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Pictures Fixed

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 01:53:45 CST

Viewing pictures has been fixed over on the Pictures Gallery. You can use the arrow keys to navigate through the pictures.

Chris Connelly's Book

Mon, 24 May 2010 02:55:56 CST

Concrete, Bulletproof, Invisible and Fried: My Life As A Revolting Cock, the book authored by Chris Connelly, is back in print and can be ordered from amazon.com for $12.

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Site Updates

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:56:48 CST

Seems the RSS feed was broken but this has been fixed. There will be more page updates coming soon including a revamped pictures section.

There is also another unofficial Ministry forum that has just been started by members of another forum. You can check it out over at ph4pb.com. It is not affiliated with this site in any way.

In addition to that, there is the Ministry subsection on the Litany forum. What this site is to Ministry, Litany is to Skinny Puppy. The site, which resides on prongs.org, is run by a friend of mine, Corey Goldberg, who I had the privilege of hosting when he dropped by Chicago when on tour with Skinny Puppy, a few months ago.

In case you did not know, the oldest Ministry forum is right here on this site.

New Song Download

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 05:17:53 CST

When you collect live shows, sometimes surprises show up in unexpected places. Most of the post-Lollapalooza 92/93 tour had a pretty standard setlist. Sure, there were occasonal variations, but they were mostly of the "change the song order" variety. I was recently given a copy of the first date of the US leg of the tour, and while the main show had nothing out of the ordinary, the band breaks out 2 songs in the encore that hadn't been played live for several years - one of which has never been played live again. The first of these, Man Should Surrender, is up for download on the sound page. Other than this performance, this song was only played on the 1990 tour. The vocals on that tour were done by Joe Kelley. Three guesses who it is this time. Not sure if this was played again this tour, but this was the first US date, so it was probably not played before this and definitely wasn't played for at least the next 3 shows. Anyway, hope you enjoy this rare gem!

Dannie Flesher RIP

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 03:05:13 CST

It has come to our attention that Wax Trax! Records co-founder Dannie Flesher has passed away. It goes without saying that his great contribution enabled us all to see and hear bands such as Ministry, Revolting Cocks, Front 242, and much, much more.

Dannie died on Sunday night from pneumonia, he was 57 years old and was living in Hope, Arkansas.There is an article by the Chicago Tribune on this.

FIX: The Ministry Movie

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:05:01 CST

Firstly, I hope the site redesign is to your liking. The design was done by myself while the logo was done by Lawton. In fact, Lawton and I worked hard together on the official site for fixtheministrymovie.com.

This is a documentary to be released in 2010 and features old footage of Ministry backstage and onstage. The documentary includes interviews with the likes of Trent Reznor, Dave Navarro, Jonathan Davis, and much, much more.

From fixtheministrymovie.com, you can not only watch the trailer, but you can also download an exclusive new track released by Flowering Blight (Paul Barker) by registering. The track is called Heroine's Habit and is superb.

We will keep you posted on here regarding the documentary as more news comes out.

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New Song Download

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:42:41 CST

New song up for download on the sound page. This is a live version of What He Say from the same show as the version of Work For Love featured not to long ago. The date and location of the show are unknown, but it's most likely from early 1984 and is oneof the early shows after the departure of several members of the With Sympathy tour lineup. It's from a soundboard source and is by far the best sounding recording of a show from 83/84. Enjoy!

Bridge School Benefit

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:45:23 CST

Seems that Ministry's Bridge School Benefit appearances back in '94 are about to get an official release tomorrow, on November 24th 2009, via iTunes. Included on this compilation are the two Ministry tracks, Here They Come and Paisley both from their November 2nd 1994 performance. Tracks also of interest include Fragile and Hurt, both of which were performed by Trent Reznor on October 22nd 2006.

The non-profit Bridge School Benefit is hosted by Neil and Pegi Young and benefits the unique learning complex which assists children with sever physical impairments and challenging communication needs. The proceeds from the iTunes digital downloads will be donated to the Bridge School.

There is a complete tracklisting over on the official website for Tegan and Sara.

One Day Only

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:28:54 CST

For today only, Al has put up a new song called It's Always Christmas Time on Ministry's official MySpace page.. The song was a collaboration with Mark Thwaite and is a tribute to the late Paul Raven. The song will supposedly be available for purchase as a download at a later date. Definitely a return to his synthpop roots - for better or worse, depending on the listener. Based on interviews with Al, this is probably indicative of the sound for his upcoming planned solo release.

