My impressions:
Mikey plays as he’s interviewed.
Mikey: We will play older songs not on the last tour…Greatest hits Tour
Probably the only song off of LORH will be Stigmata and nothing off the prior releases.
Playing Live
Stigmata
So What
Thieves
Hoping Gibby will sign JBMHR on the Tour
Describe the new CD: [ul][li]Heavy, Thrash, hooks, then he says…not fast or heavy…melodic…it’s intense but not a George Bush record.[/li][li]6 potential songs down with the CD targeted to be done in Dec.[/li][/ul]
Track: [ul][li]Gold Digger: It’s about business corruption. My favorite song & probably the opening track on the new CD[/li][/ul]
On AL: [ul][li]Known him since 1986, we are brothers (we fight too), best friends…we have a lot in common, and with the business aspect too…AL is insane but a genius. I’ve been really close to Al in the past 3 yrs[/li][/ul]
Regarding the days of Filth PIG: [ul][li]Dark, weird (band was split: straight edge (book club) working in the afternoon /At night…heroin, crack…the Evil ones jamming all night long.[/li][li]Mikey hated this era but he survived it[/li][/ul]
That’s a fantastic summary of it, actually. And, yeah, Mikey’s like that all the time. If he’s just kicking back somewhere he’s always noodling away on a guitar.
The only thing you forgot was to remind everyone that a new Rigor Mortis album is on the horizon as well.
Not much earth shattering revelation or anything, but it sounds like Al is aware that he needs to change up the setlist from what it was last time (and the rest of the band is pushing on this as well). He also gave the pre-emptive “Who knows what Al might do, though?” comment too, however, to soften the blow if we still end up getting served up a big plate of Dick Song and Great Satan.
In best Borat impression possible
I very look forward to this new Ministry album of musicness like I look forward to sex…NAAAAAAHHHT!!!
it sounds like Al is aware that he needs to change up the setlist from what it was last time (and the rest of the band is pushing on this as well). He also gave the pre-emptive “Who knows what Al might do, though?” comment too, however, to soften the blow if we still end up getting served up a big plate of Dick Song and Great Satan.
The impression I got is that there will only be three old songs (Stigmata, So What, Thieves) on the tour. Four if Gibby happens to show up.
Not that I particularly care since they’re not playing Atlanta.
The impression I got is that there will only be three old songs (Stigmata, So What, Thieves) on the tour. Four if Gibby happens to show up.
It sounded to me like those were the "given"s, but they were planning to put other oldies on the list too (just nothing older than LORAH).
But the comments definitely were non-committal and left room for us to get stuck again with . . . . well, you know.
For me, how much I care to check this next tour will depending very largely on whether the new songs excite me enough to want to hear them live.
Thieves, So What, Stigmata - fucking BLAH! Three songs that have been on every single fucking tour since the Mind tour. It’s been years since Al played them with any kind of passion whatsoever, as evidenced by not even wanting to sing the damn things. I understand if he wants to play the heavy shit but jeez, play some other material.
And Al may have moments of genius, but we’ve seen very very little since Dark Side.
When they played San Diego on the CU-LA-Tour the classics were sung by Burton C. Bell. He stole the show as far as I’m concerned.
Only bright side is that now that Al is more sober (notice I said more, not totally - who knows), at least his energy is more out there and he might actually seem like he gives a shit on stage, now.
Only bright side is that now that Al is more sober (notice I said more, not totally - who knows), at least his energy is more out there and he might actually seem like he gives a shit on stage, now.
Hopefully. All of that wine guzzling did wonders with his songwriting. And who knows how he’ll manage live. He wore out pretty quick in some of the videos I saw.
I have a boot from Denver. He totally killed Just One Fix. He did NWO also. Never heard him do the other two though. I gained ALOT more respect for Burton after that.
First off, points for the Matlock shout out.
As for Burton exceeding your expectations – I’m even more extreme. I was pissed when I heard he was doing the vocals. I never liked FF and it just seemed so insulting that Al wouldn’t sing the only 3 or 4 songs in the set that most of us gave a crap about. I was all set to heckle and boo him, but I was totally won over.
