After their final performance in Minneapolis, Joe Strell left the band and the Imports dissolved. Tom Krug, Ben Krug, and Tom Wall then joined up briefly with Al Jorgensen from Special Affect to create the short-lived Carmichaels (aka the Silly Carmichaels), which played a couple of dates around Chicago and recorded several songs in the studio (see Ben Krug’s interview on this subject). Al Jorgensen went on from there to create Ministry, which debuted at the Lucky Number on New Year’s Eve 1981, and has since received some degree of acclaim in the alternative / industrial community.
EDIT: The first gig wasn’t at Lucky Number, of course.
Apparently bisquitodoom is the alias for Q, James Bond’s right-hand toolman. Score!
I found out all too late that this interview already exists in the ‘interview’ section. Oh well, nice refresher for those who read it, and nice plug for those who hadn’t.
Awesome stuff! Thanks for sharing, Wempathy! I love reading about stuff like this. Looks like they set up a Myspace page with a song on it as well: http://www.myspace.com/theimports1980
And yes, the funniest part was seeing myself credited as “Q”. Guess that’s what I get for not putting my name all over the interviews I’ve done. Oh well…
[reply]Apparently bisquitodoom is the alias for Q, James Bond’s right-hand toolman. Score!
I found out all too late that this interview already exists in the ‘interview’ section. Oh well, nice refresher for those who read it, and nice plug for those who hadn’t.[/reply]
Absolutely! I was being facetious btw…
I am a sucker for anything related to the early days. I’m actually pretty astonished how meticulous the webmaster is on details, all the way down to nightly events at parties…
Mission of Burma I remember somewhat, Roger Miller opened for Pigface on one of those first couple of tours and it was pretty good. There was a sopng called Son of A Bitch that was great. Un Chien Andalou is a masterpiece collaboration between director Luis Bunuel and Salvador Dali.