New Song Download

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:56:30 CST

New song up for download on the sound page. This one is from the 12/28/81 Blackouts show - one of many Seattle dates played by the band during the late 1981-early 1982 stretch when they were just a local band. This was shortly after Paul Barker joined. Given the small studio output of the band during this period, it's not surprising that several tracks in the live setlist never saw a proper studio release. This is one of them, and until someone from the band is able to give us a title, this one remains untitled.

General News

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:14:17 CST

Out this week is the new Dessau album "The Truth Hurts". The first Dessau release since 1995, this album is a compilation featuring outtakes from Details Sketchy, a couple compilation tracks including a cover of Ministry's Revenge, tracks from the first two 12" releases previously available only on vinyl, a couple live Joy Division covers and several tracks from 1990 sessions recorded with Paul Barker. The tracks with Paul were recorded after Exercise In Tension (and The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste). Rather than a second full album, the tracks were scrapped and most were later released on the self-titled Dessau album. These are the long-awaited final unreleased tracks from these sessions.

It's available at most online retailers and directly from WTII Records (along with lots of other great releases).

Cevin Key

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:04:28 CST

Not entirely Ministry related but I'm sure many of you are fans of Cevin Key's work.

cEvin Key will be spinning a Tokyo Decadence DJ set with classic and new music from Download, Skinny Puppy, PlatEAU, Tear Garden, Doubting Thomas and more!

Subconscious merchandise booth and autograph session. Closing set by DJ Jeff Moyer

This is going on at Neo in Chicago, IL, USA. This is where Paul Barker also DJed in 2006.

News Archives

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:42:23 CST

I have finally added the News archives to this site. On the right hand menu you can choose the years you wish to read the archives from. It was interesting to see that January 29th 1999 was our first news posting for this site. Enjoy browsing.

New Song Download

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 02:54:16 CST

And now the highlight of the recently unearthed 1984 demos is up for download on the sound page. It's a completely unreleased song from early 1984 called "Wait". It's definitely from the post-With Sympathy period and could easily have been included on one of the Wax Trax 12"s from this era. Unfortunately it never saw the light of day. Hope you all enjoy! Supposedly there are another half-dozen or so songs from this timeframe that also never saw release. Hopefully someday we'll get to hear more.

New Song Download

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 08:22:37 CST

Late on the Lollapalooza tour in 1992, Ministry performed TV Song a handful of times. It wasn't on the standard setlist, but on most of the September dates, the band added it to their sets with Gibby Haynes from the Butthole Surfers on vocals. Every performance was different, as the band played TV Song while Gibby ad-libbed, screaming whatever profanity came to his mind. I recently realized that we've never had a version of this up for download, so you can grab one on the download page now. Rather than putting the common version from the 9/4/92 New Orleans show up, I decided to go for the version from the 9/12/92 Irvine show - so this should be something new for just about everyone. This is also one of a handful of shows late in the tour with Casey Orr from Rigor Mortis replacing Paul on bass, as Paul's wife had a child a few days earlier. Enjoy!

Next time, a new unreleased song for the first time in a long time.

New Song Download

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 06:38:25 CST

The new song on the sound page is a live version of Work For Love. This is from a great soundboard recording from the With Sympathy era. Unfortunately, the exact date is unknown. Based on Al's comments, this is opening for Madness. This, along with the source and the Madness timeline place this show sometime in early 1984, probably during February. This mkes the lineup most likely Jourgensen/George/Hallen/Chamberlin/Soroka/Gage, and is the first recording uncovered from this lineup. The show is very incomplete, so apologies for the abrupt ending to the song. Appearently someone taped over (!) most of the show at some point, leaving only a couple songs in their complete form. More to come in later weeks. Enjoy!

New Song Download

Sat, 21 Feb 2009 07:59:31 CST

As promised, the new song of the week is up on the sound page. This one is a demo version of Every Day Is Halloween. Based on the history of the song, the sound of the demo and the other contents of the source material, this probably dates from late 1983 to early 1984 and contains many elements that were changed for the later version that saw release. The general song structure remains the same, but this was definitely before the song was polished up and finished. The most notable change is in the lyrics, as this demo version has several major differences from the finished song. Hope you enjoy this gem! More to come.

New Song Download

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 02:18:39 CST

Updated the songs on the download page. First, added a live version of Under My Thumb from the Denver 2008 show. It's a nice audience recording of a song that's unfortunately not on the tracklisting for the upcoming live DVD. As with all songs from the encores of the C U Latour, Burton Bell from Fear Factory does vocals.

