“I got a letter from an American soldier fighting in Kuwait. I sent him a load of Sire videos to show in the Rec. tent. He and some of his buddies sent me great thank you notes. But this last one was about how they donated all of the videos to a military hospital in Saudi Aurabia- all the videos but one. This one they couldn’t part with. It’s the video of this Laserdsic and they were using it to pump themselves up for battle. They are also eager to play it for Iraqi prisoners.” - Howie Klein, Sire Records
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“The mob screams with frenzied anticipation as a sample tape begins, looping the edgy sounds of what seems to be a baby crying, a car horn and a sparse percussive track over and over. Two drummers begin to pound out a tandem cadence. Across the dark room, fog enshrouds the stage and a fence that serves to either protect the band from the audience or, perhaps, vice versa. What is this scene? Alice in horrorland? Then the Mad Hatter appears, clad in a black leather jacket and cowboy hat. There’s a flash of white light, and the group of men onstage explodes into action. Drums clash, guitars growl, bass thumps and the bombastic soundscape over whelms the surging crowd.
If you missed Ministry’s last tour, you missed not only a concert, but an event. The pandemonium in the audience mirrored that of the pandemonium on stage, and if you need proof of the music’s intensity, stop reading and start watching.”
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grmpysmrf
in regards to the first tagline…
once, while al was holding court, i was privy to a story about how soldiers from desert storm, and i dont’ know how HE HIMSELF heard this, loved to listen to so what whilst doing bombing runs. (the “DIE” sample in particular was mentioned) al expressed his dismay, saying that’s not what the music was intended to be, a soundtrack for killing people in a war he didn’t agree with.
always took it with a grain of salt, as with any story al relates. interesting to see this tagline, having heard this tale.
in regards to the first tagline…
once, while al was holding court, i was privy to a story about how soldiers from desert storm, and i dont’ know how HE HIMSELF heard this, loved to listen to so what whilst doing bombing runs. (the “DIE” sample in particular was mentioned) al expressed his dismay, saying that’s not what the music was intended to be, a soundtrack for killing people in a war he didn’t agree with.
always took it with a grain of salt, as with any story al relates. interesting to see this tagline, having heard this tale.
thats from the connely book, yes? it sounds familiar. This is probably where Al got the story, from this, howie kline, fella’
Late,
grmpysmrf
[reply]in regards to the first tagline…
once, while al was holding court, i was privy to a story about how soldiers from desert storm, and i dont’ know how HE HIMSELF heard this, loved to listen to so what whilst doing bombing runs. (the “DIE” sample in particular was mentioned) al expressed his dismay, saying that’s not what the music was intended to be, a soundtrack for killing people in a war he didn’t agree with.
always took it with a grain of salt, as with any story al relates. interesting to see this tagline, having heard this tale.
thats from the connely book, yes? it sounds familiar. This is probably where Al got the story, from this, howie kline, fella’
Late,
grmpysmrf[/reply]
nah, i heard this directly from the horses mouth during the 03 tour, although i’m he’s told this tale many times, all over the place.
Yes, I heard him tell this same thing in an interview sometime from the '90’s. Ministry always made sure that Warner Bros. put aside a number of cd’s from each release to be sent over to the armed forces, or so Al said. I kind of get the feeling that practice stopped rather quickly.