Ministry with Helmet and Front Line Assembly
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All tickets for 7/17/20, 4/16/21, and 10/16/21 will be honored for the rescheduled date of March 12, 2022.
The Industrial Strength Tour
Celebrating 30 years of Ministry’s iconic record “The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste.”
Born in 1981 in Chicago, Ministry has been the lifetime passion project of founder Al Jourgensen, considered to be the pioneer of industrial music. In its early days, Ministry was identifiable by its heavy synth-pop material in line with the new sounds and technology that were being developed in the ‘80s. Ministry’s output began with four 12” singles on Wax Trax! Records in 1981 before the first LP With Sympathy in 1983 via Arista Records. As time progressed however, so did Ministry, quickly developing a harsher, and more stylized sound that the band soon became infamous for on seminal albums Twitch (1986), The Land of Rape and Honey (1988), and The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste (1989). With the release of Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and The Way to Suck Eggs (1992), Ministry hit an all time high in the mainstream musical realm and received its first Grammy nomination. In total, Ministry has been nominated for a Grammy award six times. After an indefinite hiatus in 2013, Ministry’s 2018 album, AmeriKKKant, continues to reflect Jourgensen’s views on the frightening state of society and politics. The latest lineup features Sin Quirin and Cesar Soto on guitars, John Bechdel (Killing Joke) on keys and Paul D’Amour (Tool) on bass,