NEWS: Ministry\\\\\\\'s Final Word

MUSIC: Ministry's Final Word

In bittersweet news, Ministry has announced that the band is currently working on its final album, tentatively titled The Last Sucker, a follow up to the recent Rio Grande Blood and 2004’s Houses of the Mole. This album will feature guitarist Sin (Society 1, Revolting Cocks and Snow Black) and is determined to be a politically charged stance against the Bush Administration. Ministry's finale promises to be heavy and skull shattering.



The album should be finished May 1st with a release in September 2007.







In other news, Al Jourgenson has stated that after completion of the album he hopes to devote more time to his new record label, 13th Planet Records.

Noooooooooooooooooooooooo

Aw, fuck.

dammit!

Wow, after all these years eh? Ministry is one of the few bands I've discovered on my own that most other kids my age didn't know jack shit about and it pleases me to know that Ministry never has and never will be a "trendy band" that becomes popular with the teens as the new it thing. I'm a bit disappointed that Mindless Self Indulgence is suddenly mainstream as hell. The other day I saw a young girl about 15 or 16 wearing a home made MSI shirt and this chick didn't even look like the type and then I think of the wonderful song....You'll Rebel to Anything (As Long As It's Not Challenging) where they basically make fun of the ridiculous amount of fans they have accumulated over the years. Anyway, like I said at least Ministry isn't giving themselves the opportunity to sell out and become vastly popular among young "punks" the world over and that makes me proud to be a Ministry fan. Good Luck Al and the rest of the mates of Ministry....enjoy your early retirement.
xoxo
Crystal

I heard about this.
Al said "everyone seems to think I write real shitty music when a Democrat's in office. So we'll do that one, and then me and George Bush go riding off hand-in-hand, into the sunset."


I'm gonna miss them

thier last two albums have been fucking ace

yeah, its pretty sad, but it is cool that ministry's albums have gotten heavier the longer they've been around.

that said, i still think "dark side of the spoon" and "filth pig" are two totally under-rated albums of all time.

although it is refreshing to see a possible end to the bush regime which has fueled ministry for years. . . i suspect al will find something else to piss him off in coming years . . . kinda like batman coming back out of retirement . . . older meaner smarter and much more brutal . . .

He wont be able to help it. He's a musician, he HAS to make music. It's not just something you put down. I sure hope so, anyway...

Are they still relevant?

They may not be on MTV any more, or playing in Lolapooloza - but if you listen to their albums or attend their shows you would know that they are.

i think 'ol Al needs to take a break anyway. when i saw them live about 2 years ago, he went SInatra-style and had the lyrics to some of the songs he was performing taped down to the stage where he could see them while he was performing. and it was songs like "new world order"...a song i would think he could have easily memorized the lyrics by now

that being said, it was a fucking awesome show he had a squeeze bottle full of something red, and i assumed it was some kind of fruit juice. at one point he squeezed out the liquid onto those of us that were up front, and it turned out he was drinking a squeeze bottle full of sangria at least that's what it smelled like to me...

it's just not fair

Well... they haven't made a decent record since 1990.

were they ever?


i know this is the wrong thread to talk shit about ministry... but WOW does that band blow. hard.

Its says Ministry is retiring not Al. I'm sure Al won't be gone for long.
I am so very sad...

say it ain't so, al. say it ain't so.

1992 is late?

Al is a real American Hero..The last 2 albums were really brutal , as those (myself included) have witnessed live..To say they aren't relevent ; usually made by people who aren't putting out albums or art themselves , is irrelevent . They continue to put out thought provoking , in your face music . It's not for everyone , but just like Tool , have gotten better throughout the years . He'll still be putting out a Revolting Cocks album and probably more under a psudonym . Who needs mainstream music anyway ?..Ministry is the shit .

Ministry.They have been Anti-Bush forever, and put out Anti-Bush records in 1992, 2004, and 2006. The latter two directed at Dub-Ya. The only non-Anti-Bush album released during a Bush Administration was released in 2003.

So...what I'm trying to say is I don't see how they are "late to be jumping on the bandwagon".

They have put out alot of material in the last 3 or 4 years... I wonder if he's going to go teach History finally. Ha! He should publicize that - I'd transfer for a semester!