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Al Jourgensen (born October 9, 1958 in Havana, Cuba), is an American musician best known as the founder and frontman of the industrial metal band Ministry. ...

Band history

Early years

Al Jourgensen began Ministry in Chicago, Illinois in 1981. His first band prior to Ministry was Special Affect with Groovie Mann (of My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult). The original line-up of Ministry consisted mainly of Jourgensen (vocals and keyboards) and Stephen George (drums), and Ministry's original sound was essentially New Wave synth-pop that was more melodic than the aggressive music for which Jourgensen would become known. In the incarnation of Jourgensen/George, Ministry created four 12" singles on Wax Trax! Records through 1984 (anthologized on Twelve Inch Singles). Their first LP, With Sympathy, was issued on Arista Records in 1983, and sold slowly but hit the upper 90's in the Billboard Top 100. The music in With Sympathy, and the various singles that Arista issued in association with it, was melodic pop; critic Dean Carlson describes the album as "Human League's surly little brother."[1] Jourgensen has always expressed disappointment with Ministry's music during those early years, reportedly referring to With Sympathy as an "abortion of an album." According to him, after signing the record contract, all artistic control of Ministry was "handed" over to other writers and producers. [2] Some of his preferred recordings from that era were collected into the CD Early Trax (Rykodisc Records, 2004). Nickname: Motto: Urbs in Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in the Chicago metro area and Illinois Coordinates: , Country State Counties Cook, DuPage Settled 1770s Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government  - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area  - City  234. ... Official language(s) English[1] Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Largest metro area Chicago Metropolitan Area Area  Ranked 25th  - Total 57,918 sq mi (149,998 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 390 miles (629 km)  - % water 4. ... See also: Musical groups established in 1981 Record labels established in 1981 list of years in music // January 10 - Revival of the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta The Pirates of Penzance opens at Broadways Uris Theatre, starring Linda Ronstadt and Rex Smith February 14 - Billy Idol leaves the band Generation... My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult (TKK) is an American electronic industrial band originally based out of Chicago, Illinois. ... Stephen Stevo George is one of the founding members and formerly drummer of the American Industrial band Ministry. ... Wax Trax! Records was a record label in the United States. ... Twelve Inch Singles is a 1985 Ministry release including tracks from prior Ministry singles as well as new remixes of some of those songs. ... With Sympathy is an album by industrial band Ministry. ... See also: 1983 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1983 Record labels established in 1983 // Michael Jacksons Thriller, the most successful album not only of 1983, but of all time, was released in 1982 and began its epic domination of the music charts the following year, 1983. ... The Human League are an English synthpop band formed in 1977, who, after several changes in line up, achieved great popularity in the 1980s and a limited comeback in the mid-1990s. ... Early Trax is a CD from industrial metal band Ministry. ... Rykodisc is a Salem, Massachusetts based record label. ...

Twitch

By the mid-1980s, Jourgensen parted ways with George and the record-company. Signing to Sire, Jourgensen performed mostly solo for Ministry's next LP, Twitch (1986), which sold well, but was still considered to be "underground". The music was danceable electronic music, but wasn't pop music, and the sound was harsher and more aggressive than what Ministry had recorded before. According to Jourgensen, " Twitch was stuff that I was doing before With Sympathy came out. Some of that stuff was already four or five years old, but the record company didn't want to use it, so...." [3] This album would also prove to be a pivotal move in the course of Ministry. Much of the new sound was created with the use of digital sampling and the input of producer Adrian Sherwood. Twitch is an album by industrial band Ministry. ... See also: Musical groups established in 1986 Record labels established in 1986 // 1986 - Goo Goo Dolls are formed in Buffalo, New York. ... This article is about reusing existing sound recordings in creating new works. ... Adrian Sherwood Adrian Sherwood (born 1958) is a British record producer best known for his work with dub music as well as for remixing a number of popular acts such as Coldcut, Depeche Mode, Primal Scream, Pop Will Eat Itself, and Sinéad OConnor. ...

