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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).

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2	Just One Fix	777
3	Bad Blood	709
4	Stigmata full track	529
5	N.W.O.	521
6	Thieves	442
7	Psalm 69	429
8	Hero	420
9	TV II	387
10	Lay Lady Lay	384
11	Burning Inside	347
12	So What	311
13	Rio Grande Blood full track	298
14	Roadhouse Blues full track	277
15	Grace	267

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Celestja wrote:
yesterday evening

They are awesome!

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Rysis wrote:
Friday morning

If they have upcoming tours that means they are touring

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The_Batcat wrote:
Wednesday evening

Great band. I don't understand how Last FM thinks they're on tour though.

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Fyrmyr wrote:
Tuesday morning

From all the t shirts I have the best one is tbh from Ministry, it was worth every €, epic T shirt for a epic band :D

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eastbaythunder wrote:
last week

killer band

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drummerdeftones wrote:
last month

Rio Grande Blood, Flashback and All Day (Remix) are the best Ministry songs!

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[deleted-user] wrote:
last month

Great Band. I like "Broken" "Animosity" and "Jesus Built by Hotrod"
redx00xstar wrote:
last month

LOL @ SavageHippy123..I agree! <3

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TucoRamirez666 wrote:
last month

STRONGER THAN REASON STRONGER THAN LIES THE ONLY TRUTH I KNOW, IS THE LOOK IN YOUR EYES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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pigslaughter wrote:
last month

One of the best band ever...though they are best known by playing industrial metal, my favourite Ministry song is "Work For Love" ( New wave era). Immense.

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Jongusmoe wrote:
last month

I prefer the new wave tbh. XD o_o;

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Rooster____ wrote:
last month

Ever!

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last month

Band

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Rooster____ wrote:
last month

Best

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mikev3 wrote:
last month

I dont listen to them, but i know that their last concert was in Bulgaria ( my country) (:

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RottenBerry wrote:
last month

LOL.

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Luvoix wrote:
last month

I'm pissed.

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Luvoix wrote:
last month

Wtf they disbanded?

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dogsmycopilot wrote:
last month

Never would have thought I'd like this, but Jesus Built My Hotrod is too cool.

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loudecibels wrote:
last month

Oh god, having Ministry withdrawal. Son of a bitch.

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