Ministry, i heard they may be halting after 2008. Has anyone else heard this? They are really a great band

Psalm96 & Animositisomina are in my opinion must own CDs. I know there are some fans on this board so i thought i'd start an Ministry thread.

Also, this would be a good place to drop thoughts about side projects too, like Revolting Cocks and LARD. Any thoughts?

To be honest, I haven't thought about or listened to Ministry in years (like over a decade). I liked 'em when I was in high school, but that was back when you said industrial, and people didn't look at you funny. "Burning Inside" and "Thieves" were two of my favorite songs back then. The good 'ol days I suppose. What was great about all these industrial bands back then was that they really slept around. Every band seemed like a side project of some other band. Obviously, Pigface were the epitome of that ethos. I mean come on, an industrial supergroup? Could you imagine the same kind of thing for death metal or black metal today? The egos are too big. It's too bad industrial crapped out prematurely.

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I mean come on, an industrial supergroup? Could you imagine the same kind of thing for death metal or black metal today?

That is funny and so very true.

Ministry were/are an amazing band.

I saw them live in Manchester once and it remains one of the best gigs I have ever seen.

The thing I most like about them is that they have an extremely big catalogue of truly excellent songs. When Ministry are good, it's not just music that you can tap your foot to, it's music that demands you jump around and destroy things - Stigmata, Thieves, Jesus Built My Hotrod, NWO, TV II, Scarecrow, Just One Fix... the list is seemingly endless. And they never did anything that sold out on their musical identity - industrial metal right to the end!

Things won't be the same without them.

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I mean come on, an industrial supergroup? Could you imagine the same kind of thing for death metal or black metal today?

That is funny and so very true.

Whassss so funny? Disfear is a metal supergroup, maybe my favourite album this year.
Anyway, I'm shocked that no one's mentioned Ministry's last 3 albums-Houses Of The Mole, Rio Grande Blood and The Last Sucker. These are all must-haves, a perfect picture of the simmering anger of the second Bush II term. After some so-so albums, these will be judged as Ministry's last hurrah, and they went out with a bang. Plus, they throw Eisenhower's farewell speech onto their very last track on their very last album...echoing a very timely warning. Love 'em.

Im definitely a fan of Houses of the Mole, but Im more surprised no ones mentioned The Land of Rape and Honey. Freakin love that album.