Al Jourgensen Interview -- Vampire Freaks 8-2013

I’m finding everything but what I’m looking for.

http://vampirefreaks.com/content/comment.php?entry=648&t=Interview+with+Al+Jourgensen+of+Ministry

“Vampire Freaks”, yet! Why does everything have to be so in-your-face these days? When I was young, people of a vampiric persuasion were happy to be referred to as Vampire Chums, Vampire Pals etc…

I find it hilarious (actually kind of sad) that the article is only a year and a half old, and yet a bunch of the bullshit he’s talking about is not going to happen.

That comic book? Bet that shit never sees the light of day. That was an Angie project I’m sure. 13th Planet releasing a Dusters album? Not a chance.

13th Planet is dead. Shit disappeared with Angie.

Go check the website.

It’s too bad.
I was really looking forward to that Dusters album seeing the light of day. I thought they sounded more like how Buck Satan should have sounded than the Buck Satan project actually ended up sounding.

Considering this video only amassed 18 views (several of which were mind) in the last year and a half, I’m thinking it’s not been super well promoted.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx9ucSP7QU4

It’s too bad.
I was really looking forward to that Dusters album seeing the light of day. I thought they sounded more like how Buck Satan should have sounded than the Buck Satan project actually ended up sounding.

Considering this video only amassed 18 views (several of which were mind) in the last year and a half, I’m thinking it’s not been super well promoted.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx9ucSP7QU4

It’s up to 23 now.
Behold the mighty power of Prongs!
It’s weird though. Even my videos have more views than these guys. BTW, some other bunch of assholes is trying to call themselves The Cryptids on Youtube. Fuck those guys, I’ve had that name since the turn of the century.

Just visited the interview page, which certainly is as zine-y as they get…was howling at some of the great spelling errors, particularly the re-naming of the border city Ciudad Juarez to Warez lolol…come on guys…what if Wan Carlos of Spain were to read that, how embarrassing would that be?

I second the prediction that the ‘Dusters’ will never ever be released. Which is too bad, the world needs a band named after the most badass coat style ever.

Well, we still have The Dickies.

There should be an XXXTREME GOTHIC METAL band called The Trenchcoat Mafia.

I’ve not looked it up, but I’d bet large that there’s been several bands or band attempts that have used the name. Any large scale news item of such (especially one so catchy) gets taken (many times over, in some cases). I remember seeing flyers for “The Tim McVeighs” as well as “The Unabombers”. “Trenchcoat Mafia” is even more accessible as a band name. Gonna check . . . .

I once met some dude who had seen Mindless Self Indulgence when they had their 15 minutes of fame and said that they proclaimed themselves the “New Trenchcoat Mafia.”

I really fucking hated that band.

I used to see people kissing that band’s ass all the time. But because their photos and band name were equally lame I never bothered listening to even one song. I think American Headcharge would fit in the same category for me.

MSI was pretty much music for teeny bopper rivetheads who either drank Smirnoff Ice just to fit in, or took ecstasy to be “hardcore.”

You guys are crazy.
MSI were great. Don’t know much about the rest of their catalog, But the Frankenstein Album is fantastic!

Eureka’s crazy. I’m just stubborn and judgmental.
I’ve yet to hear one note from MSI, so I don’t know if they definitively suck or not.

Eureka’s crazy. I’m just stubborn and judgmental.
I’ve yet to hear one note from MSI, so I don’t know if they definitively suck or not.

they’re catchy, at least they were. Like I said, I don’t know anything about any other albums other than the Frankenstein album.

I liked the Frankenstein album too. Their sound is way out there, and I can see why the appeal might be limited.

Like Anal Cunt. Really how much of their stuff can you listen to?

Like Anal Cunt. Really how much of their stuff can you listen to?

Only slightly more than none.

MSI’ biggest hit featured the line “I like my coffee black just like my metal” if that rings a bell. They also had an earlier song where the singer repeats the word “Faggot” a bunch in a high pitch voice. That one is kinda funny, but the other song really annoyed the fuck out of me. My group of friends and acquaintances would always try to make the connection with me and that song because I was real heavy into black metal at the time. I guess it’d be like someone assuming you like NIN because they see you wearing a Skinny Puppy shirt, or a shirt from (insert random Wax Trax band here). Or maybe even as ridiculous as someone assuming you’re a “gothic devil worshipper who listens to Marilyn Manson all the time” just because you wear black clothes and go against the grain.

I assume anyone that likes any of that stuff is a faggot.

Only slightly more than none.

Exactly. I have one album, It Only Gets Worse, and it’s more than enough when I’m in that mood.

Mindless Self Indulgence is less funny in the song titling department than AC, but better in the funny sounding song department.

They have a song called “I Hate Jimmy Page” that cracks me up every time it pops up on shuffle.