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Iām just layinā this out there, but I would totally go see a lineup that had Ministry headlining with Spice Girls and Alanis opening. Just to watch the fans interact, I guess. Can you imagine that crowd?
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Jesus, Ministry sucks.
That sounds scummy as hell. Like now, makes me just want to go for COC/Melvins and just walk out after that. Guess see if the setlist is decent or trash or whatever else.
Not holding my breath. Tour went from exciting and cool to, whatever.
Hahaha, Iām with you on this one! Not only would it be funny mixed-up crowd, but it would also mean you could interact with someone other than guy aged between 35-55 who doesnāt like Ministry anymore but comes to the shows anyway to complain. Maybe one could even strike up a conversation with a (gasp) female concert goer? Unheard of!
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Hahaha thisā¦
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Iām so disappointed I wonāt be able to complain that FLA deserves and longer set and KMFDM isnāt the same without such-and-such members.
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Man, this isnāt the Industrial Strength Tour anymore. I may cancel my tickets and just buy them the day of if I decide to go. This is a mess.
Those posters are hilarious REVCO. lol
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Itās hilarious that people all over the Internet are crying about the tour being called āIndustrial Strength Tourā when thereās not enough āreal industrialā music on it.
The bands are literally listed on the poster (and will probably be changed out 8 more times anyway). And the headliner is Ministry, who at least at one time was considered industrial no matter how many 10,000 word essays are posted online about Al abandoning the rivetheads for those dirty heavy metal buttrockers.
Is there a threat of some dipshits buying tickets under false pretense because of the name, hoping to hear the latest Super Nintendo sound scratchings of Kokhammer 23 and Oxygenated Foreskin only to find that theyād been duped into coming to a Ministry concert that might have something resembling rock and roll? OH EMM GEE, THE HORROR!!!
If people want to see Frontbutt Assembly, Helmets, and all those other goofy bands, they should tell those bands to get their own gigs at the Eastvale Mall Food Court or Sierra Lanes Bowling Alley . . . or whatever venue can accommodate the 40 people who might actually give a shit. Donāt expect Al to carry them all under his wing for you.
Oh, and not to be linguistically anal, but the phrase āindustrial strengthā has been around for 100+ years and used many times without respect to any silly music which came much later. You may as well get mad that theyāre not passing out samples of Super Glue or Tide Detergent.
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Please, everyone knows why this was called the āIndustrial Strengthā tour and Al (or whoeverās managing him now) is just proving he doesnāt give a shit.
This is like if Van Halen had replaced Metallica and Scorpions on the Monsters of Rock tour in '88 with Phil Collins and Mister Mister. Yeah, itās technically still ārockā but itās not what people expected when they bought their tickets.
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Iām thinking this is mostly a management decisionā¦ maybe they looked at number of tickets sold, then thought oh my god, thereās literally only 10 people who wants to see our supporting acts and changed the line-up because they actually want to sell tickets. The āindustrial Strengthā thing might have been comparable to āMonsters Of Rockā if the original bill did feature some well-known/popular/good industrial bands, but FLA and KMFDM? Hereās their audience:
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Iām fine with the delay because Iām not champing at the bit to go to concerts yet what with the Delta variant.
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Iāve been to one show since shows came back and hardly anyone was wearing masks hahaā¦Iām vaccinated so I just kind of winged itā¦luckily I didnāt get sickā¦
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I was in that same boat. We saw the descendents and rise againstā¦ My wife and I are vaxxed but our kids are under 12 so not vaxxed. So we were wearing masks but there were a ton of people that were not.
My wife is trying to unload our Primus tickets now because she didnāt know it was gonna be a rush tribute when she bought the tix and they also moved the show to a sunday in october and based on nobody wearing masks at the last concert sheās just not feeling it.
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Ha Primus was the show I was atā¦if you are a fan of Rush and that particular album its a mist goā¦they played it so precisely it was shockingā¦some of Lesā vocal choices at times were questionable but all in all it was almost an stunning note for note renditionā¦and of course they did their own set 1st and some encoresā¦great showā¦
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Are there any bands that are a) commonly considered āindustrial,ā b) could realistically open for Ministry, and c) would be a bigger draw than FLA and KMFDM? I canāt really think of any.
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No onei know irl is even remotely a fan of rush.
Maybe not, but if you turned the bill on the head and put Ministry on the bottom, with someone like NIN and Rob Zombie above, then it would be a valid comparison to the monsters of rock bill, which was my point. Monsters of rock was not Nazareth, Krokus and TNT, much like the big 4 of thrash was not Testament, Rigor Mortis, Forbidden & Uncle Slam.
edit: On a less tongue-in-cheek note, I would think 3TEETH would draw more attention than either FLA or KMFDM. They seem to be somewhat popular among younger industrial fans, plus theyāve gotten a lot of exposure supporting bigger bands recently like Tool and now Cradle Of Filth.
Huh I didnāt realize that 3Teeth had gotten as big as they have, I popped over to their Spotify plays and while their biggest hits seem to be covers, they still rake in plays - which is pretty great. Iāll give them another shot have t really listened since their first album.
That said, industrial as a genre is a much narrower band than industrial. And as mentioned unthread within āindustrialā there are only so many big names and most of those names wouldnāt open for Al because theyāre too big and also Al has burnt a lot of bridges. I guess Puppy could conceivably open and theyād be bigger than FLA and KMFDM, but I suspect getting them to share a stage with Al wouldnāt be easy.
At the end of the day, Iām a much bigger fan of FLA and KMFDM these days than Ministry. I actually think FLA have continued growing and evolving and theyāre one of the few Wax Trax era bands that I find as interesting now as ever. Yeah their lyrics are cheesy, but thatās part of their charm for me. I also think KMFDM have done a good job of moving their sound forward and evolving their production standards. I donāt like all the post-Lucia albums but the ones I do like stand up there with my favorites from back in the day. I know others continue to enjoy what Ministry do and I wish I could say the same. Ive liked the random track here and there but I had trouble even making it all the way through their last album once. Itās all just individual taste and my taste skews away from metal and towards electronic.
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Haha they are a polarizing band indeedā¦Iāve been a huge fan my whole life but I understand they are an acquired tasteā¦them Canucks aināt for everybodyā¦
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