.[190] Other notable projects include Pailhead with Ian MacKaye of Minor Threat and Fugazi, Lard with former Dead Kennedys lead singer Jello Biafra, and Acid Horse with Cabaret Voltaire members Richard H. Kirk and Stephen Mallinder.[191][10] Buck Satan and the 666 Shooters, a country project led by Jourgensen, released the sole album, Bikers Welcome Ladies Drink Free, in 2012 through 13th Planet Records.[96][192][193] Surgical Meth Machine, a speed metal project originally tributed to guitarist Mike Scaccia

Barker has released several solo recordings under various monikers, including Age of Reason and Chicks & Speed: Futurism as Lead into Gold in 1990,[194][67][195] The Perfect Pair as Flowering Blight in 2008,[196] and Fix This!!!, an accompanying soundtrack of Fix: The Ministry Movie, under his own name in 2012.[197] Through the 2000s, Barker formed Pink Anvil with Max Brody[198] and U.S.S.A. with the Jesus Lizard guitarist Duane Denison.[199] Brody and Scaccia have also released materials as Goobersmoochers via Brody's Bandcamp site.

Members

Timeline

Discography

Main article: Ministry discography

Studio albums

Tours

  • With Sympathy Tour, 1983
  • Wax Trax! Singles Tour, 1984
  • Twitch Tour, 1986–1987
  • The Land of Rape and Honey Tour, 1988
  • The Mind Tour, 1989–1990
  • Lollapalooza 1992
  • Psalm 69 Tour, 1992–1994
  • Big Day Out, 1995
  • Sphinctour, 1996
  • ClitourUS, 1999
  • Fornicatour, 2003
  • Evil Doer Tour, 2004–2005
  • MasterBaTour, 2006
  • C-U-LaTour, 2008
  • DeFiBriLaTouR / Relapse Tour, 2012
  • From Beer to EternaTour, 2015
  • Death Grips and Ministry US Tour 2017[200]
  • The AmeriKKKant Tour, 2018
  • EU/UK Summer Tour, 2019
  • Slayer's Final Campaign Tour with Primus and Phillip H. Anselmo & The Illegals, 2019
  • Industrial Strength Tour, 2022 (initially scheduled to take place in summer 2020, later rescheduled to fall 2021 and then spring 2022 due to COVID-19)[201][202][203][204]
  • Moral Hygiene Tour, 2022

Notes

  1. ^ In an article published in the September 1982 issue of Illinois Entertainer, Jourgensen was said to discuss several possible names for the band (including "Fallen Pillar", "Ministry of Fear" and "Ministry of Funk"), before settling on Ministry as it combined "the doom / gloom chromosomes of Fear and the dance feel of Funk."[17] Much later publications has Jourgensen giving a credit to Fritz Lang's 1944 movie Ministry of Fear for inspiring the band's name;[18][19] AllMusic editor Greg Prato reiterated this point in Jourgensen's profile,[20] and so did Burton C. Bell and John Bechdel in an interview to James Hester for Target Audience Magazine.[21]
    In the November 1988 interview for Rockpool, Jourgensen explains:[22]

    Everyone interprets the name, Ministry, differently. Some people interpret it religiously ... To a lot of people I'm the Ministry of Assholes and others think I'm the Ministry of whatever. The whole point being that the name conjures up the image of a big omnipotent corporation behind closed doors, in darkened rooms, wheeling and dealing, powerplay type of thing. So to some people the name is along government lines and to others it's along religious lines, but when it all boils down to it what's the fucking difference. Power brokers is all that it is, behind closed doors, running your lives. And that's what it's supposed to conjure up and that's what I wanted to generate and that's what it will always be within Ministry.
  2. ^ According to Jello Biafra, it was intended to be a seven-inch single featuring the song "Overkill" with the B-side "I'm Falling".[26]
  3. ^ Alternative rock subgenres such as industrial rock[155][156][157][115][158] and industrial metal[159][160][161][162][163] are umbrella terms predominately used to describe the band's career in general.

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Ministry is an American industrial metal band founded in Chicago Illinois in 1981 by producer singer and instrumentalist Al Jourgensen Originally a synth pop outfit Ministry evolved into one of the pioneers of industrial rock and industrial metal in the late 1980s The band s lineup has changed frequently leaving Jourgensen as the sole original member 2 Musicians who have contributed to the band s studio or live activities include vocalists Nivek Ogre Chris Connelly Gibby Haynes Burton C Bell and Jello Biafra guitarists Mike Scaccia and Tommy Victor guitarist Cesar Soto bassists Paul Barker Paul Raven Jason Christopher Tony Campos and Paul D Amour drummers Jimmy DeGrasso Bill Rieflin Martin Atkins Rey Washam Max Brody Joey Jordison and Roy Mayorga keyboardist John Bechdel and rappers and producers DJ Swamp and Arabian Prince MinistryMinistry at Hellfest in 2017 From left to right Al Jourgensen Jason Christopher and Cesar Soto Keyboardist John Bechdel is in the background Background informationOriginChicago Illinois U S GenresIndustrial metal industrial rock alternative metal thrash metal synth pop early new wave early EBM early Years active1981 2008 2011 presentLabelsCleopatra Wax Trax Situation Two Arista Sire Warner Bros Sanctuary 13th Planet Megaforce Nuclear BlastMembersAl JourgensenJohn BechdelCesar SotoPaul D AmourRoy MayorgaMonte PittmanPast members Aimee MannJimmy DeGrassoSin QuirinChris ConnellyMark BakerPaul BarkerDuane BufordStephen GeorgeZlatko HukicJohn MonteMark PothierPaul RavenBill RieflinMax BrodyMike ScacciaLouis SvitekRey WashamTommy VictorAaron RossiThomas HoltgreveJason ChristopherDJ SwampTony CamposTerry BonesJohn SorokaWebsiteministryband wbr comMinistry attained commercial success in the late 1980s and early 1990s with three of their studio albums The Land of Rape and Honey 1988 The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste 1989 and Psalm 69 1992 The first two were certified gold while Psalm 69 was certified platinum by the RIAA 3 Psalm 69 was followed by Filth Pig 1996 which was a stylistic departure for the band and earned Ministry its highest chart position on the Billboard 200 at number nineteen although it was met with mixed reception by critics and marked the beginning of the band s commercial decline 4 The lackluster response to their next album Dark Side of the Spoon 1999 resulted in Warner Bros dropping Ministry from the label and the group entered an extended hiatus in early 2000s when Jourgensen entered rehab after years of substance abuse 5 Following Jourgensen s recovery Ministry resurfaced in 2003 with Animositisomina which turned out to be their last album with Paul Barker who would leave the band the following year after nearly two decades as an official member 6 Ministry returned to the thrash industrial style of Psalm 69 and released three albums critical of then President of the United States George W Bush dubbed the Bush Trilogy Houses of the Mole 2004 Rio Grande Blood 2006 and The Last Sucker 2007 these albums effectively revitalized the band s commercial viability Although The Last Sucker was initially intended to be the band s final album Ministry reformed in 2011 and released Relapse in the following year On December 23 2012 longtime guitar contributor Mike Scaccia died of a heart attack and he was posthumously featured in the next Ministry album From Beer to Eternity 2013 which was again supposed to be their last album as Jourgensen thought his death was the end of the band 7 Despite this Ministry has since released two more albums AmeriKKKant 2018 and Moral Hygiene 2021 and they are working on new material for a sixteenth studio album as of October 2021 8 The band has been nominated for six Grammy Awards and has performed at several