Tag: Al Jourgensen

Listen: Ministry releases (mostly) full show from 'In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up'

Listen: Ministry releases (mostly) full show from ‘In Case You Didn’t Feel Like Showing Up’

Ministry has released a new live album on Bandcamp — with a vinyl edition following in September — that, while not advertised as such, is taken from the same 1990 concert that spawned the six-song In Case You Didn’t Feel Like Showing Up live album and companion home video release.

Pay $10,000 for Ministry's new 'AmeriKKKant' and Al Jourgensen will remix your song

Pay $10,000 for Ministry’s new ‘AmeriKKKant’ and Al Jourgensen will remix your song

Ministry will release their 14th studio album this fall, a collection called AmeriKKKant that is available for pre-order now via PledgeMusic in a variety of bundles that top out at $10,000 — a price that’ll get one of your own songs remixed and given “that Ministry sound” by Al Jourgensen himself.

Watch: Trailer for ‘Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records’ documentary

Watch: Trailer for ‘Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records’ documentary

The premiere of the long-in-the-works documentary about the rise and fall of Chicago’s Wax Trax! Records retail shop and record label is just over a day away, but for those who can’t make it Chicago, or just want a glimpse now, here’s a 3-minute trailer to whet your appetite. Watch the trailer here.

'Without Sympathy': Al Jourgensen, Wax Trax! celebrated in L.A. photo/art exhibit

‘Without Sympathy’: Al Jourgensen, Wax Trax! celebrated in L.A. photo/art exhibit

On the eve of the Record Store Day release of a new Wax Trax! Records box set, the Lethal Amounts Gallery in Los Angeles will celebrate Ministry mastermind Al Jourgensen and his labelmates on the highly influential Chicago imprint via a new photo exhibit called “Without Sympathy: The Visceral Journey of Al Jourgensen.”

Ministry, Wax Trax! labelmates collected on 7CD/1LP 'Trax Box!' for Record Store Day

Ministry, Wax Trax! labelmates collected on 7CD/1LP ‘Trax Box!’ for Record Store Day

A trove of early Wax Trax! Records material from Ministry, Revolting Cocks, Pailhead, 1,000 Homo DJs, PTP and Acid Horse — including previously unreleased tracks and demos — will be compiled on a limited-edition 7CD/1LP box set to be released for Record Store Day next month in both the U.S. and the U.K.

Al Jourgensen debuts unreleased 'With Sympathy'-era Ministry song 'Anything For You'

Al Jourgensen debuts unreleased ‘With Sympathy’-era Ministry song ‘Anything For You’

Just a couple months after the unreleased “Same Old Madness” was included on the reissue of Ministry’s classic Twelve Inch Singles, another early With Sympathy-era track is seeing the light of day — this time courtesy of bandleader Al Jourgensen, who has famously distanced himself from his band’s early synthpop days.