The Land of Rape and Honey

After Twitch, Jourgensen made the most significant change in Ministry's history when he became re-enchanted with the instrument he had taken up years earlier: the electric guitar. Jourgensen also brought bass guitarist Paul Barker of the Seattle band the Blackouts into the Ministry camp; Barker would remain Jourgensen's bandmate for many years when he was the only person credited as a member of the band other than Jourgensen. With the addition of The Blackouts drummer William Rieflin, Ministry recorded The Land of Rape and Honey (1988). The LP continued their success in the underground music scene and is now considered a classic and one of the most important albums in the subgenre of industrial metal^{[citation needed]}. The Land of Rape and Honey is an excellent example of Ministry's sound, making use of synthesizers, keyboards, EBM sequences, tapes, jackhammering drum machines, obscure samples, 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, Flashback, and The Land of Rape and Honey. Stigmata was also used in a key scene in Richard Stanley's 1990 film Hardware, although the images of the band shown performing was Gwar. Paul Barker (writer) Paul Barker (born February 8, 1958 in Palo Alto, California), was bassist, producer and engineer with the industrial metal band Ministry from 1986 to 2004. ... William Rieflin William Bill Rieflin (born September 30, 1960) is a contemporary musician and is currently drumming for R.E.M.. In the past he has worked with Ministry, the Revolting Cocks, KMFDM, Pigface, Swans, Chris Connelly, Nine Inch Nails and many others. ... The Land of Rape and Honey is an album by industrial band Ministry. ... See also: Musical groups established in 1988 Record labels established in 1988 // Peter Ruzicka becomes director of the Hamburg State Opera and State Philharmonic Orchestra. ... Industrial metal is a musical genre which draws elements from industrial music and heavy metal music. ... Electronic body music (mainly known by its acronym EBM) is a music genre that combines elements of industrial music and electronic punk music. ... Stigmata is a song by Industrial Metal band Ministry, released as a single from their 1988 album The Land of Rape and Honey. ... Flashback is the second single from Industrial band Ministrys 1988 album The Land of Rape and Honey. ...

The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste

The follow-up, The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste was just as acclaimed, if not more, than The Land of Rape and Honey^{[citation needed]}. Both albums included similar tight, thick soundscapes, but The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste was slightly harder with Jourgensen's heavy metal-influenced guitar more emphasized. The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste was supported by the "RollerBall" tour through 1990. Due to the complex nature of the album's drumming, a second drummer, Martin Atkins, was used. This tour was documented on In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up. Three singles were released from the album, Burning Inside (for which a video was made), Thieves and So What (a composition inspired by the movie The Violent Years). The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste is an album by the band Ministry. ... The industrial drummer Martin Atkins was born in Coventry, England on August 3, 1959. ... In Case You Didnt Feel Like Showing Up is a live album by the industrial band Ministry. ... Burning Inside is a song from American Industrial Metal band Ministry, and was the bands breakout single. ... The Violent Years is a 1956 film starring Playboy Playmate Jean Moorhead as a high school student who gets involved in crime. ...