music festivals including the second annual Lollapalooza tour in 1992 co headlining Big Day Out in 1995 and performing at Wacken Open Air thrice in 2006 2012 and 2016 Contents 1 History 1 1 Formation and early days 1981 1982 1 2 With Sympathy and later Wax Trax singles 1983 1985 1 3 Twitch 1985 1987 1 4 Breakthrough success 1988 1993 1 5 Middle years turmoil and Jourgensen s drug addiction 1994 2001 1 6 Jourgensen s recovery from drug addiction and comeback 2001 2007 1 7 Breakup and posthumous releases 2008 2011 1 8 Reunion Relapse death of Mike Scaccia and From Beer to Eternity 2011 2015 1 9 AmeriKKKant Moral Hygiene and upcoming sixteenth studio album 2016 present 2 Artistry 3 Related projects 4 Members 4 1 Current members 4 2 Former members 4 3 Additional touring musicians 4 4 Timeline 5 Discography 5 1 Studio albums 6 Tours 7 Notes 8 References 9 Bibliography 10 External linksHistory EditFormation and early days 1981 1982 Edit Ministry s origins date to 1978 when Jourgensen moved from Denver to Chicago to attend the University of Illinois at Chicago He was introduced to the local underground scene by his then girlfriend and in 1979 he replaced Tom Hoffmann on guitars in Special Affect a post punk group which featured vocalist Frank Nardiello Groovie Mann of My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult drummer Harry Rushakoff Concrete Blonde and bassist Marty Sorenson 9 10 11 Following Special Affect s split in 1980 Jourgensen formed a short lived band called the Silly Carmichaels which featured members of the Imports and played two shows 12 13 14 15 In 1981 Jourgensen met Jim Nash and Danny Flesher co founders and co owners of the indie record label and shop Wax Trax Records who recommended him as a touring guitarist for Divine 16 After playing a few concerts with the latter Jourgensen began to write and record songs in his apartment using a newly bought ARP Omni synthesizer a drum machine and a reel to reel tape recorder 17 He presented a demo to Jim Nash who suggested Jourgensen record a single and form a touring band which Jourgensen decided to call Ministry a 17 23 24 The first line up of Ministry consisted of keyboardists Robert Roberts and John Davis bassist Sorenson and drummer Stephen George Jourgensen auditioned several singers all of whom were unsatisfactory so he decided to perform vocals himself 25 23 Nash purchased recording sessions at Hedden West studios which resulted in a twelve inch single featuring I m Falling and instrumental track Primental on the A side with the song Cold Life on the B side b The record was co produced by Jay O Roarke and Iain Burgess and released in late 1981 on Wax Trax in the US 17 27 In March 1982 the single was licensed by British label Situation Two with Cold Life as the A side 28 29 Ministry performed their debut concert on New Year s Eve 1982 in the Chicago club Misfits 17 and in the spring commenced a tour of the Northeast and the Midwest supporting Medium Medium A Flock of Seagulls Culture Club and Depeche Mode 25 Meanwhile the I m Falling Cold Life single reached No 45 in the Billboard Hot Dance Disco chart with approximately 10 000 copies as of September 1982 17 30 54 31 and thus scoring Wax Trax first hit 24 The songwriter Aimee Mann briefly joined the group in the early 80s 32 With Sympathy and later Wax Trax singles 1983 1985 Edit Ministry Al Jourgensen and Stephen Stevo George during the With Sympathy era The band s initial success drew the attention of Arista Records founder and chief executive Clive Davis who offered them a deal promising to make them the next Joy Division a promise that Jourgensen later considered to be misleading 17 33 34 Signing a six figure two album deal the band with Jourgensen and George comprising the official line up 35 36 37 moved to record at the Synchro Sound studios in Boston with producers Vince Ely former drummer of Psychedelic Furs and Ian Taylor former assistant of Roy Thomas Baker as well as keyboardists Roberts and Davis as session musicians 38 17 39 40 25 A 12 inch single containing the song Same Old Madness was recorded and planned for release along with its accompanying music video 38 25 However Same Old Madness both the song and video did not surface until 2014 41 34 instead Work for Love was released in January 1983 42 and peaked No 20 on the Hot Dance Disco chart Ministry s debut album entitled With Sympathy also known as Work for Love in Europe was finished around this time 39 and issued in May reaching No 94 in the Billboard 200 On release the album was supported by two more singles Revenge with a music video partially reworked from Same Old Madness and I Wanted to Tell Her a reworked version of Primental and a supporting concert tour with the Police during the North American leg of their Synchronicity tour 25 43 During this time Jourgensen met the members of Seattle based band the Blackouts namely bassist Paul Barker and drummer Bill Rieflin as well their then manager Patty Marsh who later became Jourgensen s wife from 1984 to 1995 42 25 44 45 In spite of With Sympathy s success Jourgensen s relations with Arista were acrimonious Eventually Jourgensen sent a demo tape featuring a cover version of Roxy Music s song Same Old Scene before parting ways with Arista suing the latter for violating contractual obligations 46 78 47 Since then Jourgensen has expressed dislike for the With Sympathy era 48 often providing different and widely conflicting explanations for his antipathy In a 2004 interview conducted by Mark Prindle Jourgensen said that after signing with Arista all artistic control of Ministry was handed over to other writers and producers 49 In his 2013 autobiography Jourgensen gave a different explanation saying that he was pressured by Arista management into producing his existing songs in the then popular synthpop style as a means of making them more commercially palatable 50 However in the 1980s Jourgensen said that when he discovered hardcore music his musical direction simply changed 51 Jourgensen reiterated this point in 2012 52 and again in 2018 53 In 2019 he stated that the record was fine only that it could have been a lot better without interference from the record company 54 In 2021 Jourgensen resurrected the story that Arista took full control of the production and songwriting process made Jourgensen cut his hair and bought him a wardrobe of sharkskin suits and this time added the label wanted Ministry to sound like Wham a band who were not successful in the US until 1984 one year after With Sympathy had been released 55 Jourgensen assumes a false English accent for all of the album s songs for which he also later expressed great dislike 56 though Patty Marsh stated in a 2013 interview the English accent thing was more an homage to the bands he loved than anything else He was not trying to come off as British The Stones used a southern accent and no one crawled up their ass for it 57 an explanation Jourgensen himself had also given in a prior 1983 interview with Richard Skinner 58 Departed from Arista Jourgensen returned with Ministry on Wax Trax in mid 1984 34 While working as a cashier in the Wax Trax store he continued to record new material 59 In Autumn 1984 Ministry embarked on a new tour with a renewed line up supported by Belgian industrial dance act Front 242 60 During this tour Sire Records co owner Seymour Stein attended several gigs offering the band a new deal Jourgensen recalling his negative experience with Arista repeatedly declined but eventually agreed to sign on the condition that Sire would provide resources to support the Wax Trax