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Paul Barker's Flowering Blight Released

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:17:56 CST

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.

New Song Download

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 05:31:51 CST

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.

Site Updates

Sun, 18 May 2008 05:15:03 CST

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.

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:20:15 CST

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.

Ministry Tablature

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 05:49:46 CST

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.

USSA Tour Cut Short

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 01:03:07 CST

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.

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

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 01:39:08 CST

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.

Ministry Tour Announced

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:06:12 CST

You can view the some of the tour dates for Ministry's tour in early 2008 on the C U LaTour page. This will be updated often so check back.

Bassist Tony Campos (Static-X) will be joining Ministry on the tour. In addition to Jourgensen and Campos, the tour lineup will consist of Tommy Victor and Sin Quirin, both on guitars, with keyboardist John Bechdel and drummer Jimmy DeGrasso. Burton C. Bell from Fear Factory will also be on the tour as a featured artist.

Touring with Ministry will be Meshuggah from Sweden.

Paul Barker's Flowering Blight

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:41:47 CST

From Paul Barker:

"Hello everyone. I have some music I am going to release under the project name of FLOWERING BLIGHT. This is music I have worked on recently, recording most of the music and vocals. I'll give full credits song-by-song as they are finished.

The first song I am releasing is entitled "The Perfect Pair". It's a monster in three parts. Here is a 35 second clip of "The Perfect Pair, pt2". You can download this snippet on the sound page.

I am also playing in a band called USSA, formed by Duane Denison and me last year. The USSA cd, "The Spoils", is available now and we are currently on the road through the states this fall. You can see more about the band at the USSA homepage (and also Myspace, as well here on prongs).

Thanks to you and prongs--
PAUL BARKER

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Sun, 11 Nov 2007 01:07:35 CST

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New Song Download

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 09:01:27 CST

Yeah, I know it's been a long time, but the song of the week has offically been changed. Since the version of Time To Melt proved to be too large to leave up as a download for very long, I decided to go for another treat from the same show. On the sound page, you'll find a live version of Hellfudge from the infamous New Year's Eve 1989 show. This song made very few live appearances, and is made more unique by Jello's anti-80's ranting.

We also brought back an older download, in case you missed it way-back-when. This time, the wonderfully reworked version of All Day from the 1987 mini-tour is making it's reappearace. Check it out if you missed it the first time.

Paul Barker Halloween DJ Set

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 09:46:31 CST

Thank you not only goes out to Neo for hosting the very successful Halloween event on October 31st 2007, where Barker played a DJ Set, but also to the many people who came out.

Paul's setlist can be read at the Paul Barker Neo Halloween '07 page.

Picture gallery coming shortly.

Paul Raven

Sun, 21 Oct 2007 12:06:18 CST

Paul Raven, best known for his work with Killing Joke, has sadly passed away. He was most recently the bassist for Ministry.

Another one of Raven's projects, Mob Research, has put the following on their Myspace Page:

"Mob Research founder and bassist Paul Raven passed away today Saturday 20th October 2007, apparently from a heart attack. He had just arrived in Europe to commence recording with his friends Treponem Pal."

Killing Joke fans have been posting tributes on the Killing Joke Myspace page.

Blabbermouth has a detailed news entry regarding this.

Our condolences to his family and friends regarding this unfortunate news.

Photo Section

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 08:14:00 CST

Above is the flyer for the Halloween Event at Neo where he will be DJing. Thank you to my very good friend, Kevin for designing the flyer.

Speaking of Paul, we've added the Paul Barker (Post Ministry) section on the pictures page, with awesome new pictures from Paul Elledge.

Paul Barker DJ Set

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:09:25 CST

Just confirmed: Paul Barker will be hosting Halloween Night at Neo in Chicago. He'll be spinning tracks for a few hours. If you are in or around Chicago, please make it down - definitely will be an awesome night. This is his second time DJing at the club.

Where: 2350 N. Clark Street, Chicago, IL
When: Wednesday, October 31st 2007
Cost: $5

Chris Connelly Book

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 01:49:22 CST

Chris Connelly's book, Concrete, Bulletproof, Invisible and Fried: My Life As a Revolting Cock, is available for pre-ordering through Amazon.com. This should be an interesting read.

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Ministry Tour Lineup

Wed, 15 Aug 2007 01:26:45 CST

Seems that ex-Megadeth members, David Ellefson and Jimmy DeGrasso, will be joining Ministry on the last tour. This has not been confirmed (but also not denied) by the Ministry camp. Although some metal news outlets are reporting it.

