Al Jourgensen (MINISTRY, REVOLTING COCKS) is currently undergoing a series of surgeries on his foot. According to a posting on the MINISTRY MySpace page, “He’ll be 100% back in black in no time.”
“It’s Always Christmas Time”, a collaborative carol from Jourgensen and Mark Thwaite (MISSION UK, PETER MURPHY, MOB RESEARCH) had its exclusive world broadcast debut on “The Mancow Show” on November 6.
Thwaite collaborated with MINISTRY/REVCO guitarist Sin Quirin on “Filthy Senoritas” for the upcoming REVCO release, slated for spring 2010.
A new Christmas video message from Jourgensen can be viewed below:
It’s tragic…the YouTube version of this song appears to have better mastering than the mp3 I DL’d from Amazon the other day. It’s not as tinny sounding and the bass sounds much fuller.
He looks like even more of an old fool than ever, hobbling around on his cane and repeatedly telling everyone to fuck off and flipping the bird. 51 going on 15?
Well that was…bizarre. I never bothered to listen to the song until now. I suppose it’s better than the late-era Ministry stuff…
I expected full-on pop so it was funny how the “Lay Lady Lay” style distorted yelling with heavy delay has been retained…
He does seem a bit silly these days but who gives a fuck. Honestly some of you are so fucking tight assed.
Oh dear. He’s wearing a santa hat and has a cane. Who gives a shit, really?
He’s not the same person he was back then and he’s just having fun. He actually doesn’t look too bad. I mean at least he’s going by “Al Jourgensen” finally instead of using the “Ministry” moniker…
Al trying to act like a 20-something badass while making surprisingly good solo post-punk new wavey-sounding songs devoid of Bush bashing = fine by me.
Al trying to act like a 20-something badass while making endless variation of the same lame riffs and mindless Bush bashing under the Ministry banner=rubbish.
Well that was…bizarre. I never bothered to listen to the song until now. I suppose it’s better than the late-era Ministry stuff…
I expected full-on pop so it was funny how the “Lay Lady Lay” style distorted yelling with heavy delay has been retained…
He does seem a bit silly these days but who gives a fuck. Honestly some of you are so fucking tight assed.
Oh dear. He’s wearing a santa hat and has a cane. Who gives a shit, really?
He’s not the same person he was back then and he’s just having fun. He actually doesn’t look too bad. I mean at least he’s going by “Al Jourgensen” finally instead of using the “Ministry” moniker…
I still think it was a shame that he decided to drag the ministry name through the mud with his two releases too many. HOTM was good, but that should’ve been it. He ran out of ideas for ministry, and instead bashed bush for another two. Ministry was original pre-2004.
I’m up for him having fun, but you can’t expect everyone to like it. Especially with the track record of past releases. Nothing innovative. Incredibly simple. Too simple. If he did the bush albums under his name and not ministry they might have been taken a little differently, but they weren’t.
He’s trying to do something else now though, so I gotta commend him for that. Kinda wish he’s move past the screaming, but that’ll likely never happen.
I’m actually looking forward for more solo material. The xmas song wasn’t great by any means, but it was, and still is a breath of fresh air after the few years.
When you spend 20+ years on hard drugs it takes its toll - your wiring’s messed up permanently. It doesn’t even take that long for a lot of people. Add to that the fact that Al’s a drunk (I’d don’t think he’d deny the charge either) and it’s pretty clear why he looks and sounds the way he does.
That said, I it’s great that he’s doing a little fan video in a Santa hat and a cane. Why the fuck not? I hope I’m unself-conscious enough to act like that much of an idiot when I’m 50something. And I’m definitely looking forward to more Thwaite collaborations, or at least more music in that vein. I think there’s a lot of potential for him with that sound.
Yeah, he’s fried. Yeah, he’s a drunk. Yeah, it was a joke (maybe). But to say “Fuck You” to his fans? Not cool.
Hey Al, you’ve put nothing but shit out for the last 20 years. Fuck you back. [:)]
The sad thing is, he’s gone. I know it’s not serious, but
it is sad that people think he’s still “cool”.
watched this a few times yesterday.
i think this video should be nominated for a grammy. in the homie video category.
the dog needs it’s own category.
song is still flock of seagull’s ripoff, and sadly, al’s still drunk on his ass. if i wanted this kind of “Christmas Card” i would’ve trolled the garbage bin.
watched this a few times yesterday.
i think this video should be nominated for a grammy. in the homie video category.
the dog needs it’s own category.
song is still flock of seagull’s ripoff, and sadly, al’s still drunk on his ass. if i wanted this kind of “Christmas Card” i would’ve trolled the garbage bin.
Well, that was lame? Drunken ranting, huh? Well I guess a
proper “fuck you, al” is in order? The comments for it are “something else”, also. How does an old drunken burnout telling everyone to go fuck themselves show humor in anyway.