imprint as Jourgensen put it it was kind of a personal sacrifice to keep that company rolling and allow them to keep signing bands 61 George left Ministry soon after this tour disagreeing with Jourgensen over increased use of drum machines 62 37 and went on to form the short lived band Colortone 62 and much later to pursue a record engineering career 63 Ministry released several singles throughout the Summer of 1985 All Day Every Day Is Halloween and The Nature of Love as well as a reissue of Cold Life which were cited as marking Jourgensen s first attempt at injecting industrial elements into Ministry s sound 36 24 64 10 Initially the B side on All Day single Halloween became viewed as a goth anthem similar to Bauhaus Bela Lugosi s Dead 46 65 The Nature of Love which came out in June 1985 became Ministry s final single on Wax Trax 24 in July 1985 the band was shown as signed to Sire Records 66 67 Twitch 1985 1987 Edit Ministry debuted on Sire Warner Bros in late 1985 with the single Over the Shoulder 68 67 preceding the release of the band s second studio album Twitch in March 1986 67 Twitch was recorded and mixed largely at Southern Studios in London and Hansa Tonstudio in West Berlin during 1985 with the On U Sound Records owner Adrian Sherwood and Jourgensen sharing co production duties 69 70 Despite the contribution of several others namely Belgian singer Luc van Acker and Sherwood s acquaintance Keith LeBlanc the album s material was mainly performed by Jourgensen listed as the band s sole member 10 Some material recorded during the Twitch sessions was later used for LeBlanc s and Sherwood s other projects most prominently LeBlanc s solo album Major Malfunction 71 20 72 On release Twitch hit No 194 in Billboard 200 and was supported by a US and Canadian tour Jourgensen assembled a new touring line up featuring Roland Barker on keyboards Paul Barker on bass and Bill Rieflin on drums 73 74 Twitch received mixed reviews with a music critic Robert Christgau stating Chicago s Anglodisco clones meet Anglodisco renegade Adrian Sherwood and promptly improve themselves by trading in wimpy on arty nevertheless the album came to be viewed as a pivotal point in the band s discography as it signaled ongoing changes in Ministry s sound 75 36 In later publications Jourgensen credited Sherwood with giving his music an aggressive edge and providing production advice but considered the record so Adrian Sherwood influenced 76 70 Breakthrough success 1988 1993 Edit After Twitch Paul Barker became Jourgensen s primary collaborator in Ministry 77 until his departure he was the only person credited as a member of the band other than Jourgensen 78 Jourgensen then made another significant change to Ministry s sound when he resumed playing electric guitar 10 With Rieflin on drums Ministry recorded The Land of Rape and Honey 1988 The album continued their success in the underground music scene The Land of Rape and Honey made use of synthesizers keyboards tape loops jackhammering drum machines dialogue excerpted from movies unconventional electronic processing and in parts heavy distorted electric guitar and bass The album was supported by a tour in 1988 and the singles and music videos for Stigmata and Flashback Stigmata was also used in a key scene in Richard Stanley s 1990 film Hardware although the band shown performing the song was Gwar 79 The follow up album The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste was released in 1989 Due to the complex nature of the album s drumming a second drummer Martin Atkins formerly of Public Image Ltd and Killing Joke was hired In addition to Atkins a ten piece touring line up was formed consisting of Chris Connelly keyboards and vocals Skinny Puppy vocalist Nivek Ogre vocals and keyboards Joe Kelly vocals and backing vocals and guitarists Mike Scaccia Terry Roberts and William Tucker with Jourgensen Paul Barker and Rieflin serving as the group s core members This tour was documented on In Case You Didn t Feel Like Showing Up 67 Two opening tracks Burning Inside and Thieves were released as a commercial single Burning Inside was accompanied by a music video After completing the Revolting Cocks tour in early 1991 Jourgensen and his bandmates began work on a follow up to The Mind at Chicago Trax studios amidst problems brought on by growing substance abuse 80 81 During these initial sessions Gibby Haynes of the Butthole Surfers recorded vocals for what became Jesus Built My Hotrod which hit No 19 in the Modern Rock Tracks chart with approximately 128 000 copies as of mid July 1992 considered Ministry s first and biggest commercial hit it built significant anticipation for their upcoming album then titled The Tapes of Wrath 82 83 80 84 85 In an attempt to distance themselves from drugs and find fresh perspective the band relocated from Chicago to Lake Geneva Wisconsin to record at Royal Recorders studios for ten weeks 86 84 After considering the Wisconsin sessions a washout they returned to Chicago to complete the album now entitled Psalm 69 The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs after a chapter from Aleister Crowley s The Book of Lies by early May 1992 with only nine of about thirty songs written being chosen to feature 82 84 The album was influenced by speed and thrash metal often being described as their fastest record by fans and critics It was released on July 14 1992 and peaked at No 27 on the Billboard 200 chart Soon after Ministry was invited to headline the second Lollapalooza tour with Pearl Jam Red Hot Chili Peppers and Soundgarden among others 87 88 before commencing a tour of Europe and the US with Helmet and Sepultura as supporting acts 89 90 Middle years turmoil and Jourgensen s drug addiction 1994 2001 Edit In October 1994 Ministry performed at the eighth Bridge School Benefit charity concert with sets of cover songs most prominently Bob Dylan s Lay Lady Lay and one original song Paisley which was intended to be on their next album 91 After constructing a studio in Austin Texas in 1993 19 the band proceeded to record a new album in July 1994 92 After refusing to perform drums on a cover version of Lay Lady Lay Rieflin parted ways with Jourgensen midway through the recording process 93 Along with newly recruited Rey Washam formerly of Scratch Acid Didjits and Rapeman who performed the rest of the album s drum work 94 Ministry performed as one of the headliners for Australia and New Zealand s Big Day Out touring festival in January 1995 In spite of their growing success Ministry was nearly derailed by drug problems and a series of arrests followed in August 1995 19 95 Completed at Chicago Trax Studios Filth Pig was released in 1996 96 Musically Filth Pig was more heavy metal than industrial with synthesizers and samples mostly stripped from a mix that focused on conventional hard rock instrumentation 97 98 99 The album s songs were played mostly at slower tempos than those on their previous three LPs giving it an almost doom metal feel Filth Pig was supported with the singles videos Reload The Fall Lay Lady Lay and Brick Windows and with a tour in 1996 the live performances were later anthologized on the Sphinctour album and DVD in 2002 Jourgensen has subsequently said that he was severely depressed during this period that Filth Pig reflects this and that he dislikes performing music from Filth Pig 100 Ministry recorded their final studio album for Warner Bros Records Dark Side of the Spoon 1999 which they dedicated to William Tucker who committed suicide earlier that year For Dark Side of the Spoon Ministry tried to diversify