Megaterio Llamas's Jukebox/karaoke bar thread.

[Professor Diet Butcher]

MOAR Ministry!

[Anti D]

MOAR Ministry!

I'm not going to lie, I'm not up on my Ministry like I would like to be and should be being a Van B Boy. I'm going to start a thread titled "Things I need to check out" as a reminder and Add Ministry to an ever growing list.

Everyone is welcome to use this thread for your own friendly Reminder!(except GMB13)

(examples)
Always Sunny
Curb your Enthusiasm
Boondock Saints
Ministry

[Daglord]

MOAR Ministry!

I'm not going to lie I'm not up on my Ministry like I would like and should be. I'm going to start a thread titled "Things I need to check out" as a reminder and Add Ministry to an ever growing list.

start here. amazing live band. & that video diet posted of 'theives' was tits.

00:29 Breathe
08:26 The Missing
12:04 Deity
15:30 So What
27:14 Burning Inside
33:36 Thieves
38:45 Stigmata
48:55 Jello Biafra - The Pledge of Allegiance
51:53 The Land Of Rape And Honey

that 4 song run I highlighted comes highly recommended.

mind is a terrible thing to taste is an awesome album. big fan here. psalm 69 was probably my favorite though.

[Daglord]

[Professor Diet Butcher]

and of course their most well known and commercial classic 80s new wave track...

[Edge Guerrero]

[Daglord]

and of course their most well known and commercial classic 80s new wave track...

I've heard a lot about ministy's new wave era, but never really listened to anything from it. awesome post.

thats why I come to flatus' place. for finds like that 8-)

thinking of Anti with this one. new wave - EBM (??) - Industrial.

Twitch is full of dark, rich synths, and deep, dance-y EBM beats. To compare it to any of the other Ministry material would be a crime because it is a different breed in itself. Released in 1986, it was considered, at the time, to be a more danceable form of electronic music, but not that of the likes of his previous effort. The album opener showcases Al's clean vocals perfectly with "Just Like You". Its high pitched synths blend with EBM beats, best displaying the album's overall sound quality. The album itself progresses as time goes on, and towards the end it's almost as if the music was developing into the Ministry we more commonly hear. For a slight moment in the third track, "All Day Remix", we get tricked into hearing what could be a step backwards. A confusing amount of Al's soft, lofty vocals have reappeared for this album, thankfully not met with another synthpop solo. With lighter drum programming and similar beats to the album opener, "All Day Remix" is easily the catchiest of the album's seven tracks. The album's closer, "Where You At Now?/ Crash & Burn/Twitch" is a 12 minute ode to future Ministry songs. Pounding drums, harsh vocals and noisy samples clearly show Al's interest in moving Ministry towards a darker and more abrasive musical atmosphere.

Even though the sound of Twitch is a far-cry from what we're normally accustomed to, the succession of the album eventually helped Al find his niche and solidify the memorable Ministry sound. Even though Al's first two albums weren't hugely successful, it seems (in this case) it's better to build up to a magnum opus, and follow up with consistent material, than to come out guns blazing and leave everyone disappointed for years afterwards

1. "Just Like You" 5:03
2. "We Believe" 5:56
3. "All Day Remix" 6:03
4. "The Angel" 6:06
5. "Over the Shoulder" 5:13
6. "My Possession" 5:05
7. "Where You at Now? / Crash & Burn / Twitch" (Version II) 12:15

[Megaterio Llamas]

[Daglord]

1000 Homodjs is side project of Al Jourgensen's primarily composed of members from Nine Inch Nails (Trent Reznor aka Ike Krull) and Ministry (Bill Rieflin aka Wee Willie Reefer; Al Jourgensen aka Buck Satan (vocals) and Hypo Luxa (producer)

most famous for their 1994 cover of Black Sabbath's "Supernaut". There is a rumor that Trent Reznor does the vocals for this track, but because of legal problems with his record company, the vox was distorted and credit was given to Mr. Buck Satan. There are two different stories as to how this side-project came about... one is said that it was created through Al's distate of a poor mix of a Revolting Cocks song. Another was through his worry that the final mixes from THE LAND OF RAPE & HONEY would never see the light of day.

Whichever story, thus was born that Jim Nash, co-founder of WaxTrax!, confided to him that "a thousand homo DJs would hear it!"

In a 2004 interview,[5] Jourgensen explained that when he played demos (presumably those which became Apathy) for Wax Trax! co-owner Jim Nash, Nash replied, "No one's gonna buy this. It'll take one thousand homo DJs to play this for one person to buy it."

However, according to the Wax Trax! box set Black Box released in 1994, Jourgensen and Nash were in the label's office listening to an unauthorized remix of the Revolting Cocks' single "We Shall Cleanse the World". Nash comforted Jourgensen, who disapproved of the remix's existence, by assuring him that it would only ever be heard by "a thousand homo DJs."[6]

The nature of Reznor's contribution to 1000 Homo DJs' records has been debated. What is certain is that Reznor recorded the original vocals for "Supernaut." This performance was not officially used because Reznor's label TVT Records refused to allow his appearance on the release.[7] Reznor's version would ultimately be released as "Supernaut (Trent Reznor Vocal Version)" by TVT four years later on the retrospective Black Box - Wax Trax! Records: The First 13 Years after TVT's purchase of Wax Trax!.

Jourgensen's immediate response to TVT's ultimatum is uncertain. An oft-repeated story tells that instead of recording new vocals, Jourgensen merely ran Reznor's performance through a distortion effect to mask its identity.[8][9] According to this story, every WaxTrax! recording of "Supernaut" contains Reznor's vocals. However, a dissenting group claims this is an urban legend, and that Jourgensen did record new vocals for the EP—albeit in a similar style to Reznor's initial performance.

Statements made by both Reznor and Jourgensen seem to confirm the latter view. In a 1992 Prodigy post regarding "Supernaut," Reznor said,

[I] finally told Al to redo it without me. The version that Wax Trax put out is Al, the version on the NIN [bootleg] single is me.[10]

Reznor referred to the two-track Suck bootleg, which contained the recording of "Supernaut" that later appeared on Black Box. Jourgensen made a similar statement in a 2003 interview. When asked whose vocals appear on "Supernaut," Jourgensen replied, referring to the WaxTrax! EP, Black Box, and Greatest Fits versions, respectively (and corroborating that only the "Trent Reznor Vocal Version" contained Reznor's performance, and that Jourgensen in fact sang on most versions of the song):

That would be me on the original, on WaxTrax! The later version released on TVT was Trent Reznor... then the remixed version had my vocals on it.[11]

[Megaterio Llamas]