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Every Day Is Halloween Greatest Tricks (Album) by Ministry

Artist Biography For Ministry

Ministry Was Formed In Chicago Illinois United States In 1981 By Alain Jourgensen Born Oct. 8 1958 Havana Cuba Who Had Previously Been In A New Wave Band Called Special Affect Fronted By Future My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult Leader Frankie Nardiello Aka Groovie Mann . With Drummer Stephen George Ministry Debuted With The Wax Trax! Single Cold Life Which -- Typical Of Their Early Output -- Was In The Synthpop Dance Style Of New Wavers Like The Human League And Thompson Twins. The Album With Sympathy On The Major Label Arista In 1983 Followed A Similar Musical Direction -- One That Jourgensen Was Dissatisfied With. He Returned To Wax Trax! And Recorded Several Singles While Rethinking The Band's Style And Forming His Notorious Side Project The Revolting Cocks. In 1986 With Jourgensen The Only Official Member Of Ministry The Adrian Sherwood-Produced Twitch Was Released By Sire Records. While Not As Aggressive As The Group's Later Material It Took Definite Steps In That Direction With A More Industrial / Ebm Sound. Following A 1987 Single With Skinny Puppy's Kevin Ogilvie Aka Nivek Ogre As PTP Jourgensen Once Again Revamped Ministry With Former Blackouts Bassist Paul Barker Officially Joining The Lineup To Complement Jourgensen's Rediscovery Of The Guitar. Fellow Ex-Blackouts William Rieflin Drums And Mike Scaccia Guitar As Well As Vocalist Chris Connelly Were Heavily Showcased As Collaborators For The First Of Several Times On 1988's The Land Of Rape And Honey. With Jourgensen And Barker Credited As Hypo Luxa And Hermes Pan Respectively This Album Proved To Be Ministry's Stylistic Breakthrough A Taut Explosive Fusion Of Heavy Metal Industrial Dance Beats Samples And Punk Aggression. 1989's The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste Built On Its Predecessor's Artistic Success And In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up Was Recorded On Its Supporting Tour Introducing Collaborators Like Drummer Martin Atkins Ex-Public Image Ltd. Later Of Pigface Guitarist William Tucker And Jello Biafra . Jourgensen Embarked On A Flurry Of Side Projects Including The Revolting Cocks With Barker Barker's Brother Roland Front 242 Members Luc Van Acker And Richard 23 And Many More 1000 Homo DJs With Biafra Rieflin And Trent Reznor Acid Horse With Cabaret Voltaire Pailhead With Ian MacKaye And Lard With Biafra Barker And Rieflin . In Late 1991 Ministry Issued The Single Jesus Built My Hotrod A Driving Rocker Featuring Manic Nonsense Vocals By Co-Writer Gibby Haynes Of The Butthole Surfers Its Exposure On MTV Helped Build Anticipation For The Following Year's Full-Length Psalm 69 Subtitled The Way To Succeed & The Way To Suck Eggs Although The Only Title That Appears On The Album Consists Of A Few Greek Letters And Symbols . The Record Reached The Top 30 And Went Platinum Producing Two Further MTV Hits N.W.O. And Just One Fix. Ministry Consolidated Its Following With A Spot On The Second Lollapalooza Tour That Summer Joined By Guitarist Louis Svitek. However Drug And Legal Problems Sidelined The Band In The Wake Of Its Newfound Popularity Resulting In The Clouded Filth Pig Being Released In 1995 Too Late To Capitalize On Their Prior Success. More Problems With Drugs And Arrests Followed And Jourgensen Returned To Some Of His Side Projects Recording A New Album With Lard Among Others. In 1999 The Single Bad Blood Was Featured Prominently In The Sci-Fi Blockbuster The Matrix Setting The Stage For The Release Of Dark Side Of The Spoon The Title A Reference To The Band's Heroin Problems Later That Summer. Guitarist William Tucker Committed Suicide In May 1999. The Band Was Nominated For A Grammy In 2000 For "Bad Blood " But They Lost To Black Sabbath And Were Dropped From Warner Bros. Around The Same Time. They Were Also Added To The Ozzfest Tour But Were Kicked Off Before It Began Because Of A Management Change. To Compound Their Sorrows Ipecac Records Announced Three Live Albums To Be Released With Material From The Psalm 69 Tour Being The Main Focus But When Warner Bros. Caught Wind Of The Project They Stamped It Out Despite The CDs Already Being Ready For Printing. In 2001 The Band Filmed A Scene For Steven Spielberg's A.I. And Released The Song From The Film On A Greatest-Hits Album Appropriately Titled Greatest Fits. The Group Signed To Sanctuary Records Later In The Year. They Released The Sphinctour Album And DVD In The Spring Of 2002 To Satisfy Fans Who Were Disappointed By The Ipecac Situation. The Next Spring Animositisomina Was Released Advertised As A Return To The Psalm 69 Style Of Songwriting And Featuring A Cover Of Magazine's The Light Pours Out Of Me. Barker Left The Ministry Camp In 2003. 