their sound by adding some melodic and synthetic touches to their usual electro metal sound along with some jazz influences 96 but the album was not well received critically or commercially However the single Bad Blood appeared on the soundtrack album of The Matrix and was nominated for a 2000 Grammy award 101 72 102 During this period Jourgensen had an infected toe amputated after accidentally stepping on a discarded hypodermic needle 103 In the summer of 2000 Ministry was invited to that year s Ozzfest 104 amidst a management changeover they were dropped from the bill and replaced by Soulfly 105 36 After Ministry were dropped from Warner Bros in 2000 the label issued the 2001 collection Greatest Fits which featured a new song What About Us Ministry would later perform the song in a cameo appearance in the Steven Spielberg film AI Artificial Intelligence 106 In 2000 2002 disputes with Warner Bros Records resulted in the planned live albums Live Psalm 69 Sphinctour and ClittourUS on Ipecac Recordings being canceled 104 Sphinctour was released on Sanctuary Records 36 Jourgensen s recovery from drug addiction and comeback 2001 2007 Edit Around 2001 Jourgensen almost lost his arm when he was bitten by a venomous spider 107 By his own admission Jourgensen was suicidal during this period and decided to call an acquaintance he had met years earlier the acquaintance Angelina Luckacin helped Jourgensen give up his massive substance habit which included heroin and cocaine speedballs crack LSD various pharmaceuticals and as many as two full bottles of Bushmills whiskey per day Luckacin and Jourgensen married soon after 108 Jourgensen and Barker along with Max Brody who had joined as a saxophone player for the 1999 tour focused on developing songs for a new record during 2001 and 2002 with the band issuing Animositisomina on Sanctuary Records in 2003 The sound was strongly heavy metal with voice effects though it featured an almost pop cover of Magazine s The Light Pours Out Of Me Animositisomina compared to previous releases sold poorly and singles for Animosity and Piss were canceled before they could be released Barker announced his departure from Ministry in January 2004 He stated that the trigger was his father dying while the band was wrapping up a summer tour in Europe and also stated that his family life was his main focus at that particular time 109 Lukacin stated in 2013 that Jourgensen fell out with Barker over the band s finances 110 Jourgensen continued Ministry with Mike Scaccia and various other musicians Ministry performing live at the 2006 M era Luna Festival Hildesheim Germany For Ministry s next album Jourgensen released the song No W a song critical of then U S President George W Bush an alternate version of the track was placed on the multi performer compilation Rock Against Bush Vol 1 The follow up LP Houses of the Mole 2004 contained the most explicitly political lyrics Jourgensen had yet written with songs played more crudely than on previous recordings giving the album the most metal oriented sound of their career In 2006 the band released Rio Grande Blood an LP on Jourgensen s own 13th Planet Records With Prong s Tommy Victor and Killing Joke s Paul Raven the album featured an even heavier thrash metal sound drawing comparison to Slayer The single Lieslieslies was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance at the 49th annual Grammy Awards It along with another song on the album The Great Satan is also available as a downloadable content song for the 2008 video game Rock Band 2 In July 2007 the band released Rio Grande Dub an album featuring remixes from the band s 2006 Rio Grande Blood album What Jourgensen expected to be Ministry s final album 111 The Last Sucker was released on September 18 2007 Paul Raven died on October 20 2007 a month and two days after the release of The Last Sucker suffering an apparent heart attack shortly after arriving in Europe to commence recording for the French industrial band Treponem Pal near the Swiss border 112 113 Breakup and posthumous releases 2008 2011 Edit Jourgensen remixed and co produced Spyder Baby s Bitter which was released by Blind Prophecy Records in early 2008 A song titled Keys to the City which became the theme song for the Chicago Blackhawks was released on March 5 2008 In addition to this single two albums of covers remixes Cover Up April 1 2008 and Undercover December 6 2010 were released All of these releases are credited to Ministry and Co Conspirators since they feature collaborations between Jourgensen and other musicians Ministry s farewell tour the C U LaTour started its North American leg on March 26 2008 with Meshuggah performing as special guests and Hemlock as an opening act They played their final North American shows in Chicago on May 10 and 12 2008 114 115 The final date on the international leg of the tour was at the Tripod in Dublin Ireland on July 18 2008 During the performance Jourgensen repeatedly reaffirmed it would indeed be the last Ministry show Due to a large demand for tickets an extra gig was added at the Tripod on July 19 2008 The band again played to a full house Ministry s final song at this show and ostensibly their last live performance was a rendition of their cover version of What a Wonderful World 116 Adios Puta Madres a live album featuring material culled from the tour was released in 2009 on CD and DVD 117 A documentary film called Fix The Ministry Movie was planned for release sometime in 2010 However the release date was pushed back to early 2011 Eventually it premiered at the Chicago International Movies amp Music Festival Jourgensen sued the filmmaker Doug Freel for failing to fulfill a portion of the contract giving Jourgensen approval over the final cut along with thousands of dollars 118 The lawsuit was dropped in July 2011 On July 21 the film was screened privately at the Music Box Theater in Los Angeles Reunion Relapse death of Mike Scaccia and From Beer to Eternity 2011 2015 Edit On August 7 2011 Ministry announced they would reform and would play at Germany s Wacken Open Air festival set to take place on August 2 4 2012 119 The reunion lineup featured Al Jourgensen on vocals Mike Scaccia and Tommy Victor on guitar Aaron Rossi on drums John Bechdel on keyboards and Tony Campos on bass 120 121 Jourgensen told Metal Hammer in August 2011 that Ministry was working on a new album called Relapse which they hoped to release by Christmas Regarding the sound of the new material he explained We ve only got five songs to go I ve been listening to it the last couple of weeks and I wasn t really in the mood I was just taking it as a joke Just to pass the time at first but Mikey s raving about it It s like dude c mon this is not about Bush so that part s over The ulcers are gone and Bush is gone so it s time for something new I think this is actually gonna wind up being the fastest and heaviest record I ve ever done Just because we did it as anti therapy therapy against the country music we would just take days off and thrash faster than I ve done in a long time faster than Mikey s done in a long time He just did a Rigor Mortis tour and said it was easy compared to this Ministry stuff so it s gonna be brutal and it s gonna freak a lot of people out 120 121 Ministry announced on their website that they entered the studio on September 1 2011 with engineer Sammy D Ambruoso to begin recording their new album 119 During the third webisode featuring behind the scenes footage from the making of Relapse a release date of March 23 2012 was announced 122 On December 23 2011 Ministry