ministry
grendel in silentbob band bio mode
Al
(
or
Alain
or
Alien
depending
on
the
project
) Jourgenson
and
Paul
Barker
with
the
help
of
William
Rieflin
and
others
.
this
core
membership
also
includes
other
collaborators
for
other
projects
Lard
--
with
Jello
Biafra
Revolting_Cocks --
with
Chris
Connelly
and
Luc
Van
Acker
1000
Homo
DJ's --
various
collaborators
they
have
worked
with
Pigface
along
with
many
of
their
former
WaxTrax! labelmates
from
the
early
and
mid
80's
Their
early
efforts
sounded
rather
like
any
number
of
the
darker
"
new
-wave"
acts
of
that
period
, culminating
to
their
being
signed
in
1983
to
Arista
records
and
releasing
the
album
"
With
Sympathy
"
which
although
a
bit
of
a
cult
hit
is
derided
by
the
band
as
"
an
abortion
"
Disgust
with
label
politics
resulted
in
a
return
to
Chicago's Trax studios
and
a
string
of
singles
and
EP
releases
until
1986
when
Ministry
struck
a
deal
with
the
Sire
Records
imprint
of
Warner Bros.
music
division
as
they
matured
their
sound
grew
darker
and
more
abrasive,
starting
with
the
1987
release
Twitch
, 1988's
The
Land
of
Rape
and
Honey
and
their
1989
follow
-up
The
Mind
is
a
Terrible
Thing
to
Taste
, arguably
reaching
the
peak
of
the
assault
with
the
1991
effort
PSALM
69
(
the
way
to
succeed
and
the
way
to
suck
eggs
)
their
two
most
recent
efforts
since
PSALM
69
,
Filth
Pig
(1996)
and
Dark
Side
of
the
Spoon
(
1999
)
have
marked
a
change
in
the
ministry
sound
away
from
the
harsh
distorted
soundscapes
of
their
most
notable
efforts
and
toward
a
more
purely
guitar
-oriented
sound
with
occasional
flashes
of
their
old
selves
as
seen
in
the
single
used
in
The
Matrix
soundtrack
"
Bad
Blood
"
010116
...
god
paul
barker
was
in
a
seattle
group
called
the
"blackouts".
they
put
out
a
really
good
ep
.
it
had
a
song
on
it
called
"
writhing
".
010116
...
good people
never
trust
a
junkie
....
connect
the
goddam
dots
!!!!!!!
fuck
,
psalm
69
is
a
gooood
album
020731
...
the land of bird and grendel
Flashback
!
Flashback
!
burning_inside
020801
...
Biomech Deluxe
Strap
me
to
the
floor
and
put
some
Ministry
on
the
stereo
...
i
beg
you
...
021023
...
vob
It's
just
an
obsession
.
Nothing
personal
.
021024
what's it to you?
who
go
blather
from