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 Continued Ministry With Mike Scaccia And Various Other Musicians. Houses Of The Molé Followed In June 2004. It Was The First Part In A Trilogy Of "anti-Bush" Albums Rio Grande Blood In 2006 And The Last Sucker In 2007 . In September 2005 Ministry Celebrated Their 25th Anniversary With Rantology. Jourgensen Remixed Such Hits As Jesus Built My Hotrod And N.W.O. For The Set Which Also Included Live Material Rarities And The New Track The Great Satan. An Extensive Tour With The Newly Reformed Revolting Cocks Followed. In 2007 After Nearly Three Decades Nearly A Dozen Studio Albums And Four Grammy Nominations Ministry Announced That The Album The Last Sucker Would Be Its Last. The Album Completed An Uber-Critical Trilogy Aimed At Exposing The Foils Failures And Fabrications Of The George W. Bush Administration. Ministry Embarked On Its "final" World Tour In The Spring Of 2008 – The “C U LaTour.” Jourgenson Then Concentrated On Running His Label 13th Planet Records. Three Post-Break-Up Ministry Albums Were Released The Last Dubber A Remix Album Of The Last Sucker Cover Up A Compilation Of New And Old Cover Versions By Ministry And Adios A Live Album Documenting The "C U LaTour". On August 7 2011 It Was Announced That Ministry Was Reforming And Would Play At Germany's Wacken Open Air Festival Set To Take Place August 2-4 2012. The Reunion Lineup Featured Jourgensen On Vocals Scaccia And Tommy Victor Both On Guitar Aaron Rossi On Drums John Bechdel On Keyboards And Tony Campos On Bass. Jourgensen Told Metal Hammer In August 2011 That Ministry Had Been Working On A New Album Called Relapse. "Bush Is Gone So It's Time For Something New " He Said. "I Think This Is Actually Gonna Wind Up Being The Fastest And Heaviest Record I've Ever Done." Ministry Announced On Their Website That They Entered The Studio On September 1 2011 With Engineer Sammy D'Ambruoso To Begin Recording Their New Album. On December 23 2011 Ministry Released "99%" The First Single From Relapse. The Album Was Released On March 23 2012. On December 23 2012 Guitarist Mike Scaccia Died Following An On-Stage Heart Attack While Playing With His Other Band Rigor Mortis. In An Interview With Noisey In March 2013 Jourgensen Announced That Ministry Would Break Up Again Explaining That He Does Not Want To Carry On Without Scaccia. "Mikey Was My Best Friend In The World And There's No Ministry Without Him" He Said. "But I Know The Music We Recorded Together During The Last Weeks Of His Life Had To Be Released To Honor Him. So After His Funeral I Locked Myself In My Studio And Turned The Songs We Had Recorded Into The Best And Last Ministry Record Anyone Will Ever Hear. I Can't Do It Without Mikey And I Don't Want To. So Yes This Will Be Ministry's Last Album." The Album Titled From Beer To Eternity Was Released On September 6 2013. Jourgensen Has Stated That Ministry Plans To Tour In Support Of From Beer To Eternity But Will Not Record Any More Albums. Current Members Al Jourgensen – Vocals Keyboards Synths Guitar Bass Drums And Various Others 1981–present John Bechdel – Keyboards 2006–2008 2011–present Sin Quirin – Guitars Bass 2007–2008 2012–present Aaron Rossi – Drums 2007–2008 2011–present Casey Orr – Bass Keyboards 2012–present Former Members John Davis – Keyboards 1981–1982 Stephen George – Drums 1981–1985 Robert Roberts – Keyboards 1981–1984 Marty Sorenson – Bass 1981–1982 Shay Jones – Vocals 1982–1983 Brad Hallen – Bass 1983–1985 John Soroka – Keyboards/collaboration 1984–1986 Paul Barker – Bass Keyboards Programming Vocals 1986–2003 Bill Rieflin – Drums Keyboards Programming Guitar 1986–1995 Chris Connelly – Vocals Keyboards & Various Songwriting Credits 1987–1993 Nivek Ogre – Vocals Guitar Keyboards 1988–1990 Mike Scaccia – Guitars Bass 1989–1995 2003–2006 2011–2012 Howie Beno – Programming Editing 1990–1993 Michael Balch – Keyboards Programming 1991–1992 Louis Svitek – Guitar 1992–1999 2003 Duane Buford – Keyboards 1995–1999 Zlatko Hukic – Electronics Guitar 1995–1999 Rey Washam – Drums Percussion Programming 1995–1999 2003 Max Brody – Drums Percussion Programming Saxophone 1999–2004 Mark Baker – Drums 2004–2005 John Monte – Bass 2004 Paul Raven – Bass Keyboards Guitar Drums 2005–2007 Tommy Victor – Guitars Bass 2005–2008 2011–2012 Tony Campos – Bass 2007–2008 2011–2012 Discography Studio Albums 1983 - With Sympathy
1986 - Twitch
1988 - The Land Of Rape And Honey
1989 - The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste
1992 - ΚΕΦΑΛΗΞΘ Psalm 69 The Way To Succeed And The Way To Suck Eggs 1996 - Filth Pig
1999 - Dark Side Of The Spoon
2003 - Animositisomina
2004 - Houses Of The Molé
2006 - Rio Grande Blood
2007 - The Last Sucker
2012 - Relapse
2013 - From Beer To Eternity
2018 - AmeriKKKant 2021 - Moral Hygiene
2024 - HOPIUMFORTHEMASSES

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