I haven’t read it yet, but I’m sure this will be worth reading:
http://www.avclub.com/content/blog/the_overdue_demise_of_ministry
Damn, more glowing reviews. Thanks for the link. Here’s one of the reader comments that caught my eye:
glad i’m not alone
by smartass1
"I saw the show on its 2nd night here in San Francisco and felt totally fucking ripped off. I actually like the first hour – I’m a metalhead and I have enjoyed the last 3 Ministry albums, maybe not as much as the great stuff from their heyday, but still.
But then they did some other really fucking annoying things that you neglected to mention (maybe they didn’t do this in Chicago?): after an hour of material from their 2 or 3 most recent records, the band left the stage to try and force us to clap and cheer like monkeys for an encore we all knew was coming. (Since when does a band leave the stage for an encore after one measly hour, on their headlining farewell tour?) I stood with my arms folded. Many of the people around me did the same. Then, they returned for an encore of 3 songs, all sung inexplicably by some guy from Fear Factory that no one gave a shit about. Then they fucking left the stage again to force another round of obligatory cheering, which was even more lackluster this time around. People were getting hostile and resentful, and some were just shaking their heads and heading for the exits.
Then, they come back out on stage, talk shit about how much San Francisco sucks, plug their new covers CD, and play 3 covers from that disc. End of show.
So, I was glad to read this article and see that other people were as annoyed by this show as I was. All the things mentioned here, plus the ego-stroke needy jackoff of repeated stage exits, made for a weak and sad ending for a band I once really loved. Droopy, flaccid bummer."
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read the onion review.
i now officially have a stock review of this C U Outside Your Bank Tour: karma
This was interesting (as in the reviewer knows what they are talking of):
"Chris Connelly, who played an active role in Ministry and Revolting Cocks, originally sang the vocals for “So What” on Mind. (He memorably performed the song atop a chainlink fence on the 1990 live video/record In Case You Didn’t Feel Like Showing Up.) He still lives in Chicago, where he manages a record store and performs a significantly different kind of music—think Tortoise-esque post-rock—as a solo artist. Like virtually everyone who played a part in the rise of Ministry, he wasn’t at this show. For Connelly, it’s understandable; he hasn’t been a member of Ministry in 15 years. But there was no mention of bassist Paul Barker, the only other constant in Ministry from the mid-‘80s until his departure in 2003. The band may have always been the Al Jourgensen show, but Barker played a key role.
Jourgensen apparently sued Barker last year, so maybe it’s not surprising. And considering the unflattering portrait of Jourgensen Connelly paints in his recent book, Concrete, Bulletproof, Invisible And Fried: My Life As A Revolting Cock, it’s not surprising that Connelly wasn’t invited to the party, either."
goes on to a Connelly quote from an interview done with him prior.
Ultra-HARSH!!!
My favorite comment…
by [#006600]Regicide[/#006600]
“I sold weed to Paul Barker once, at a Ministry show in Madison. He looks exactly like William Gibson.”