Side projects

Throughout the late 1980s Jourgensen and Barker expanded their ideas beyond Ministry into a seemingly endless parade of side projects and collaborations. Many of these bore Ministry's signature sound and the duo's "Hypo Luxa/Hermes Pan" production imprint. (These side-projects were also responsible for the delayed release of Ministry's next album.) Foremost of these was Ministry's alter ego, the Revolting Cocks. "RevCo", as it is often referred to, was essentially the same band plus Belgian vocalist Luc Van Acker & Richard 23 of Front 242. Jourgensen and Barker also formed Lard with Dead Kennedys frontman Jello Biafra, Acid Horse with Cabaret Voltaire, 1000 Homo DJs with Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor, PTP with Chris Connelly and Pailhead with Ian MacKaye of Minor Threat and Fugazi. Barker released his own material as Lead Into Gold and Jourgensen produced and played electric guitar on Skinny Puppy's Rabies LP. Atkins and Rieflin also formed the band Pigface, which featured Barker on several tracks, as well. The smaller of these projects were later collected on the CD Side Trax (Rykodisc Records, 2004), while the discographies of Lard and RevCo were remastered and reissued. Revolting Cocks (often abbreviated Revco) were a musical side-project for Alain Jourgensen (Ministry) and Luc Van Acker. ... Luc van Acker is a musician from Tienen, Belgium. ... Richard Jonckheere (born January 3, 1963[1] in Brussels, Belgium[2]), also known as Richard 23 or Richard JK, is an Industrial and EBM musician. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... // Lard is a hardcore punk/Industrial band founded in 1989 as a side project by Jello Biafra (vocals), Al Jourgensen (guitar), Paul Barker (bass), and Jeff Ward (drums). ... The Dead Kennedys (often known by their initials DK, as in decay) are a punk band from San Francisco, California. ... Eric Reed Boucher (born June 17, 1958) is more widely known by the stage name Jello Biafra. ... Acid Horse was a one-off collaborative side project between two industrial music pioneers, Ministry and Cabaret Voltaire. ... Cabaret Voltaire was a British music group from Sheffield, England. ... 1000 Homo DJs is a side-project band of industrial musician Al Jourgensen. ... “NIN” redirects here. ... Michael Trent Reznor, also known as Trent Reznor (born May 17, 1965), is an American musician, singer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. ... The industrial band PTP was a short-lived side project of Ministrys Alain Jourgensen. ... Chris Connelly is a contemporary musician who became famous for his industrial music work of the late 1980s and early 1990s, particularly his many collaborations with the Ministry camp. ... Pailhead was a short-lived side-project of the industrial music metal band Ministry, which featured the vocals of Ian MacKaye, formerly of The Teen Idles and Minor Threat, and currently of Fugazi and The Evens. ... Ian Thomas Garner MacKaye (pronounced ), born April 16, 1962), is an American singer and guitarist. ... Minor Threat was an American hardcore punk band that formed in Washington DC in 1980 and disbanded in 1983. ... Fugazi may refer to: an Italian slang term for something that is fake/not authentic. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Skinny Puppy is a prominent industrial band, formed in Vancouver, BC, Canada in 1982. ... Pigface is an industrial rock supergroup formed in 1990 by Martin Atkins and Bill Rieflin. ...

Psalm 69

Ministry broke into the mainstream in 1991 with "Jesus Built My Hotrod" (co-authored by Gibby Haynes of the Butthole Surfers and Michael Balch). The music video was a hit on MTV, and the band scored second billing on the Lollapalooza tour. As the single would have indicated, the sound of the following LP, Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs (1992), was the most metal-oriented Ministry had put to record at that point, the focal point of the sound shifting almost entirely from synths to Jourgensen's and new members Mike Scaccia's and Louis Svitek's electric guitars. ΚΕΦΑΛΗΞΘ, which is printed on the record, is Greek for "head" or "leader". The title was borrowed from Aleister Crowley's work: The Book of Lies (Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs). Psalm 69 became Ministry's biggest hit, including in addition to "Jesus Built My Hotrod" the singles "N.W.O." (a protest of the Persian Gulf War and attack directed at then-President George H.W. Bush) and "Just One Fix" (a collaboration with poet/novelist William S. Burroughs). See also: 1991 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1991 Record labels established in 1991 // 1991 was the year that grunge music made its popular breakthrough. ... Jesus Built My Hotrod is arguably one of Ministrys signature songs and their most popular one up to that point. ... Gibson Jerome Gibby Haynes (born 1957) is an American musician, radio personality, painter and the lead singer of the group Butthole Surfers. ... The Butthole Surfers are an American rock band founded in 1981 by Gibby Haynes and Paul Leary in San Antonio, Texas. ... A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ... This article is about the original U.S. music television channel. ... Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs is an album by the band Ministry. ... This article needs more references! Mike Scaccia (born in Texas, USA), is an American musician, best known as the lead (and sometimes rhythm) guitarist for the hard rock bands Ministry and The Revolting Cocks. ... Louis Svitek - guitarist for M.O.D., Ministry, Pigface, Mind Funk, and Project . ... Aleister Crowley, born Edward Alexander Crowley, (12 October 1875 – 1 December 1947; the surname is pronounced // i. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... See also: 2003 invasion of Iraq and Gulf War (disambiguation) C Company, 1st Battalion, The Staffordshire Regiment, 1st UK Armoured Division The Persian Gulf War was a conflict between Iraq and a coalition force of 34 nations led by the United States. ... George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12, 1924) was the 41st President of the United States, serving from 1989 to 1993. ... William Seward Burroughs II (February 5, 1914) - August 2, 1997; pronounced ), more commonly known as William S. Burroughs, was an American novelist, essayist, social critic, painter and spoken word performer. ...

