Ministry: The Lost Gospels According to Al Jourgensen

Ministry: The Lost Gospels According to Al Jourgensen

by Al Jourgensen
Ministry: The Lost Gospels According to Al Jourgensen

Ministry: The Lost Gospels According to Al Jourgensen

by Al Jourgensen

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Overview

Ministry is a memoir both ugly and captivating, revealing Al Jourgensen as a man who lived a hard life his own way without making compromises. He survived prolonged drug addiction — twenty-two years of chronic heroin, cocaine, and alcohol abuse, to be more precise — before cleaning up, straightening out, and finding new reasons to live.

During his career, Jourgensen has engaged in all of the rock 'n' roll clich's regarding decadence and debauchery and invented new forms of previously unachieved nihilism. Despite this and his addictions, he created seven seminal albums, including the bonafide, hugely influential classic The Land of Rape and Honey, 1989's The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste, and 1992's blockbuster Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed.

Ministry imparts the epic life of Al Jourgensen, a survivor who tempted fate, beat the odds, persevered, and put the pieces back together after unraveling completely.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780306824630
Publisher: Hachette Books
Publication date: 09/08/2015
Edition description: First Trade Paper Edition
Pages: 336
Sales rank: 234,925
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Al Jourgensen is a six-time Grammy-nominated producer, composer, and musician. A multi-platinum-selling artist, Jourgensen's discography spans over thirty years. After getting clean in 2002, he produced another five Ministry discs and launched his own label, 13th Planet. He lives in El Paso, Texas. Jon Wiederhorn is coauthor of the book Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History of Metal, a senior writer at Revolver, and a regular contributor to Guitar World, Yahoo.com, eMusic.com, and Noisey.com. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his family.

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

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