I agree with their reviews of:
Wish You Were Queer: A Tribute To MinistryiTunes
and
Another Prick In The Wall: A Tribute To Ministry
iTunes
... not too many "normal" people seem to know about Ministry, but... what can I say. If you like friggin excellent music which also bashes you through the wall, Ministry is it.
Which is why I would have said that a Ministry tribute album would be doomed. How do you emulate that energy? Fortunately the bands here don't try it, but they still have lots of energy, and it is surprisingly good. Real durn good.
Of course start with the original if you don't know Ministry. But be prepared.
My college days were soundtracked to Ministry. A Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste will always bring back memories of a redhead with a wonderful laugh, the smell of developing chemicals and piles of animation paper cells. Im definitly going to find this album.
ReplyDeleteYeah, it's a bit samey now.
ReplyDeleteAlthough saying "they" is a bit of a misnomer... after Barker left it is pretty much a one-man band, Al Jourgenson.