Um…
AJ: No. He’s not going to win. And if he does, I’m so fast into Canada, you have no idea.
No thanks. I’m gonna tip off the border patrol…
Maybe he’s buying a Blue Man franchise for El Paso.
Or maybe he’s going to have them open for his RevCo franchise.
Um…
AJ: No. He’s not going to win. And if he does, I’m so fast into Canada, you have no idea.
No thanks. I’m gonna tip off the border patrol…
That’s become such a cliche threat, too. There was at least a half dozen movie stars and musicians that said they were going to leave the country if Bush got re-elected in '04. Big surprise, they’re all still here.
It’s really a bummer reading Ministry interviews from the past few years. I used to look forward to hearing/seeing what Al had to say, but his recent quotes make me question everything he’s said to the press over the past 25 years. Many years, before I knew Wax Trax’s history, I was convinced that Al started Wax Trax, based on interviews with Al. I wish I cou’ld cite a specific article, but I remember him saying that he pressed a thousand Cold Life records, and that’s how Wax Trax was born’. Does he just talk out of his ass for kicks? Why does he think (or want us to think) that Wax Trax was ever his label?
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wax trax’s label began with the strike under release"immediate action".
Ministry interviews are best when they’re done with anyone other than Al. Even when I was a 16 year old fanboy reading my first Al interview in Thrasher magazine, I was bewildered by what a nimrod the dude came across as.
So then Blue Man would then be converted into a bad trash metal group doing Slayer covers on PVC pipes?
I am SO there.
Worst thing I did as a fan of al was reading connelly’s book. I’m only a 1/3 of the way through, but baldy isn’t as talented as I previously thought… or as he’s probably sit me down and lecture me about… aggressively… that big bad elaine, he did run wax trax you know… or maybe the store cash register anyway
Eh, so Al’s a blowhard. That’s not a revelation. And yeah, it’s clear that Ministry’s a lot more than just Al J. and his pals. But if it WASN’T for Al, we’d have nothing but Fini Tribe and The Blackouts and Rigor Mortis and whatever - all ok, of course, but they ain’t Ministry.
Eh, so Al’s a blowhard. That’s not a revelation. And yeah, it’s clear that Ministry’s a lot more than just Al J. and his pals. But if it WASN’T for Al, we’d have nothing but Fini Tribe and The Blackouts and Rigor Mortis and whatever - all ok, of course, but they ain’t Ministry.
I agree with this 100%. I’m amazed by how much more people seem to care about personality than they do music.
well put rev
“AJ: It was the worst night of my life. Bush was reelected, and then I knew I had to do another couple of albums about this idiot. Then I had to play in front of 37 people. It was horrible. I was crying. I was freaked out.”
LOL it was the worst night of our lives too, knowing that Ministry would go on to release butt rock turds about ‘Dubya’ for the foreseeable future.
Eh, so Al’s a blowhard. That’s not a revelation. And yeah, it’s clear that Ministry’s a lot more than just Al J. and his pals. But if it WASN’T for Al, we’d have nothing but Fini Tribe and The Blackouts and Rigor Mortis and whatever - all ok, of course, but they ain’t Ministry.
Damn straight. So Al’s a cock. So what? He made “Twitch,” son.
“Twitch.”
yeah he did. but me thinks twitch had alot of input from adrian sherwood, check out “tackhead tape time”, alot of same samples used.
“AJ: It was the worst night of my life. Bush was reelected, and then I knew I had to do another couple of albums about this idiot. Then I had to play in front of 37 people. It was horrible. I was crying. I was freaked out.”
Well, they booked at Municipal, the “old” big venue for bands in town (probably because it came cheaper) and had almost no promotion. There was still a crowd of several hundred. 37… hah. And the returns were totally up in the air at the point the concert started. Exaggerating about screwing an ostritch is one thing, but don’t exaggerate to slag my home town, man.
yeah he did. but me thinks twitch had alot of input from adrian sherwood, check out “tackhead tape time”, alot of same samples used.
But of course. I’ve got the record, and yeah, there are some similarities, definitely. Sure, Sherwood does have a noticeable prescence on “Twitch,” but I feel that Al and only Al could have made it come out the way it did.
Let’s face it: Al’s never been terribly great by his lonesome, but he brings out the best in whom he works with, and in the process, lays down some pretty bitchin’ music. Sure, I like Connelly, Tackhead, U.S.S.A., and all that good stuff, but it’s when those people worked with Al that some legendary material was put to tape.
Meh… to each his own.
“Twitch”?
listen to “Microphonies” by Cabaret Voltaire, which, in the Cabs cannon, is hardly thunder and lightning, but his royal highness sure as shit thought so
Please pardon me.
My Vitriol overfloweth today
it’s gonna be a good one.
(stoney silence)
Ach! Slagging two of my favorite albums in one post!
Mix Up is nice, but I’ve always thought Microphonies was where it was at.
I’ve listened to both “Twitch” and “Micro-Phonies” quite a bit over the years and though I can tell that Cabs influenced “Twitch” (esp. in vocal delivery) it’s hardly a carbon copy. I think the Tackhead influence is a lot more obvious though honestly I’ve never heard anything I think sounds quite like “Twitch” it’s kind of a weird album.