Filth Pig

In spite of their growing success, Ministry was nearly derailed by a series of arrests and drug problems^{[citation needed]}. The band didn't issue their next album, Filth Pig, until 1996. For Filth Pig, Ministry stripped all synthesizers and most samples from their style and made the music almost entirely with ultra-noisy guitars, heavy bass, and real drums. The songs were played mostly at slower tempos than the very fast ones that were used for the compositions 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 (an unusual and unexpected cover of Bob Dylan's old country-tinged hit) and Brick Windows and with a tour in 1996 (the live performances were later anthologized on the Sphinctour album and DVD in 2002), but was unenthusiastically received^{[citation needed]}. Jourgensen would later consider Filth Pig one of Ministry's best records^{[citation needed]}. He commented in RIP Magazine saying that record companies are "enablers", because they won't pay him in crack, they make him go buy it on the street^{[citation needed]}. The album has been considered by Jourgensen to be his response to fan expectations of where Ministry's sound was heading, and it's also been speculated that it was an attempt to move away from the "industrial" label of the band's music. Filth Pig is an album by the industrial band Ministry. ... See also: 1996 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1996 Record labels established in 1996 // January 8 - Madonnas stalker, Robert Hoskins is found guilty and convicted on five charges of assault, stalking, and threatening to kill the singer. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Reload is a song from American Industrial Metal band Ministry. ... The Fall is a song from American Industrial Metal band Ministry. ... Lay Lady Lay is a song written by Bob Dylan and originally released in 1969 on his Nashville Skyline album. ... Country music, once known as Country and Western music, is a popular musical form developed in the southern United States, with roots in traditional folk music, spirituals, and the blues. ... Sphinctour is a live album by the industrial band Ministry released in 2002. ... See also: 2002 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 2002 Record labels established in 2002 // 2002 was marked by significant trends in rock music. ...

Dark Side of the Spoon

The members of Ministry experienced greater devastation when former guitarist William Tucker committed suicide in 1999 by cutting his own throat. Ministry then recorded their final studio album for Warner Bros. Records, entitled Dark Side of the Spoon (1999), which they dedicated to Tucker. For Dark Side of the Spoon, Ministry tried to diversify their sound by adding some melodic and synthetic touches, similar to the Jourgensen/George sound, to their usual electro-metal sound, but the album wasn't well received. However, the single "Bad Blood" appeared on the soundtrack album of The Matrix and was nominated for a 2000 Grammy award. The band would record another song, What About Us? for the Steven Spielberg film AI: Artificial Intelligence and make a cameo appearance in the film. William Tucker (1961 - May 14, 1999) was a guitarist whose credits included work with Ministry, My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, Chemlab, and Chris Connelly. ... Dark Side of the Spoon is an album by Ministry, released on June 8, 1999. ... See also: 1999 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1999 Record labels established in 1999 // January 7 After eight years of marriage, Rod Stewart and supermodel wife Rachel Hunter announce their separation. ... Bad Blood is a song by Industrial Metal band Ministry. ... This article is about the 1999 film. ... See also: 2000 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 2000 Record labels established in 2000 // John Tavener is knighted in the New Years Honours List. ... A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001) was the last project that filmmaker Stanley Kubrick worked on. ...

In the summer of 2000, Ministry was invited to that year's Ozzfest. They would fill in the co-headliner position left vacant by a failed-reuniting of the original Judas Priest. Ministry was later dropped from the bill after a management changeover, although Al's drug habits may have actually played the culprit in this. They were replaced by Pantera. Ozzfest is an annual tour of the United States (and in some years, Europe) featuring performances by many Heavy Metal, Metalcore, Death Metal, Hardcore and Nu Metal groups. ... For other uses, see Judas priest (curse). ... For other uses, see Pantera (disambiguation). ...

Since 2000

Parting with their longtime record imprint, Warner Bros. Records issued the collection Greatest Fits in 2001. During 2000-2002, record-company (Warner Bros. Records) disputes resulted in the planned albums Live Psalm 69, Sphinctour and ClittourUS on Ipecac Recordings being cancelled (although its contents had been compiled), resulting instead in Sphinctour appearing on Sanctuary Records. Ipecac Recordings is an independent record label based in Orinda, California. ... Sanctuary Records is a record label based in the United Kingdom and a subsidiary of Universal Records. ...

