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Ministry
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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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Filth Pig
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Akiguchi wrote:
The only worthwhile industrial band that there is.
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Ashona223 wrote:
love Ministry
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Kutaaa wrote:
i don't like industrial music. but this is fucking awesome.
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sheikher1981 wrote:
http://www.last.fm/music/Citizen+Vex
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KoRnCHILD wrote:
New movie about Ministry --- >Fix trailer http://vimeo.com/8338210
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Haru-Yami wrote:
despues de withsimphaty todos apestan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! withsimphaty es uniko y el mejor albumq e oido
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WerBack wrote:
Happy Holidays from the Untrue Metal Last.fm Group!
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kychtayl wrote:
the hurt locker
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AtxJoy wrote:
START WITH THE "Greatest Fits" ALBUM! IT"S THE SHYT! IT KEEPS YOU PUMPED BECUZ THE BEATS ARE SO FAST. Like most Ministry albums are.
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Darsa wrote:
Which album is best to start with?
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szczypiorofix wrote:
Psalm 69 -the best album!
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c_file wrote:
professional industrial animation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vH96yXmyRqM
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SovietJoe wrote:
End of Days pt. 2... What a way to go out.
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efilgnikcufecin wrote:
Only Ministry makes a bullhorn and a microphone sound good....oh yeah RevCo too!!!
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20ss wrote:
waiting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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sarayuki wrote:
Just One Fix!
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NikkuBR wrote:
"am i alone in thinking that Twitch is a fucking awesome album?" I like it. :D
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newwavelad wrote:
FUCK YES!!
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skinnydrifter wrote:
Ministry and The Mission December 2009 - "It’s Always Christmas Time” -a collaborative carol from Al Jourgensen (Ministry, RevCo) and Mark Gemini Thwaite (The Mission UK, Peter Murphy, Mob Research)... WTF! I'm gonna go buy/listen to this.
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TucoRamirez666 wrote:
Twitch was defiantly Al's funkiest stuff along with Big Sexy Land.
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New Al Jourgensen & Mark Thwaite Song Exclusive World Broadcast Debut On The Mancow…
29 Oct 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/ministrymusic
"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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