released 99 Percenters the first single from Relapse and began streaming it on their Facebook page two days later On February 24 2012 Ministry released a second single Double Tap which was included in the April 2012 issue of the Metal Hammer magazine On March 23 2012 Relapse was released 123 it was supported with Defibrillatour a concert tour which lasted from that year s June to August On December 23 2012 guitarist Mike Scaccia died 124 following an on stage heart attack while playing with his other band Rigor Mortis 125 In an interview with Noisey in March 2013 Jourgensen announced that Ministry would break up again explaining that he did not want to carry on without Scaccia He explained Mikey was my best friend in the world and there s no Ministry without him But I know the music we recorded together during the last weeks of his life had to be released to honor him So after his funeral I locked myself in my studio and turned the songs we had recorded into the best and last Ministry record anyone will ever hear I can t do it without Mikey and I don t want to So yes this will be Ministry s last album 126 The album titled From Beer to Eternity was released on September 6 2013 Jourgensen stated that Ministry would tour in support of From Beer to Eternity but would not record any more albums 127 128 AmeriKKKant Moral Hygiene and upcoming sixteenth studio album 2016 present Edit Jourgensen and Bechdel at the background performing with Ministry at The Forum in 2019 In an April 2016 interview with Loudwire Jourgensen stated that Ministry would make a follow up to From Beer to Eternity if the circumstances are right 129 When asked in July about the possibility of a new album Jourgensen stated When I was asked before it was after Mikey passed and the entire media immediately starts asking me what is going to happen to Ministry He wasn t even buried yet I thought Fuck you I was really pissed and really angry I said Fuck Ministry and fuck you for asking They want to comment on Ministry when my best friend had died It s been more than two years now and I got more ideas and I have done albums with Mikey and have done them without him It s time to get another record out I have a bunch of songs written in my head I wanted to have time to mourn before people start asking me about touring dates It was sick I was bombarded and email boxes were overloaded with what are you going to do now It was kind of creepy 130 By February 2017 Ministry had begun working on their fourteenth studio album 131 titled AmeriKKKant 132 The album released on March 9 2018 133 includes guest appearances from Burton C Bell of Fear Factory former N W A member Arabian Prince DJ Swamp and Lord of the Cello 132 134 During their performance at the Blackest of the Black Fest in Silverado California in May 2017 Ministry debuted their first song in four years Antifa which at the time was expected to appear on AmeriKKKant 135 In an October 2018 interview with Billboard magazine Jourgensen revealed that he had begun working on new material for Ministry s fifteenth studio album He explained I have to get as many albums as I can done while Trump is still president and then what am I going to do write those crappy albums that I write while Democrats are president 136 137 A month later media reports noted that Jourgensen had reconnected with Barker after 15 years hinting that the two might collaborate once again on the upcoming Ministry album 138 In a 2019 interview with Revolver magazine Jourgensen reaffirmed that he had been working on new material since 2018 and revealed that he had hired Paul D Amour formerly of Tool as the new bassist of Ministry 139 The band alongside Primus and Philip H Anselmo amp The Illegals opened for Slayer on the final North American leg of their farewell tour which took place in November 2019 140 In December 2019 the band released a visual history coffee table book Ministry Prescripture with author Aaron Tanner 141 In January 2020 Ministry announced the Industrial Strength Tour would start in 2020 with drummer London May of Samhain which would feature both KMFDM and Front Line Assembly as guests The tour was to begin on 1 July and extend until August 142 In May 2020 the band announced that they postponed all dates on the Industrial Strength Tour until 2021 due to the COVID 19 pandemic The 25 date tour with KMFDM and Front Line Assembly was scheduled to take place in March and April 2021 143 the trek was once again postponed to the fall of 2021 this time with Helmet replacing KMFDM who were unable to partake in the tour because of restrictions caused by the COVID in their native Germany 144 On September 24 2021 Ministry announced that The Industrial Strength tour had been postponed once more because of the pandemic with the tour now scheduled to take place in March and April 2022 and the Melvins and Corrosion of Conformity replacing Front Line Assembly and Helmet as special guests 145 On January 17 2020 Billboard released an expose on guitar player Sin Quirin detailing accounts of Quirin s alleged behavior including sexual relationships with underage females while touring in San Antonio TX Portland OR and Tacoma WA in the early 2000s 146 In May 2021 Quirin announced via Facebook that he was leaving Ministry 147 On March 24 2020 longtime drummer Bill Rieflin died of cancer which had been kept private His death was announced the next day by Robert Fripp of King Crimson via Facebook 148 On April 24 2020 one month after Rieflin s passing Ministry released their first song in two and a half years Alert Level which was expected to appear on the band s then upcoming fifteenth studio album 149 150 In May 2021 the band announced that drummer Roy Mayorga has rejoined the band 147 On July 8 2021 Ministry released Good Trouble as the first single from their fifteenth studio album Moral Hygiene which was released on October 1 151 152 About two weeks after the release of Moral Hygiene Jourgensen revealed that another Ministry album will be out in 6 8 months 153 In an interview with Metal Edge Jourgensen said that the album will feature an arena rock styled sound and also hinted at one final Ministry album 154 Artistry EditSee also Al Jourgensen Musicianship Ministry s experimentation stylistic variation and changes during its career cross several genres of popular music Alternative rock subgenres such as industrial rock and industrial metal are umbrella terms predominantly used to describe the band s career in general c Ministry has been classified under many other genres including EBM industrial dance 164 165 techno rock 166 hard rock 159 heavy metal 167 speed metal 168 thrash metal 169 and electro industrial 170 their early output has been categorised as new wave 171 synth pop 36 37 dance pop 172 electronic dance 20 and dark wave 173 In the April 1989 issue of Spin Magazine an author Michael Corcoran labelled the band as industrial disco 174 in 1994 writer Simon Glickman used this term as well 175 AllMusic s Steve Huey states that previous to Nine Inch Nails rise to mainstream popularity Ministry did more than any other band to popularize industrial dance music injecting large doses of punky over the top aggression and roaring heavy metal guitar riffs that helped their music find favor with metal and alternative audiences outside of industrial s cult fan base Despite frequent descriptions of the band s music as industrial 176 177 173 Jourgensen disputed the use of this tag in several publications since the early 1990s preferring instead to identify his style as aggro 178 179 180 96 and much later industrious 181 182 183 