Around 2001, Jourgensen almost lost an arm when he was bitten by a venomous spider.[4] According to Jourgensen, the realization that he could've lost his livelihood caused him to kick his heroin addiction and focus on music once again. Jourgensen and Barker 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 laden with voice effects, and matched the ferocity (if not upped the ante, with the song "Animosity") of Psalm 69 (though it featured an almost-pop cover of Magazine's "The Light Pours out of Me"). Animositisomina did poorly in terms of sales and singles for Animosity and Piss were cancelled before they could be released. Animositisomina is an album by Ministry, released on February 17, 2003. ... See also: 2003 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 2003 Record labels established in 2003 // January - following an investigation by The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and London detectives, police raids in England and the Netherlands recover nearly 500 original Beatles studio tapes, recorded during the Let It... Magazine were an English rock group active from 1977 to 1981. ...

Barker left the Ministry camp in 2003 due to dissatisfaction with the direction of his life. He stated that the trigger was his father dying while the band was wrapping up a summer tour in Europe, and also stated in early 2004 that his family life was his main focus at that particular time. Jourgensen then freely continued Ministry with Scaccia and a roundtable of fellow musicians.

For Ministry's next album, Jourgensen released a song entitled "No 'W'", an attack on US 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 to author, with songs in Ministry's classic punky electro-metallic sound played messier, more crudely and more freely than ever before, giving the album the most metal-oriented sound of their career. In 2006 the band released their long awaited Rio Grande Blood LP on Jourgensen's own 13th Planet Records. The album featured an even heavier thrash metal sound drawing comparison to Slayer and was met with Ministry's biggest success in years. The single "Lieslieslies" was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance at the 49th annual Grammy Awards. George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the forty-third and current President of the United States of America, originally inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ... Rock Against Bush, Vol. ... Houses of the Molé is the ninth studio album by industrial metal band Ministry with all songs starting with the letter W except for the first song and one hidden track. ... See also: 2004 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 2004 Record labels established in 2004 2000s in music. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Rio Grande Blood is the title for Ministrys tenth studio album. ... 13th Planet Records is an independent record label founded by Ministry frontman, Al Jourgensen and his wife, Angelina Jourgensen in 2004. ... For other uses, see Slayer (disambiguation). ... The Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance has been awarded since 1990. ...

Present

Jourgensen has expressed on multiple occasions an intent to disassemble the project after concluding the current "MasturbaTour", and at least one final "SeeYouLaTour". Ministry's "final"^[1] album, The Last Sucker, was released on September 18th 2007. In July 2007, the band released Rio Grande Dub, an album featuring remixes from the band's 2006 Rio Grande Blood album. The band's next U.S. tour in support of The Last Sucker, is tentatively scheduled to start in March 2008 and will run until May 2008.^{[citation needed]} The Last Sucker is the tentative title for Ministrys eleventh studio album. ... Rio Grande Dub Ya is a remix album by Industrial Metal band Ministry. ... Rio Grande Blood is the title for Ministrys tenth studio album. ... The Last Sucker is the tentative title for Ministrys eleventh studio album. ...

Paul Raven passed away on the 20th of October 2007^[2], he suffered an apparent heart attack after just arriving in Europe to commence recording for another band. On the same day, documents were uncovered that Al Jourgensen will be suing Paul Barker in 2008 ^[3] (case #SC094122).

Discography

Main article: Ministry discography

This is the discography of Industrial band Ministry. ...

Members

Current

• Al Jourgensen (voices & various instruments; always a member)
• Tommy Victor (guitar; 2005-)
• John Bechdel (keyboards; February 2006-)
• Sin Quirin (guitar; 2006-)
• David Ellefson (bass; 2007-)
• Jimmy DeGrasso (drums; 2007-)[5]

