Table of Contents
So What? The Significance of Ministry xi
Foreword: Visions of the Carnival and the Invitation to Insanity Jon Wiederhorn xv
Prologue: 911. What's Your Emergency? xxiii
1 Resurrecting the Beast 1
2 From Cuba to Oblivion 7
Intervention 1 Ministry Frontman's Stepfather, Ed Jourgensen, Illuminates the past 17
3 Teenage Wasteland 25
4 Symphony for the Devil: Soul Selling for Blow and Blowjobs 45
Intervention 2 Pick Your Poison-The Effects of Dangerous Substances on an Unstable Mind 59
5 Twitch of the Death Nerve-Lethal Trax! 63
Intervention 3 Luc Van Acker Analyzes the Turbulent Depravity of Revolting Cocks and the Mystery of Ministry 75
6 The Land of Rape and Honey: The Road to Sodomy and Gonorrhea 83
Intervention 4 Sascha Konietzko-Ministry Introduce KMFDM to the Masses 89
7 The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste: Misfiring Synapses and Overdriven Guitar Therapy 93
Intervention 5 Dead Kennedys and Lard Frontman Jello Biafra Takes Jourgensen to New Heights of Lunacy 103
8 Truly Revolting: The Sordid Story of El Duce, Penis Piercings, and the Hazing of Trent Reznor 111
Intervention 6 Revolting Cocks Vocalist Phildo Owen-Crazy Is as Crazy Does 123
9 Psalm 69: The Downward Spiral and the Perils of Fame 129
10 Welcome to the Lone Star State: Drive Friendly-the Texas Way 147
Intervention 7 Butthole Surfing with Locust Abortion Technician Gibby Haynes 157
11 Filth Pig-Dirt, Degradation, and the DEA 163
12 The Psychedelic Evolution of Leary: Turn On, Tune In, Pass Out 173
13 Dark Side of the Spoon: Three…Two…One…Meltdown 185
Intervention 8 Salvation-The Guiding Light of Angelina Lukacin-Jourgensen 199
14 Animositisomina-Twice the Animosity, Half the Substance 209
Intervention 9 Mike Scaccia: The Final Interview from the Architect Ministry's Guitar Sound (1965-2012) 217
15 Houses of the Mole: A Bush in the Hand… 229
16 Rio Grande Blood and Other Cocky Shit 237
Intervention 10 Tour Manager Holger Brandes: Ministry Teaches Industry Veteran the Rules of the Road 245
17 The Last Sucker: A Storm's a Brewin' 249
Intervention 11 Al Jourgensen: Politics and Pussy (Minus the Pussy)-How to Save the Planter with Two Dirty Words: Social Democracy 253
18 From Beer to Eternity: Another Brush with Death and Mikey's Last Stand 259
Acknowledgments 273
Discography 275