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Chicago, United States (1981 – 2008)
Ministry popularized industrial-metal by 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. That’s not to say Ministry had a commercial or generally accessible sound: they were unremittingly intense, abrasive, pounding, and repetitive, and not always guitar-oriented (samples, synthesizers, and tape effects were a primary focus just as often as guitars and distorted vocals). However, both live and in the studio, they achieved a huge, crushing sound that put most of their contemporaries in aggressive musical genres to shame; plus, founder and frontman Al Jourgensen gave the group a greater aura of style and theater than other industrial bands, who seemed rather faceless when compared with Jourgensen’s leather-clad cowboy/biker look and the edgy shock tactics of such videos as 
N.W.O., Jesus Built My Hotrod and Just One Fix. After 1992’s Psalm 69, which represented the peak of their popularity, Ministry’s recorded output dwindled, partially because of myriad side projects and partially due to heroin abuse within the band, but continued to resurface through the rest of the decade.
Ministry was formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1981 by Alain Jourgensen (born Oct. 8, 1958, Havana, Cuba); he had moved to the U.S. with his mother while very young and lived in a succession of cities, eventually working as a radio DJ and joining a new wave band called Special Affect (fronted by future My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult leader Frankie Nardiello, aka Groovie Mann).
N.W.O., Jesus Built My Hotrod and Just One Fix. After 1992’s Psalm 69, which represented the peak of their popularity, Ministry’s recorded output dwindled, partially because of myriad side projects and partially due to heroin abuse within the band, but continued to resurface through the rest of the decade.Ministry was formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1981 by Alain Jourgensen (born Oct. 8, 1958, Havana, Cuba); he had moved to the U.S. with his mother while very young and lived in a succession of cities, eventually working as a radio DJ and joining a new wave band called Special Affect (fronted by future My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult leader Frankie Nardiello, aka Groovie Mann).
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Psalm 69
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The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste
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The Land of Rape and Honey
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ShockedOfLight wrote:
Al secretly loves the With Sympathy album!
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Voloder wrote:
Great band.
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Pinkbat wrote:
exploitation to feed the corporations!
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Pinkbat wrote:
colon dick and bush just a hammerin away!
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Pinkbat wrote:
thrash metal stinks
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Frankie22GO23 wrote:
BlankPagePoet: No votes for Grandpa Jourgensen's "presidency". Why would you even joke about this? The guys a hack, not a politician. And why did he ever start calling himself "Uncle Al" anyways? Whatta dork! Grandpa Jourgensen all the way, long live Duane Buford.
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Frankie22GO23 wrote:
And by "former junkie douchebag", I mean he's an asshole who used to do smack and other hard drugs. He continues to drink heavily, though. He claims his doctor told him he's healthy. My ass he is........
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Frankie22GO23 wrote:
Now that's just mean. Jourgensen may be a former junkie douchebag, but to wish he had died is just........I mean, I don't like the guy that much either. He really has little talent and takes far too much credit for Ministry. The last three (okay, two, I like Houses a little bit) albums were shit, but damn yo, give tha nigguh a break. He's borderline retarded these days! You can't make fun of the mentally challenged, let alone wish death upon them! Yeah, what the hell am I talking about? P.S: Long live Paul Barker.
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eternalcowboy2 wrote:
I'm on a mission to never forget the last three albums that sucked dick!!!!! ahahghahhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
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eternalcowboy2 wrote:
i wish jourgensen had died of a overdose like 9 years ago
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eternalcowboy2 wrote:
today i wiped my butt with the holographic insert for the last sucker and mailed it to al with my best regards
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Pinkbat wrote:
Ministry has sucked dick since paul barker left the band. Jourgenson completely destroyed all the mystique this band used to have.
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CapNColostomy wrote:
Obviously. They sound EXACTLY THE SAME!!! lol wut @ all the dipshits that whine about post psalm 69 era Ministry. That's been some of their best stuff.
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Pinkbat wrote:
i heard al jourgenson stole all his riffs from dimebag darrel is this true?!?
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polymorphous71 wrote:
cheesy puffs.
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BlankPagePoet wrote:
1 vote for Uncle Al's Presidency?
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Xelias11 wrote:
Ministry forever!
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NWG369 wrote:
No.
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Alliban wrote:
They were fucking shit when they first started, when Pslam 69 came out they got fucking good!
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DesireeGomez wrote:
Just to make it clear for some of the newbies that are just discovering Ministry, in the comments below somewhere. 80s Ministry was synthpop. 90s Ministry was industrial metal (thats what they called it then). All the other shit that followed was crap that I am incapable of elaborating on, since they lost me somewhere around it. Jourgensen had most of us confused. I was lucky enought to see them at Lollapalooza circa Jesus Built My Hotrod.
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New Al Jourgensen & Mark Thwaite Song Exclusive World Broadcast Debut On The Mancow…
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"It's Always Christmas Time", a collaborative carol from Al Jourgensen and Mark Thwaite (Mission UK, Peter Murphy, Mob Research) will have its Exclusive World Broadcast Debut on The Mancow Show. …
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