Also brought back one of the most requested past downloads - I See Red Version 2 from the Twitch tour practice sessions. Enjoy!

Flowering Blight Download

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 11:30:56 CST

Flowering Blight's The Perfect Pair is available for purchase in MP3 format here.

Paul Barker's Flowering Blight Released

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:17:56 CST

Yes, it's finally happened!

The album, The Perfect Pair from Paul Barker's Flowering Blight project has finally been released!

Here is a note from Paul himself:

I finally have the first Flowering Blight cd available. This music was recorded three years (!) ago, and was lurking behind the other projects I'd been spending time on. Should be a hit with the ladies...

I want to again thank Gerda Barker, Mat Mitchell, Kyle Ellison, Lee Popa, Earl Harvin, Josh Freese, Adam Grossman, Max Brody, Beth Black, Paul Leary, Critter, Tony Rancich, Danny Lohner, Maria Ferrero, Roland Barker, Paul Elledge, Jimmy Archey, Kevin Walt, Leasha Overturf, Jolee Popa, John Baldwin, Daniel Field, Michael Brokaw, Mark Levinson, and Afra Ahmad for keepin' it real, man.

And your Mama wears combat boots!

Paul Barker

The album itself has appearances from Josh Freese (known for working with a lot of musicians including Nine Inch Nails), Adam Grossman and others.

You may order The Perfect Pair straight from Flowering Blight's webpage. Shipping is included in the price - if you live in the US, it is $12.25 and overseas, $15.00 . Or, you can order from this site.

You can read more information on the release on this site. Lyrics are coming very soon.

New Song Download

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 05:31:51 CST

A new song is up for download on the sound page. This time it's a live version of Lay Lady Lay from the New York 1996 show. This song was played live twice at the Bridge School Benefit shows in 1994 and then was to be part of the live setlist for the 1996 Filth Pig Tour. They ended up only playing it at a handful of shows early on and then retired it, never having played it live again. While recordings of both 1994 performances exist, this is the only known live recording of this song from the 1996 tour with a full band.

Site Updates

Sun, 18 May 2008 05:15:03 CST

Ok, I know it's been a while since we've updated parts of the site. I've spent the better part of the day doing just that. New additions include:

New Song Download - After some bandwidth issues, these are back online and there are several new ones waiting to be put up. The current song is a live version of SeÃ±or Peligro from the New York 2006 show.

Tour updates - Thanks to Revco, I've updated all the dates for the 1990 Mind tour, and should have them all correct now. I've also added ticket stubs/posters to several shows including 1/11/90, 2/3/90, 6/19/99, 7/25/92, 8/12/92, 1/24/90, 8/3/90, 12/27/92, 12/1/92, 11/8/88, and 4/11/03. Feel free to browse around the tour section, as updates are pretty continuous.

New Interviews - I added an interview from the Phoenix Sun Times from November 1988 (thanks to tenohtwo) and scans of the Chicago Tribune 7/12/92 interview we had previously only had a transcript of. The real interview includes a picture of Al/Patty/Adrienne (then 7) and a picture from the Lollapallooza practice sessions. Also added to the interview page are a few Wax Trax promotional pics/press releases. Scroll to the bottom for those.

Ministry Tour

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:20:15 CST

The last Ministry tour, C U LaTour, is well under way. Here is the set list from the Tempe, AZ show on April 8th 2008, as posted by Tenohtwo:

Let's Go
The Dick Song
Watch Yourself
Life Is Good
The Last Sucker
No W
Waiting
Worthless
Wrong
Rio Grande Blood
SeÃ±or Peligro
Lies Lies Lies
Khyber Pass
So What
NWO
Just One Fix
Thieves
Roadhouse Blues
Just Got Paid
Under My Thumb

Ground Control has posted a review and pictures from the show at the Fillmore in San Francisco on April 1st 2008.

Ministry Tablature

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 05:49:46 CST

A huge thanks to Krowe for starting and managing the tabs section for this site. After years of people requesting us for it, it's here.

If you have anything to add or change, please direct your responses to Krowe on the message board.

USSA Tour Cut Short

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 01:03:07 CST

Unfortunately USSA will not be completing their N. American tour:

Unfortunately, we're headed home early. Duane was injured at one of the shows, and after two grueling weeks of pain ended up being sent home by a doctor for repairs (some minor but necessary surgery). We'll be back out on the road as soon as possible.

Happy Holidays everyone.

We wish Duane a speedy recovery.