Tag: Al Jourgensen

Video: Ministry's 'The Making of Relapse' — in the studio with Al Jourgensen and Co.

Video: Ministry’s ‘The Making of Relapse’ — in the studio with Al Jourgensen and Co.

Al Jourgensen not only has reactivated Ministry for a new album and tour next summer, but he’s decided to chronicle the recording of the ‘Relapse’ record with a series of short ‘webisodes,’ the first of which can be watched here. The album is due out in spring, with a limited number of U.S. dates next summer.

Ministry announces Relapse Tour 2012 shows in Denver, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York

Ministry announces Relapse Tour 2012 shows in Denver, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York

Al Jourgensen today announced the brief U.S. leg of the reactivated Ministry’s upcoming Relapse Tour 2012, five concerts in just four cities — Denver, Los Angeles, New York and Chicago — with no plans to add additional American destinations to the trek.

Al Jourgensen reforms Ministry for 'Relapse' album, 2012 concerts in U.S., Europe

Al Jourgensen reforms Ministry for ‘Relapse’ album, 2012 concerts in U.S., Europe

Al Jourgensen has reunited Ministry three years after vowing he was finished with the industrial-metal juggernaut, and says he’ll record and release a new album dubbed ‘Relapse’ before the end of the year and play a limited run of U.S. and European concerts in 2012.

Vintage Video: A young Trent Reznor covers Billy Idol's 'Eyes Without a Face'

Vintage Video: A young Trent Reznor covers Billy Idol’s ‘Eyes Without a Face’

This has been online for a couple years now, but it didn’t come to our attention until this week: It’s a clip of future Oscar winner Trent Reznor in one of his mid-’80s, pre-Nine Inch Nails bands performing a fairly faithful cover of the Billy Idol hit ‘Eyes Without a Face.’

New releases: Joy Division, The Cure, Dead Can Dance on vinyl; Freebass debut CD

New releases: Joy Division, The Cure, Dead Can Dance on vinyl; Freebass debut CD

This week’s new releases include a box set of Joy Division 7-inch singles; a limited-edition, marble-vinyl 2LP set of The Cure’s expanded ‘Entreat Plus’; Dead Can Dance’s 4LP vinyl ‘Box Set I’; and the U.S. release of Freebass’ debut CD ‘It’s a Beautiful Life.’

Ministry covers Amy Winehouse's 'Rehab' on 'Every Day is Halloween: The Anthology'?

Ministry covers Amy Winehouse’s ‘Rehab’ on ‘Every Day is Halloween: The Anthology’?

The defunct Ministry next month will release ‘Every Day is Halloween: The Anthology,’ a 12-track compilation that appears to mix some of the band’s best-known singles with new covers of classic songs by AC/DC, Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones — and Amy Winehouse?

New CDs: INXS 'Platinum' best-of, Ministry 'Molé' mixes, Ian Astbury fronts Boris

New CDs: INXS ‘Platinum’ best-of, Ministry ‘Molé’ mixes, Ian Astbury fronts Boris

This week’s new releases include ‘Platinum: Greatest Hits,’ the physical edition of a new INXS best-of released online earlier this year; ‘MiXXXes of the Molé,’ a full-album remix of Ministry’s ‘Houses of the Molé’; and ‘BXI,’ an EP by Boris and The Cult’s Ian Astbury.

Ministry preps 'MiXXXes of the Molé,' 'trance metal' remix of 2004's 'Houses of the Molé''

Ministry preps ‘MiXXXes of the Molé,’ ‘trance metal’ remix of 2004’s ‘Houses of the Molé”

Breaking up two years ago hasn’t slowed Ministry’s output: Al Jourgensen’s defunct industrial-metal juggernaut next month will release ‘MiXXXes of the Molé,’ a track-by-track ‘trance metal’ remix of the band’s 2004 album ‘Houses of the Molé.’

New releases: Laurie Anderson, Front Line Assembly; plus Spandau Ballet reissues

New releases: Laurie Anderson, Front Line Assembly; plus Spandau Ballet reissues

This week’s new releases include brand-new studio albums from Laurie Anderson (‘Homeland’) and Front Line Assembly (‘Improvised Electronic Device’), plus expanded reissues from Spandau Ballet (‘True,’ ‘Parade’) and A Flock of Seagulls (‘Listen’).

Vintage Video: New Order re-writes 'Blue Monday' for Sunkist soda TV commercial

Vintage Video: New Order re-writes ‘Blue Monday’ for Sunkist soda TV commercial

For $200,000, New Order re-recorded ‘Blue Monday’ — allegedly the best-selling 12-inch of all time — for a Sunkist TV commercial (which also uses footage from the band’s Kathryn Bigelow-directed video for ‘Touched By the Hand of God’).

Vintage Video: Ministry’s Al Jourgensen, Gary Numan sing early-’80s soda pop jingles

Could it be? Is that Ministry’s Al Jourgensen singing ‘don’t give me that so-so soda/that same old cola’ in this 1983 commercial for Shasta? And here’s a purported 1982 7UP jingle sung by Gary Numan, too.

New releases: Stooges, R.E.M., Sonic Youth, Devo reissues; new Revolting Cocks

New releases: Stooges, R.E.M., Sonic Youth, Devo reissues; new Revolting Cocks

This week’s new releases include Record Store Day-related reissues from R.E.M., Sonic Youth and Devo, plus the expanded edition of Iggy and the Stooges’ classic ‘Raw Power,’ and a new Revolting Cocks album.

Catching up with Depeche Mode... and Paul Westerberg, Duran Duran, Echo & Bunnymen

Catching up with Depeche Mode… and Paul Westerberg, Duran Duran, Echo & Bunnymen

Round-up of headlines from last week while we were on vacation, including news about Paul Westerberg, Echo & The Bunnymen, Depeche Mode, Front Line Assembly, Nine Inch Nails, Talking Heads’ Christ Frantz, Duran Duran and more.