I told him the above exactly and he was so cool about it and appreciative that I checked out his set and gave him a compliment. Then he went on about how much Ministry meant to him over the years and how it was such a dream come true to be part of it. He also noted that he and a few others really wanted to play the classics but that Al just wasn’t having it.
I told him he was “worthy” to sign my jacket if he wanted (he did). I was so impressed by the dude, overall. Just a really open and gracious and humble dude. So refreshing by contrast. I found myself trying to get into FF just because of that meeting (it’s still not my thing).
With the Al of the last 6 years, I feel like a battered woman or something, and keep telling myself . . . "He can change. He can be good again. I still remember the man I fell in love with . . . "
[reply]When they played San Diego on the CU-LA-Tour the classics were sung by Burton C. Bell. He stole the show as far as I’m concerned.
I’ve got quite a few boots from the Good Riddance, er CuLaTour. Burton, pretty much steals the show in each. He is clearly excited to be up on stage doing Ministry classics while Dear Leader sleep walked through the rest of the show wondering when Matlock came on.[/reply]
You actually have boots from that tour? [laugh] Lame fan boys like you are the reason this train wreck of a band came back. Go to hell asshole.
Yeah, because bands make a fortune on bootlegs.
First off, points for the Matlock shout out.
As for Burton exceeding your expectations – I’m even more extreme. I was pissed when I heard he was doing the vocals. I never liked FF and it just seemed so insulting that Al wouldn’t sing the only 3 or 4 songs in the set that most of us gave a crap about. I was all set to heckle and boo him, but I was totally won over.
I told him the above exactly and he was so cool about it and appreciative that I checked out his set and gave him a compliment. Then he went on about how much Ministry meant to him over the years and how it was such a dream come true to be part of it. He also noted that he and a few others really wanted to play the classics but that Al just wasn’t having it.
I told him he was “worthy” to sign my jacket if he wanted (he did). I was so impressed by the dude, overall. Just a really open and gracious and humble dude. So refreshing by contrast. I found myself trying to get into FF just because of that meeting (it’s still not my thing).
With the Al of the last 6 years, I feel like a battered woman or something, and keep telling myself . . . "He can change. He can be good again. I still remember the man I fell in love with . . . "
i love burton’s voice (big fear factory fan, also i like city f fire, the first geezer solo album, and i even thought AotW was pretty solid)
when i say the NYC shows, he was totally cool, friendly, and just hung out with me for a clip, actually, him and tony campos were easily the coolest guys there. they were wicked friendly. and burton made fun of a couple hot topic mall goth kids at the show… they told him he looked like a girl in his normal straightlegged jeans and his exact response (which i loved) was “No i look like a man in men’s pants, you look like a convict in an idiot’s pants.”
You actually have boots from that tour? [laugh] Lame fan boys like you are the reason this train wreck of a band came back. Go to hell asshole.
The official live album from this tour doesn’t have the Burton songs on it.
So yeah, if I wanted to hear live stuff from these shows I’d buy a boot too.
Thieves, So What, Stigmata - fucking BLAH! Three songs that have been on every single fucking tour since the Mind tour.
No Stigmata on CULaTour and So What didn’t get played the night I saw them yet it was on every other night.
god bless mikey and stephanie ( his girlfriend at the time they crashed at my house in westlake texas, and stephanie forgot to rid my guestroom of underwear. after a month) ty coon committed the same crime.(after a month.)it was all quite ordinary.ordinary girls .where are they now?
Thank you for that amazingly ordinary tale of amazing ordinariness. I leave my ordinary underwear lying around everywhere ordinarily too. I’m a real ordinary guy. You’d love me if you got to know me.
god bless mikey and stephanie ( his girlfriend at the time they crashed at my house in westlake texas, and stephanie forgot to rid my guestroom of underwear. after a month) ty coon committed the same crime.(after a month.)it was all quite ordinary.ordinary girls .where are they now?
can you make one post about another woman who walked through Al’s life that DOESNT make you seem like a feral cunt?