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Cevin Key

Posted on June 09 2009 by Afra ( 464 )

Not entirely Ministry related but I'm sure many of you are fans of Cevin Key's work.

cEvin Key will be spinning a Tokyo Decadence DJ set with classic and new music from Download, Skinny Puppy, PlatEAU, Tear Garden, Doubting Thomas and more!

Subconscious merchandise booth and autograph session. Closing set by DJ Jeff Moyer

This is going on at Neo in Chicago, IL, USA. This is where Paul Barker also DJed in 2006.

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News Archives

Posted on June 03 2009 by Afra ( 463 )

I have finally added the News archives to this site. On the right hand menu you can choose the years you wish to read the archives from. It was interesting to see that January 29th 1999 was our first news posting for this site. Enjoy browsing.

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New Song Download

Posted on April 19 2009 by Bisquitodoom ( 461 )

And now the highlight of the recently unearthed 1984 demos is up for download on the sound page. It's a completely unreleased song from early 1984 called "Wait". It's definitely from the post-With Sympathy period and could easily have been included on one of the Wax Trax 12"s from this era. Unfortunately it never saw the light of day. Hope you all enjoy! Supposedly there are another half-dozen or so songs from this timeframe that also never saw release. Hopefully someday we'll get to hear more.

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New Song Download

Posted on March 29 2009 by Bisquitodoom ( 460 )

Late on the Lollapalooza tour in 1992, Ministry performed TV Song a handful of times. It wasn't on the standard setlist, but on most of the September dates, the band added it to their sets with Gibby Haynes from the Butthole Surfers on vocals. Every performance was different, as the band played TV Song while Gibby ad-libbed, screaming whatever profanity came to his mind. I recently realized that we've never had a version of this up for download, so you can grab one on the download page now. Rather than putting the common version from the 9/4/92 New Orleans show up, I decided to go for the version from the 9/12/92 Irvine show - so this should be something new for just about everyone. This is also one of a handful of shows late in the tour with Casey Orr from Rigor Mortis replacing Paul on bass, as Paul's wife had a child a few days earlier. Enjoy!


Next time, a new unreleased song for the first time in a long time.

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New Song Download

Posted on March 10 2009 by Bisquitodoom ( 459 )

The new song on the sound page is a live version of Work For Love. This is from a great soundboard recording from the With Sympathy era. Unfortunately, the exact date is unknown. Based on Al's comments, this is opening for Madness. This, along with the source and the Madness timeline place this show sometime in early 1984, probably during February. This mkes the lineup most likely Jourgensen/George/Hallen/Chamberlin/Soroka/Gage, and is the first recording uncovered from this lineup. The show is very incomplete, so apologies for the abrupt ending to the song. Appearently someone taped over (!) most of the show at some point, leaving only a couple songs in their complete form. More to come in later weeks. Enjoy!

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New Song Download

Posted on February 21 2009 by Bisquitodoom ( 458 )

As promised, the new song of the week is up on the sound page. This one is a demo version of Every Day Is Halloween. Based on the history of the song, the sound of the demo and the other contents of the source material, this probably dates from late 1983 to early 1984 and contains many elements that were changed for the later version that saw release. The general song structure remains the same, but this was definitely before the song was polished up and finished. The most notable change is in the lyrics, as this demo version has several major differences from the finished song. Hope you enjoy this gem! More to come.

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New Song Download

Posted on February 04 2009 by Bisquitodoom ( 457 )

Updated the songs on the download page. First, added a live version of Under My Thumb from the Denver 2008 show. It's a nice audience recording of a song that's unfortunately not on the tracklisting for the upcoming live DVD. As with all songs from the encores of the C U Latour, Burton Bell from Fear Factory does vocals.

Also brought back one of the most requested past downloads - I See Red Version 2 from the Twitch tour practice sessions. Enjoy!

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Flowering Blight Download

Posted on November 23 2008 by Afra ( 456 )

Flowering Blight's The Perfect Pair is available for purchase in MP3 format here.

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Paul Barker's Flowering Blight Released

Posted on November 19 2008 by Afra ( 455 )

Yes, it's finally happened!

The album, The Perfect Pair from Paul Barker's Flowering Blight project has finally been released!

Here is a note from Paul himself:

I finally have the first Flowering Blight cd available. This music was recorded three years (!) ago, and was lurking behind the other projects I'd been spending time on. Should be a hit with the ladies...