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Former

• Stephen George (drums, 1981-1985; tours from 1981-1984)
• Lamont Welton (bass; 1981)
• Marty Sorenson (bass; 1981-1982)
• John Davis (keyboards; 1981-1983)
• Robert Roberts (keyboards; live, 1981-1983)
• Brad Hallen (bass, 1982-1986; live, 1984)
• Mark Pothier (keyboards; live, 1983)
• Patty Jourgensen (keyboards, voices; 1983-1986)
• Doug Chamberlin (keyboards, backing vocals: October 1983-October 1984)
• Paul Barker (bass, keyboards, programming, voices; 1986-August 2003)
• Bill Rieflin (drums, programming; 1986-February 1995)
• Roland Barker (keyboards, saxophone; tours of 1986 and 1992-1993)
• Chris Connelly (vocals & various songwriting credits; 1988-1990)
• Kevin Ogilvie (guitar, keyboards, voices; tours of 1988-1990)
• Martin Atkins (drums; tour in 1990)
• Terry Roberts (guitar; tour in 1990)
• William Tucker (guitar; tour in 1990)
• Michael Balch (keyboards, programming; 1991-1993)
• Louis Svitek (guitar; 1992-2003)
• Duane Buford (keyboards, programming; 1996-2004, tours of 1994-2004)
• Rey Washam (drums/percussion, programming; 1995-1999, 2003-2004)
• Adam Grossman (guitar; 2003)
• Tia Sprocket (drums; live from February 2003-April 2003)
• Mark Baker (drums; 2003-)
• Kol Marshall (keyboards; 2003-March 2004)
• Max Brody (drums/percussion, programming, saxophone; 2001-2004)
• Darrell James (keyboards; tours in 2003 and 2004)
• John Monte (bass; January 2004-September 2004)
• Eddy Garcia (bass; September 2004-December 2004)
• Bryan Kehoe (guitar; May 2004-September 2004)
• Rick Valles (guitar; September 2004-December 2004)
• Mike Scaccia (guitar; 1989-1993, 2003-2007)
• Joey Jordison (drums; February 2006-January 2007)
• Paul Raven (bass; 2005-2007)

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Side projects and crossovers

• Special Affect
• Revolting Cocks
• Pailhead
• Lard
• 1000 Homo DJs
• Rigor Mortis
• PTP
• Acid Horse
• Lead Into Gold
• Pigface
• Skinny Puppy
• Skrew
• KMFDM
• Slipknot

Revolting Cocks (often abbreviated Revco) were a musical side-project for Alain Jourgensen (Ministry) and Luc Van Acker. ... Pailhead was a short-lived side-project of the industrial music metal band Ministry, which featured the vocals of Ian MacKaye, formerly of The Teen Idles and Minor Threat, and currently of Fugazi and The Evens. ... // Lard is a hardcore punk/Industrial band founded in 1989 as a side project by Jello Biafra (vocals), Al Jourgensen (guitar), Paul Barker (bass), and Jeff Ward (drums). ... 1000 Homo DJs is a side-project band of industrial musician Al Jourgensen. ... This article is about the sign of death. ... The industrial band PTP was a short-lived side project of Ministrys Alain Jourgensen. ... Acid Horse was a one-off collaborative side project between two industrial music pioneers, Ministry and Cabaret Voltaire. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Pigface is an industrial rock supergroup formed in 1990 by Martin Atkins and Bill Rieflin. ... Skinny Puppy is a prominent industrial band, formed in Vancouver, BC, Canada in 1982. ... Skrew was an influential Industrial metal band from Texas in the early 1990s. ... KMFDM is an industrial rock band and the brainchild of founding member Sascha Konietzko. ... Slipknot (sometimes typeset as SlipKnoT to fit their logo) is a Grammy winning American metal band from Des Moines, Iowa. ...

Footnotes

1. ^ Gary Graff (May 26, 2006). Ministry Plots Final Disc. Billboard. Retrieved on 2007-02-24.
2. ^ Paul Raven - Bass player with Killing Joke, Ministry, Prong Dies in Geneva Aged 46 (Jan 16th 1961)
3. ^ https://www.lasuperiorcourt.org/CivilCaseSummary/main.asp?Referer=Index

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External links

• Official site
• Piss Army, official fan site
• Ministry @ prongs.org - a very detailed Ministry site
• Ministry Videos
• Jon Wiederhorn, MTV News, 10:11 p.m. EDT May 6, 2004, "In President Bush, Ministry Find Both A Monster And A Muse".
• Kirk Miller, Rolling Stone, June 21st 2004, "Ministry's War on Bush".
• Bernard Van Isacker, Side-Line, November 25th 2005, “Taming the old demons”.