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Band Spotlight - Ministry

Ministry got its start in early 1981 in Chicago, Illinois and was formed by current front man Al Jourgensen along with Stephen George. The duet begin as a new wave syntho-dance band and released several albums along that genre. During the mid 80’s Jourgensen parted ways with George and continued on with Ministry as a solo act. It wasn’t until the late 80’s that Jourgensen partnered up with Paul Barker on bass, brought back the guitar that he learned to play years before, and then added drummer William Rieflin to create the album “The Land of Rape and Honey”. The LP continued Ministry’s success in the underground music scene and is considered by many a classic in the subgenre of industrial metal. Here’s a video originally from the album “The land of Rape and Honey” which was later released live on the album and video “In case you didn’t feel like showing up”


Ministry’s next release was one of (and still is) my all time favorite albums, “The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste”.  Since then, the band lineup has changed several times over with the exeption of Al Jourgensen and Jourgensen (as well as most of the other members) have worked on several noteworthy side projects, the list is just too long to go into.

I haven’t really kept up with too much recently so feel free to add your comments and / or news info regarding Ministry below.

Current Disography:

Studio albums:

With Sympathy | Twitch | The Land of Rape and Honey | The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste | Psalm 69 | Filth Pig | Dark Side of the Spoon | Animositisomina | Houses of the Molé | Rio Grande Blood | The Last Sucker Live

Remix and Compilation albums:

Twelve Inch Singles | In Case You Didn’t Feel Like Showing Up | Greatest Fits | Sphinctour | Early Trax | Side Trax | Rantology | Rio Grande Dub Ya

Buy them here at rock bottom prices

Written by Beezlebubba on October 26th, 2007 with no comments.
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