In a small interview for Terrorizer, he claims Barker was a shitty bass player and that virtually all the basslines on Ministry records were played by himself.
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And he probably believes that too, he’s told himself so many times. That would have really annoyed me in the past, but now i just roll my eyes and think “Typical Al”. There’s a few songs that he apparently wrote by himself on the last few albums, but i just don’t believe he did. Maybe he does, but i don’t, not for one fucking second.
“Oh Paul… My preciousssssss… No, no! We hates him forever. Sneaky little bassist… Precious betrayed us… Wicked, tricksy, false…We ought to wring his filthy little neck…”
Yeah, I can’t really be moved to care anymore either. I hear these now and it’s like, "Yeah? So? What else was he going to say? It would be newsworthy if he said something POSITIVE about Barker.
The only bassline I know Al did is Just Like You, and that might have been keys. And there may have been a few on HOTM. He also may have done some of his own lines on RevCo’s Linger Ficken Good, since he wrote half the music on his own, even though “Creep” sounds like very much like Barker. There’s no way he did classics like “So What,” “Golden Dawn,” and “What About Us.”
“Gila Copter,” “Crackin’ Up,” and “Linger Ficken’ Good” were the tracks that were primarily Al. The others were mostly Book Club.
The song “Ro Grande Blood” is credited as being written and performed entirely by Al Jourgensen.
“Gila Copter,” “Crackin’ Up,” and “Linger Ficken’ Good” were the tracks that were primarily Al. The others were mostly Book Club.
I’m pretty sure “Creep” and was Al. “Dirt” was too because Connelly mentions in his book that Al, while on crack and behind the mixing board, would take 1985 and make it sound like shit. I’m pretty sure he was talking about “Dirt” there. The only songs he mentions being by him and the rest were “Mr. Lucky,” “Sergio,” “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy,” “The Rockabye,” and “Butcher Flower Woman.”
On thefront it is split up A) is Al and his people B) is the book club according to CC it sounds like it too now that’s not to say they did not have tracks they fooled around with from one team to the other it is just which team was in controlA/B. All of ministry has said esp. in the old day’s everyone did everything hell W.rieflin played alot of key’s and gtr om TLORAH after the mind,according to them,did everyone kind of stick to the roles they had live.I dnt believe though that ALL bass lines were his idea though,hell if you read all the interviews on here you can tell that
There’s no way Al did “Creep” !! That bassline is so totally Barker it’s unreal !!
Or Crackin Up. Just not true. Mr. Lucky, perhaps.
“Crackin’ Up” was plagiarized from “Shack Up.”
“Crackin’ Up” was plagiarized from “Shack Up.”
Chris said it was one of the tracks Al traded with Adrian Sherwood in the mid '80s.
But I can certainly see where you’re coming from:
you know ageing industrial rockers: buncha bitchy little girls!
[reply]“Crackin’ Up” was plagiarized from “Shack Up.”
Chris said it was one of the tracks Al traded with Adrian Sherwood in the mid '80s.
But I can certainly see where you’re coming from:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sh9ugRFvJkg[/reply]
“Shack Up” was a tour bus favorite and I’d often wondered if bit’s of it were nicked for “Crackin’ Up”. Now we have confirmation. Here’s another track that used to evoke the same kind of response.
Here’s another track that used to evoke the same kind of response.
[url “https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLg_YlQqnl4”]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLg_YlQqnl4
I hear 1000 homo dj’s in there…cool tune.
That sax in blurt makes me think that a few songs on dark side was a nod to them. that sax really doesn’t belong but sounds awesome.
Late,
grmpysmrf
Here’s another track that used to evoke the same kind of response.
Reminds me early Cabaret Voltaire.
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Here’s another track that used to evoke the same kind of response.
[url “https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLg_YlQqnl4”]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLg_YlQqnl4
I hear 1000 homo dj’s in there…cool tune.[/reply]
And the main riff is suspiciously close to the “bop bops” in Everyday Is Halloween…
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Here’s another track that used to evoke the same kind of response.
[url “https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLg_YlQqnl4”]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLg_YlQqnl4
I hear 1000 homo dj’s in there…cool tune.[/reply]
And the main riff is suspiciously close to the “bop bops” in Everyday Is Halloween…[/reply]
Factor in the distorted vocals and it comes full circle.
Blurt, Pigbag, A Certain Ratio, The Slits, The Pop Group. This is the kinda stuff, I think, that we listened to early on and tried to roll it in with a bit of the funk/disco scene…Gap Band, Chic, Moroder, etc. Sometimes it even worked.