Al Jourgensen - Vocals
Jimmy DeGrasso (Megadeth, Y&T, Suicidal Tendencies) - Drums
David Ellefson (Megadeth, F5, Temple of Brutality) - Bass
Tommy Victor (Prong) - Guitar
Sin Quirin (Revolting Cocks) - Guitar
John Bechdel (Fear Factory, Killing Joke) - Keyboards

Tour dates are expected to be announced shortly.

U.S.S.A.

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 07:36:13 CST

Paul Barker's new band, U.S.S.A., is to tour the US in November and December, with Chemlab. Several other bands will be touring with them, namely, Skeleton Key and some other local bands.

They’ll be starting on the East Coast and heading into the Midwest, out West and along down the Coast. We swing back through NM, TX and the like, through NOLA and into FL and back up the East Coast.

We have a new page up dedicated to U.S.S.A. which you can see here. We'll keep you posted.

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Lyrics to The Last Sucker

Wed, 11 Jul 2007 03:03:46 CST

The lyrics to Ministry's upcoming release, The Last Sucker, can be read here. The album is set for release on September 18th 2007.

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General News

Sun, 08 Jul 2007 09:08:10 CST

More Paul Barker news: There's a new track called Love You In Red up on the band Stayte's myspace page. This track is from their upcoming Cognitive Dissonance EP and features Paul Barker on bass.

USSA Video Online

Fri, 29 Jun 2007 09:35:48 CST

There's now a video for the USSA song Autumn Flowers on their Myspace Page. It's footage from the first show (from the band's cameraman, way better than my crappy shot) spliced with studio footage. Also, the release date for the album has been announced as September 18th. At the June show, the band said they played "all their songs", so the setlist may very well end up being the tracklist for the album.

New Song Download

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 06:25:12 CST

As promised, the new download is up on the sound page. This time it's a complete live version of the Lard song Time To Melt from the 12/31/89 Chicago show. This was the infamous kickoff show for the 89-90 Mind tour featuring many guest performers including Jello Biafra who does vocals on this track. This show was also filmed for the video portion of the In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up EP, the 2/22/90 Merriville show making up the audio portion. This is one of only two known performances of this song (with a rumored 3rd), which is actually surprisingly many considering it's 30 minutes long. We can only keep it up for a short while due to bandwidth, so grab it while you can.

Site Updates

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 10:02:12 CST

Quite a few new updates today:

First, some great pictures from a couple old Blackouts gigs (8/27/82 and an undated Seattle show) are up. Check them out here and here. These pics are courtesy of Bestrockphotos.com

A flyer and a copy of the setlist from the first USSA gig are now up here. An ad and more info on the USSA show earlier this week are up here. Many thanks to Paul Barker for being cool enough to let me film the show. Hopefully a review of the show will be on the forum soon.

A promo pic of Paul from the Lead Into Gold period is up on the interviews page or directly available here.

Also, quite a few more interviews up for you early Ministry lovers on the interviews page. Newest additions are an interview from Matter in April 1983, Unicorn Times August 1983, Creem May 1985, and Rockpool November 1988. The interviews are arranged chronologically, so you should be able to find them easily.

Should have a new song of the week up soon. I knew this one existed, but didn't think I'd ever dig up a copy. I guarantee all will be impressed. In the meantime, grab the current downloads on the sound page, as they won't be up much longer.

New Song Download

Wed, 30 May 2007 09:38:44 CST

After a bit of a break, a new song is up for download on the sound page. This time it's a live version of TV Mind from the Revco New Year's Eve show on 12/31/90. The Ministry crew used to play a Chicago gig on New Year's Eve (or at least did so many years in the late 80's/early 90's). Since they weren't on tour, the shows were often a bit more lively. At this specific show, there's quite a bit of improv (fueled, no doubt, by a bit of pre-New Year's indulgences), making it tough sometimes to tell if it's Revco or Pigface. Thanks to board member Dummkopf for hooking me up with this show and many other goodies!

Also back up for download is a live version of Over The Shoulder from the 4/10/86 Toronto show. For those who missed the recent torrent with lossless versions, this is a big upgrade in quality from the original version that was up for download years ago.

Tour News

Mon, 28 May 2007 05:39:56 CST

For those interested, Paul Barker's new band U.S.S.A. will be making a live appearance at The End in Nashville on June 7th. This will be their 2nd live performance.