I want to again thank Gerda Barker, Mat Mitchell, Kyle Ellison, Lee Popa, Earl Harvin, Josh Freese, Adam Grossman, Max Brody, Beth Black, Paul Leary, Critter, Tony Rancich, Danny Lohner, Maria Ferrero, Roland Barker, Paul Elledge, Jimmy Archey, Kevin Walt, Leasha Overturf, Jolee Popa, John Baldwin, Daniel Field, Michael Brokaw, Mark Levinson, and Afra Ahmad for keepin' it real, man.

And your Mama wears combat boots!

Paul Barker

The album itself has appearances from Josh Freese (known for working with a lot of musicians including Nine Inch Nails), Adam Grossman and others.

You may order The Perfect Pair straight from Flowering Blight's webpage. Shipping is included in the price - if you live in the US, it is $12.25 and overseas, $15.00 . Or, you can order from this site.

You can read more information on the release on this site. Lyrics are coming very soon.

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New Song Download

Posted on October 15 2008 by Bisquitodoom ( 454 )

A new song is up for download on the sound page. This time it's a live version of Lay Lady Lay from the New York 1996 show. This song was played live twice at the Bridge School Benefit shows in 1994 and then was to be part of the live setlist for the 1996 Filth Pig Tour. They ended up only playing it at a handful of shows early on and then retired it, never having played it live again. While recordings of both 1994 performances exist, this is the only known live recording of this song from the 1996 tour with a full band.

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Site Updates

Posted on May 18 2008 by Bisquitodoom ( 453 )

Ok, I know it's been a while since we've updated parts of the site. I've spent the better part of the day doing just that. New additions include:

New Song Download - After some bandwidth issues, these are back online and there are several new ones waiting to be put up. The current song is a live version of Señor Peligro from the New York 2006 show.

Tour updates - Thanks to Revco, I've updated all the dates for the 1990 Mind tour, and should have them all correct now. I've also added ticket stubs/posters to several shows including 1/11/90, 2/3/90, 6/19/99, 7/25/92, 8/12/92, 1/24/90, 8/3/90, 12/27/92, 12/1/92, 11/8/88, and 4/11/03. Feel free to browse around the tour section, as updates are pretty continuous.

New Interviews - I added an interview from the Phoenix Sun Times from November 1988 (thanks to tenohtwo) and scans of the Chicago Tribune 7/12/92 interview we had previously only had a transcript of. The real interview includes a picture of Al/Patty/Adrienne (then 7) and a picture from the Lollapallooza practice sessions. Also added to the interview page are a few Wax Trax promotional pics/press releases. Scroll to the bottom for those.

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Ministry Tour

Posted on April 10 2008 by Afra ( 452 )

The last Ministry tour, C U LaTour, is well under way. Here is the set list from the Tempe, AZ show on April 8th 2008, as posted by Tenohtwo:

Let's Go
The Dick Song
Watch Yourself
Life Is Good
The Last Sucker
No W
Waiting
Worthless
Wrong
Rio Grande Blood
Señor Peligro
Lies Lies Lies
Khyber Pass
So What
NWO
Just One Fix
Thieves
Roadhouse Blues
Just Got Paid
Under My Thumb

Ground Control has posted a review and pictures from the show at the Fillmore in San Francisco on April 1st 2008.

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Ministry Tablature

Posted on April 08 2008 by Afra ( 451 )

A huge thanks to Krowe for starting and managing the tabs section for this site. After years of people requesting us for it, it's here.

If you have anything to add or change, please direct your responses to Krowe on the message board.

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USSA Tour Cut Short

Posted on December 12 2007 by Afra ( 449 )

Unfortunately USSA will not be completing their N. American tour:

Unfortunately, we're headed home early. Duane was injured at one of the shows, and after two grueling weeks of pain ended up being sent home by a doctor for repairs (some minor but necessary surgery). We'll be back out on the road as soon as possible.

Happy Holidays everyone.

We wish Duane a speedy recovery.

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U.S.S.A./Chemlab Aftershow Party

Posted on November 17 2007 by Afra ( 448 )

For those going to the U.S.S.A. and Chemlab November 20th show here in Chicago, please stop by to the official afterparty right after, hosted by my friend DJ Kamar. Jared Louche (Chemlab frontman) will be DJing that night. And, yes, Paul Barker will be showing up, though he won't be behind the decks that night. I'll also be there.

More information at going.com.

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