Despite Jourgensen s dislike of touring Ministry are noted for their live performances featuring extended versions of songs as evidenced on In Case You Didn t Feel Like Showing Up 184 and disturbing visual imagery 185 MTV also recognized the band as an influential heavy metal act highlighting the use of sampling during their heyday 186 Alternative Press included Ministry in their 1996 list of 100 underground inspirations of the past 20 years stating that they merged metal samples synths and the 100 mph sound of urban paranoia they pretty much created industrial music as we know it 187 Jourgensen revealed in 2008 that Ministry music is mostly on drop D and standard E tuning 188 Related projects EditJourgensen with former and current bandmates has been active in a number of musical projects besides Ministry Foremost of these was the Revolting Cocks founded by Jourgensen Richard 23 and Luc van Acker during Ministry and Front 242 s tour in 1984 22 189 Since its formation the band has released a number of records and has gone through several line up changes 1000 Homo DJs a project purposed for outtakes from The Land of Rape and Honey and The Mind has recorded a cover of Black Sabbath s Supernaut featuring Nine Inch Nails frontman and one time Revolting Cocks touring member Trent Reznor PTP a project led by Jourgensen and Barker included the assistance from Nivek Ogre on one occasion and Connelly on another and notably provided the song Show Me Your Spine featured in Paul Verhoeven s 1987 film RoboCop 190 Other notable projects include Pailhead with Ian MacKaye of Minor Threat and Fugazi Lard with former Dead Kennedys lead singer Jello Biafra and Acid Horse with Cabaret Voltaire members Richard H Kirk and Stephen Mallinder 191 10 Buck Satan and the 666 Shooters a country project led by Jourgensen released the sole album Bikers Welcome Ladies Drink Free in 2012 through 13th Planet Records 96 192 193 Surgical Meth Machine a speed metal project originally tributed to guitarist Mike ScacciaBarker has released several solo recordings under various monikers including Age of Reason and Chicks amp Speed Futurism as Lead into Gold in 1990 194 67 195 The Perfect Pair as Flowering Blight in 2008 196 and Fix This an accompanying soundtrack of Fix The Ministry Movie under his own name in 2012 197 Through the 2000s Barker formed Pink Anvil with Max Brody 198 and U S S A with the Jesus Lizard guitarist Duane Denison 199 Brody and Scaccia have also released materials as Goobersmoochers via Brody s Bandcamp site Members EditCurrent members Edit Al Jourgensen lead vocals guitars keyboards programming harmonica bandolin production 1981 present John Bechdel keyboards 2006 2008 2011 present Cesar Soto guitars backing vocals 2015 present Paul D Amour bass 2019 present Roy Mayorga drums 2016 2017 2021 present Monte Pittman guitars 2014 2021 present Former members Edit Keyboards John Davis keyboards backing vocals 1981 1982 died 2005 Robert Roberts keyboards backing vocals 1981 1983 Duane Buford keyboards 1994 1999 DJ Swamp turntables 2017 2018 Drums Stephen George drums 1981 1984 Bill Rieflin drums keyboards guitar 1986 1994 died 2020 Rey Washam drums 1994 1999 2003 Max Brody drums saxophone 1999 2004 Aaron Rossi drums 2008 2011 2016 Derek Abrams drums 2017 2019 London May drums 2020 2021 Guitar Mike Scaccia guitars 1989 1995 2003 2006 2011 2012 died 2012 Louis Svitek guitars 1992 1999 2003 Zlatko Hukic guitars 1996 1999 Tommy Victor guitars 2004 2008 2011 2012 Sin Quirin guitars bass keyboards 2007 2008 2012 2021 Bass Brad Hallen bass 1983 1984 Paul Barker bass keyboards programming production vocals 1986 2003 Paul Raven bass keyboards 2005 2007 died 2007 Jason Christopher bass backing vocals 2016 2017 Tony Campos bass backing vocals 2008 2011 2015 2017 2019 Additional touring musicians Edit Keyboards Paul Taylor keyboards 1981 Mark Pothier keyboards backing vocals 1983 Doug Chamberlin keyboards backing vocals 1983 1984 Patty Jourgensen keyboards backing vocals 1984 John Soroka keyboards backing vocals percussion 1984 Roland Barker keyboards 1986 1992 1993 saxophone 1986 Sarolta DeFaltay keyboards backing vocals 1986 Marston Daley keyboards 1987 Michael Balch keyboards programming 1991 1992 Darrell James keyboards 2003 2004 Guitar William Tucker guitar 1989 1990 died 1999 Terry Roberts guitar backing vocals 1989 1990 Michel Bassin guitar 1992 Sam Ladwig guitar 1992 Rick Valles guitar 2004 Drums Jeff Ward drums 1988 died 1993 Martin Atkins drums 1989 1990 Tia Sprocket drums 2003 died 2017 Mark Baker drums 2004 2005 Joey Jordison drums 2006 died 2021 Jimmy DeGrasso drums 2008 Thomas Holtgreve drums 2017 Bass Martin Sorenson bass 1981 1982 Casey Orr bass 1992 2012 John Monte bass 2004 Eddy Garcia bass 2004 Vocals Audrey Stanzler vocals 1981 1982 Shay Jones vocals 1982 1983 Yvonne Gage vocals 1983 1984 1999 Chris Connelly vocals 1989 1990 1992 1993 keyboards 1989 1990 Nivek Ogre vocals 1988 1990 Joe Kelly vocals 1989 1990 Marco Neves vocals 1992 Burton C Bell vocals 2008 2018 Timeline EditDiscography EditMain article Ministry discography Studio albums Edit With Sympathy 1983 Twitch 1986 The Land of Rape and Honey 1988 The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste 1989 Psalm 69 The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs 1992 Filth Pig 1996 Dark Side of the Spoon 1999 Animositisomina 2003 Houses of the Mole 2004 Rio Grande Blood 2006 The Last Sucker 2007 Relapse 2012 From Beer to Eternity 2013 AmeriKKKant 2018 Moral Hygiene 2021 Tours EditWith Sympathy Tour 1983 Wax Trax Singles Tour 1984 Twitch Tour 1986 1987 The Land of Rape and Honey Tour 1988 The Mind Tour 1989 1990 Lollapalooza 1992 Psalm 69 Tour 1992 1994 Big Day Out 1995 Sphinctour 1996 ClitourUS 1999 Fornicatour 2003 Evil Doer Tour 2004 2005 MasterBaTour 2006 C U LaTour 2008 DeFiBriLaTouR Relapse Tour 2012 From Beer to EternaTour 2015 Death Grips and Ministry US Tour 2017 200 The AmeriKKKant Tour 2018 EU UK Summer Tour 2019 Slayer s Final Campaign Tour with Primus and Phillip H Anselmo amp The Illegals 2019 Industrial Strength Tour 2022 initially scheduled to take place in summer 2020 later rescheduled to fall 2021 and then spring 2022 due to COVID 19 201 202 203 204 Moral Hygiene Tour 2022Notes Edit In an article published in the September 1982 issue of Illinois Entertainer Jourgensen was said to discuss several possible names for the band including Fallen Pillar Ministry of Fear and Ministry of Funk before settling on Ministry as it combined the doom gloom chromosomes of Fear and the dance feel of Funk 17 Much later publications has Jourgensen giving a credit to Fritz Lang s 1944 movie Ministry of Fear for inspiring the band s name 18 19 AllMusic editor Greg Prato reiterated this point in Jourgensen s profile 20 and so did Burton C Bell and John Bechdel in an interview to James Hester for Target Audience Magazine 21 In the November 1988 interview for Rockpool Jourgensen explains 22 Everyone interprets the name Ministry differently Some people interpret it religiously To a lot of people I m the Ministry of Assholes and others think I m the Ministry of whatever The whole point being that the name conjures up the image of a big omnipotent corporation behind closed doors in darkened rooms wheeling and dealing powerplay type of thing So to some people the name is along government lines and to others it s along religious lines but when it all boils down to it what s the fucking difference Power brokers is all that it is behind closed doors running your lives And that s what it s supposed to conjure up and that s what I wanted to generate and