Chicagoist: Ministry Uses Up Their Last Bit of Fuel

guest

Sat, 15 Sep 2007 11:30:35 -0600

Tankster: glad to see the Ministry love is back in effect, but two minor quibbles (entirely subjective of course)... A) Mind is a Terrible Thing To Taste is great of course, but the *real* masterpiece has to be Land of Rape and Honey -- while MiTTtT has a few high points that surpass LoRH (Thieves, Burning Inside, So What), I think LoRH is just more solid across the board. No rapping either ... Test is totally embarrassing. B) Definitely check out Rio Grande Blood before dismissing it entirely on the basis of the awful puns... Tommy Victor (formerly of Prong) really helped Al resuscitate Ministry's selling point, which is always the riffs. Check out Senor Peligro especially. Hot hot hot. I'm glad Ministry got back on top before calling it quits. Thanks for the update :) Stringbot

Shannon

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 07:14:32 -0600

vit: i got kicked in the head at a NIN/PWEI show! we have so much in common. it was this dude i had a crush on, too, even though he was a total jagbag.. he sideswiped me with his boot while being lifted up for crowdsurfing. i made out better than you, fortunately, just a slight hearing loss in that ear for the night. that was back before i wore earplugs, so i didn't even notice..

vit

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 22:27:52 -0600

I got kicked in the head at a Ministry show in 1989, despite the mild concussion, that was a great show. The line up was (seriously), Ministry, KMFDM, Revolting Cocks, and Pailhead ... damn that was a good evening .... it was a great evening until that skinhead kicked me in the head near the end of the show and I spent the rest of the night puking and trying not to go to sleep. Oh, those were the days.

reese

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 20:52:03 -0600

i have nothing constructive to add to this except that i used to work at nordstrom in austin with his daughter. and her mom. thats all i need to know about ministry.

guest

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 16:42:11 -0600

Rio Grande Blood was awesome. THAT'S when Ministry came back on the radar...well maybe not for the weird hipsters that populate Lolla and the other crap fests in Chicago.

Tankboy

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:35:15 -0600

Guest #4, after watching that video, I needed this tonic.

Tankboy

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:31:30 -0600

Totally different types of covers Shannon, "Lay Lady Lay" is a slow burn (that I actually dig when I'm in the mood), while "Roadhouse Blues" charges along like a train at the end of a Pryor / Wilder flick. Man, I should have used that in my review, that's kind of snappy!

guest

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:29:22 -0600

LLL may be worse than Roadhouse Blues, but nothing is worse than this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvAYxxj0PtU Al & the boys with Cheap Trick performing a live cover of 'I Want You (She's So Heavy)'

Shannon

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:57:00 -0600

'roadhouse blues,' eh? tell me it's better than 'lay lady lay.' (although, 'roadhouse' is a better song than 'lay' to start with.)

guest

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:56:27 -0600

C'mon, you no like Rio Grande Blood!?

guest

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:36:32 -0600

I'm impressed. I thought you only listened to Milk at Midnight and Aerosmith.