that s what it will always be within Ministry According to Jello Biafra it was intended to be a seven inch single featuring the song Overkill with the B side I m Falling 26 Alternative rock subgenres such as industrial rock 155 156 157 115 158 and industrial metal 159 160 161 162 163 are umbrella terms predominately used to describe the band s career in general References Edit Yucel Ilker April 7 2017 Sin Quirin InterView Just as Intense and Heavy ReGen Magazine Retrieved August 7 2019 Brooks 2017 p 49 Gold amp Platinum RIAA RIAA com Retrieved September 27 2017 Ministry Chart history Billboard Retrieved November 27 2017 Ministry Biography amp History AllMusic Retrieved May 20 2020 Archive Jon Wiederhorn Founding Bassist Paul Barker Leaves Ministry MTV News Retrieved May 20 2020 Al Jourgensen Announces the End of Ministry www ultimate guitar com Retrieved May 20 2020 Ministry Releasing Next Full Length In 2022 Metal Storm October 21 2021 Retrieved October 21 2021 Thompson 2000 p 497 Jourgensen amp Wiederhorn 2013 pp 45 46 a b c d e Wolanski Coreen March 1 2003 Ministry Nothing Exceeds Like 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net August 18 2011 Retrieved November 1 2018 Ministry The Making Of Relapse Webisode 3 Blabbermouth net Archived from the original on November 17 2011 Retrieved November 19 2011 Hung Steffen Ministry Relapse austriancharts at Retrieved December 18 2012 Prato Greg December 23 2012 Ministry Guitarist Mike Scaccia Dies After Onstage Collapse Rolling Stone Retrieved December 23 2012 MIKE SCACCIA Official Cause Of Death Revealed Benefit Concert Planned Blabbermouth net December 24 2012 Retrieved December 26 2012 Al Jourgensen Announces the End of Ministry Ultimate Guitar Al Jourgensen says Ministry will tour behind From Beer to Eternity Metal Insider June 2 2014 Ministry To Tour In Support Of From Beer To Eternity With Full Album Performances theprp com May 31 2014 Al Jourgensen Talks Surgical Meth Machine Hating Facebook New Ministry Album Possibility Loudwire com April 14 2016 Retrieved April 14 2016 Al Jourgensen Planning New Ministry Album Slams Republicans amp Trump Supporters theprp com July 13 2016 Retrieved July 14 2016 Al Jourgensen Planning New Ministry Album Slams Republicans amp Trump Supporters theprp com February 22 2017 Retrieved May 31 2017 a b Ministry Tap Fear Factory Ex N W A Etc Members For New Album AmeriKKKant theprp com May 29 2017 Retrieved May 31 2017 Ministry AmeriKKKant Cover Artwork Unveiled Antifa Music Video Released Blabbermouth net December 11 2017 Retrieved December 11 2017 Ministry Signs With Nuclear Blast AmeriKKKant Album Due In Early 2018 Blabbermouth net September 26 2017 Retrieved September 26 2017 Watch Ministry Debut New Track Antifa Live theprp com May 29 2017 Retrieved May 31 2017 Stingley Mick October 11 2018 Ministry s Al Jourgensen on Turning 60 30th Anniversary of The Land of Rape and Honey Billboard Retrieved October 17 2018 MINISTRY Is Already Working On Follow Up To AmeriKKKant Says AL JOURGENSEN Blabbermouth net October 12 2018 Retrieved October 12 2018 Graff Gary Ministry s Al Jourgensen and Paul Barker Bury the Hatchet Consider Future Music Plans Billboard Retrieved November 8 2018 Ministry s Al Jourgensen on How Playing in a Band Is Like Naked and Afraid Revolver July 1 2019 Retrieved July 9 2019 SLAYER Announces The Final Campaign Tour Dates With PRIMUS MINISTRY And PHILIP H ANSELMO amp THE ILLEGALS Blabbermouth net July 9 2019 Retrieved July 9 2019 Grow Kory September 18 2019 Ministry Prep New Photo Book Talk Revisiting Every Day Is Halloween Rolling Stone Retrieved September 18 2019 Blabbermouth January 13 2020 MINISTRY Announces Summer 2020 Tour With KMFDM And FRONT LINE ASSEMBLY BLABBERMOUTH NET Presale Available BLABBERMOUTH NET Retrieved January 13 2020 Marottao Michael May 20 2020 Ministry s Industrial Strength Tour with KMFDM and FLA postponed to 2021 Vanyaland Retrieved June 3 2020 DiVita Joe March 19 2021 Ministry Again Reschedule Anniversary Tour Now for Fall 2021 Loudwire Retrieved July 9 2021 MINISTRY Move Upcoming Tour Dates To March amp April 2022 MELVINS amp CORROSION OF CONFORMITY Join As Special Guests bravewords com September 24 2021 Retrieved September 24 2021 Serota Maggie January 17 2020 Ministry Guitarist Sin Quirin Accused of Underage Sexual Relationships by Two Women Billboard subscription required Retrieved January 17 2020 a b Guitarist Sin Quirin Quits Ministry Following Last Year s Allegations of Underage Sexual Relations Consequence of Sound May 17 2021 Retrieved May 17 2021 Legaspi Althea May 24 2020 Bill Rieflin Drummer for King Crimson R E M Ministry Dead at 59 Rolling Stone Retrieved June 3 2020 Multi instrumentalist also performed with Nine Inch Nails KMFDM Swans and many others Watch MINISTRY s Lyric Video For Explosive New Song Alert Level Blabbermouth net April 24 2020 Retrieved April 27 2020 MINISTRY Is Recording New Album Blabbermouth net March 28 2020 Retrieved May 20 2020 Ministry To Release New Album Moral Hygiene In October Debut Good Trouble ThePRP July 8 2021 Retrieved July 9 2021 DiVita Joe July 9 2021 Ministry Take Aim at Fascism Police on New Song Announce Album Loudwire Retrieved July 9 2021 Ministry Frontman Talks Why He Doesn t Want to End Up Like Rolling Stones Icon Mick Jagger Recalls Weird Onstage Experience Ultimate Guitar October 13 2020 Retrieved October 19 2021 Al Jourgensen talks Ministry Motley Madonna and his upcoming arena rock album Metal Edge March 7 2022 Retrieved March 18 2022 Deming Mark Ministry Sphinctour 1996 Overview AllMovie All Media Network Retrieved October 10 2017 In 1996 after the release of their album Filth Pig pioneering industrial rock troublemakers Ministry set out on a worldwide tour leaving dazzled and dazed audiences in the wake of their brutal live shows Christensen Thor 1999 Ministry In Graff Gary Durchholz Daniel eds MusicHound Rock The Essential Album Guide loan required Detroit Visible Ink Press p 762 ISBN 978 1 57859 061 2 via the Internet Archive nine inch nails might sell more records but the Al Jourgensen led Ministry is the most influential American industrial rock band Buharin Andrej December 19 2007 Ministry The Last Sucker Ministry The Last Sucker Rolling Stone Russia in Russian No 40 published October 2007 pp 85 86 Archived from the original on October 4 2017 Retrieved June 7 2018 Reed 2013 p 188 a b Ferman Dave June 27 2001 Metal Band Ministry Rocks For A i s Robots Sun Sentinel Retrieved December 2 2017 McIntyre Gina April 20 2011 Ministry frontman Al Jourgensen sues makers of behind the scenes documentary Fix Los Angeles Times Retrieved November 28 2017 Lindsay Cam July 17 2017 With Psalm 69 Ministry Set the Bar for Depravity Noisey Vice Retrieved November 28 2017 Ministry Performs New Song Antifa At Blackest Of The Black Festival Video Blabbermouth May 29 2017 Retrieved July 17 2017 Industrial metal veterans MINISTRY debuted a new song called Antifa during their May 27 appearance at this year s edition of the Blackest Of The Black festival which took place May 26 27 at Oak Canyon Park in Silverado California Kultni industrial metal band Ministry u Zagrebu HRT Magazin in Croatian Croatian Radiotelevision June 5 2017 Retrieved September 19 2017 DeRogatis Jim 2003 Milk it Collected Musings on the Alternative Music Explosion of the 90 s Cambridge MA Da Capo Press p 95 ISBN 0 306 81271 1 via the Internet Archive Reynolds Simon 2005 Rip It Up and Start Again Postpunk 1978 1984 London Faber and Faber p 523 ISBN 0571215696 via the Internet Archive Miller 2014 p 82 Comer M Tye April 1998 Cubanate Interference Wax Trax TVT Reviews CMJ New Music Monthly No 56 College Media Inc p 48 ISSN 1074 6978 Retrieved January 31 2018 via Google Books Filene Benjamin 2000 Romancing the Folk Public Memory amp American Roots Music Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press p 231 ISBN 9780807848623 via Google Books Henderson Lol January 27 2014 Encyclopedia of Music in the 20th Century Routledge p 720 ISBN 9781135929466 Tolleson Robin Nunziata Susan August 1 1992 Artists in Concert Artists amp Music Billboard Magazine Vol 104 no 31 p 13 ISSN 0006 2510 Retrieved September 29 2017 via Google Books MacDonald Trystan September 9 2013 Ministry From Beer to Eternity Exclaim Retrieved April 12 2015 Elferen Isabella van January 7 2012 Gothic Music The Sounds of the Uncanny Cardiff University of Wales Press p 164 ISBN 9780708325186 Moon 2008 p 505 Knowles 2010 p 236 a b Distefano Alex August 28 2014 The 10 Best Industrial Bands OC Weekly Retrieved December 2 2017 Corcoran Michael April 1989 The Night Chicago Died Flash Spin Vol 5 no 1 Spin Media LLC p 20 ISSN 0886 3032 Retrieved January 31 2018 via Google Books Glickman 1994 p 164 Barber Greg June 20 2006 Q amp A Paul Raven of Ministry Washington Post Retrieved December 2 2017 Knowles 2010 p 236 Brooks 2017 p 47 Fricke David April 18 1991 An Earful of Wax Rolling Stone No 602 pp 37 39 ISSN 0035 791X Himes Geoffrey Harrington Richard November 30 1994 Recordings The Washington Post Retrieved August 27 2018 one of Jourgensen s latter day descriptions is more accurate The music he prefers to call aggro is erotic neurotic psychotic cyberaggresive new beat dance country new wave punk with a metal edge and just a touch of insanity Jancik Wayne Lathrop Tad 1995 Ministry Cult Rockers New York Fireside pp 189 190 ISBN 068481112X via the Internet Archive Masuo 1996 p 69 Herzog Kerry July 31 2013 Al Jourgensen Bids Adieu to Ministry Not to Speaking His Mind Spin Retrieved December 2 2017 Mervis Scott October 18 2017 Al Jourgensen talks about new Ministry album the industrial tag and that wild Lollapalooza of 92 Pittsburgh Post Gazette Retrieved December 2 2017 Everyone puts us in this We re an industrial band stuff I don t know about industrial because I never worked in a construction site or an industrial site What is industrial ZZ Top uses drum programming and samples and stuff Is ZZ Top industrial I don t think so So I ve never considered us an industrial band We re an industrious band How about that We re still around after 35 years That makes us industrious But I don t know about industrial Raggett Ned In Case You Didn t Feel Like Showing Up Ministry AllMusic All Media Network Retrieved February 24 2018 Larkin 1998 p 3692 Brooks 2017 pp 50 51 Wiederhorn Jon Greatest Metal Bands Honorable Mentions MTV Viacom Archived from the original on October 21 2013 Retrieved November 24 2013 Nickson Chris 1996 Michael Shea ed 100 Underground Inspirations of the Past 20 Years Alternative Press Cleveland OH Alternative Press Magazine Inc 11 100 39 56 ISSN 1065 1667 Angle Brad The Setlist Al Jourgensen of Ministry Guitar World Retrieved January 3 2023 Jourgensen amp Wiederhorn 2013 pp 76 77 Greene 1993 p 38 Greene 1993 pp 32 38 Glickman 1994 p 165 Larkin 1998 p 3692 Langer Andy July 2013 Industrial Strength Texas Monthly Retrieved July 12 2018 Jeffries David Bikers Welcome Ladies Drink Free Buck Satan amp the 666 Shooters AllMusic All Media Network Retrieved October 26 2017 Greene 1993 pp 32 38 40 Stone Doug Lead Into Gold Biography 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Ministry reschedule Industrial Strength Tour for fall 2021 Helmet replace KMFDM BrooklynVegan Retrieved May 13 2021 Ministry reschedule tour again now with Melvins amp Corrosion of Conformity BrooklynVegan Retrieved September 24 2021 Bibliography EditBarker Paul Spring 1996 Ministry IndustrialnatioN No 12 Interviewed by Sharon Maher pp 24 27 ISSN 1062 449X Retrieved October 31 2018 via the Internet Archive Berelian Essi 2005 The Rough Guide to Heavy Metal London Rough Guides pp 161 198 225 227 ISBN 1 84353 415 0 LCCN 2005283222 OCLC 1256510439 via the Internet Archive Brooks Jeffrey S 2017 Chapter 5 The Evolution of a Revolution In Terri N Watson Jeffrey S Brooks Floyd D Beachum eds Educational Leadership and Music Lessons for Tomorrow s School Leaders Charlotte NC Information Age Publishing pp 47 54 ISBN 9781681238579 via Google Books Brown Jake 2012 Chapter 18 Al Jourgensen The Ministry of Industrial Rock Behind the Boards The Making of Rock n Roll s Greatest Records Revealed Hal Leonard Books pp 195 202 ISBN 978 1 4584 1972 9 Fontenoy Richard 2003 Ministry In Buckley Piter ed The Rough Guide to Rock London New York Rough Guides pp 675 676 ISBN 1 84353 105 4 OCLC 1151158224 via the Internet Archive Glickman Simon 1994 Ministry In Rubiner Julia M ed Contemporary Musicians Profiles of The People in Music Vol 10 Detroit Washington D C London Gale Research pp 164 166 ISBN 0 8103 2218 8 ISSN 1044 2197 via the Internet Archive Greene Jo Ann April 2 1993 Ministry scans Goldmine Vol 19 no 7 331 pp 26 28 32 38 40 ISSN 1055 2685 Retrieved October 13 2018 via the Prongs org archive Jourgensen Al amp Wiederhorn Jon July 9 2013 Ministry The Lost Gospels According To Al Jourgensen Boston MA Da Capo Press ISBN 9780306822186 OCLC 811206550 via the Internet Archive Jourgensen Al July December 2003 Al Jourgensen Talks Politics with IN IndustrialnatioN No 18 Interviewed by Sharon Maher ISSN 1062 449X Archived from the original on August 19 2004 Retrieved October 31 2017 Knowles Christopher 2010 The Secret History of Rock n Roll Berkeley California Viva Editions Simon and Schuster ISBN 978 1 57344 405 7 OCLC 748093098 via the Internet Archive Larkin Colin ed 1998 Ministry Encyclopedia of Popular Music Vol 5 3rd ed Muse UK Ltd pp 3692 3693 ISBN 1561592374 OCLC 1033560739 via the Internet Archive Locher David A 1998 The Industrial Identity Crisis The Failure of a Newly Forming Subculture to Identify Itself In Jonathan S Epstein ed Youth Culture Identity in a Postmodern World Wiley Blackwell Publishers pp 100 117 ISBN 1 55786 851 4 OCLC 1036979534 via the Internet Archive Masuo Sandy January February 1996 Ministry It s Not Easy Being Mean Option Music Culture No 66 pp 66 73 ISSN 0882 178X McLeod Kembrew November 2004 Ministry In Brackett Nathan ed The New Rolling Stone Album Guide New York Simon amp Schuster p 544 ISBN 0 7432 0169 8 OCLC 1036744932 via the Internet Archive Miller Monica August 2014 No man with a good car needs to be justified Preaching Roack and Roll Salvation from O Connor s Wise Blood to Ministry s Jesus Built My Hotrod Flannery O Connor Review Georgia College 12 82 98 ISSN 0091 4924 Moon Tom 2008 1 000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die New York Workman Publishing Company ISBN 978 0 7611 3963 8 Prown Pete Newquist Harvey P 1997 Ministry Chapter 33 Industrial and Grindcore Legends of Rock Guitar The Essential Reference of Rock s Greatest Guitarists Foreword by Joe Satriani edited by Jon Eiche Milwaukee WI Hal Leonard Corporation pp 250 251 ISBN 0 7935 4042 9 Reed S Alexander 2013 Assimilate A Critical History of Industrial Music Oxford University Press ISBN 978 0 19 983260 6 LCCN 2012 42281 OCLC 1147729910 via the Internet Archive Thompson Dave 2000 Alternative Rock Milwaukee WI Hal Leonard Corporation ISBN 9780879306076 OCLC 1193377576 via the Internet Archive Wiederhorn Jon amp Turman Katherine 2013 Louder Than Hell The Definitive Oral History of Metal New York itbooks ISBN 978 0 06 195828 1 OCLC 843469256 via the Internet 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