The Squirrely Years Revisited (3/28/2025) and new album in 2026

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I’m pretty sure that’s Al singing on Same Old Madness.

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It’s cool that Al is revisiting some of the earliest stuff. So much for constantly voicing his disdain for it (at least the pre-Twitch tracks) for decades. But overall this release for me personally is very meh and the original versions are better.

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I’m liking this more the more I listen.
He could’ve easily gone with a lazy or ironic approach, but it’s clear he put his full effort into this record and it shows.

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Album review: The Quietus

Driving Him Nuts: Squirrely Years Revisited Review

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Halloween (Squirrely Years version) music video

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I used to wear skeleton gloves like that.
Of course, I stole the idea from Rob Zombie.

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Gave this a listen yesterday and liked it a lot better than I expected after hearing the Cruel World set. The production isn’t as good as the originals but I was happy with how earnest the new versions were. I was kind of expecting it to be tongue in cheek. Honestly the WS stuff sounded more like Wax Trax/Twitch era Ministry covering the material than Amerikkkant or Cover Up Ministry. The Twitch material sounded like it could have been rough mixes for b-side remixes at time of release. As a huge fan of Twitch, this is the sort of sound I never expected to hear Ministry return to. Easily my favorite album by them in ages and the first one I imagine regularly returning to since I don’t know when…

Still one of the worst album covers ever.

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We’ll see how long “retirement” lasts. sorry to be pessimistic.

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“Well, we planned the last one to be the last one, but (insert current event in the socio-political zeitgeist) compelled us to chime in. Plus, Monte Pittman is back, which is a plus.”

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New Squirrely Years Tour merchandise just dropped. Twitch tee shirt is cool.

Official Ministry Store

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Wow. There’s a lot of nice stuff on that page.

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Digging that Scarecrow shirt…

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exactly!!!

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Yeah, that machine zip up look pretty bad ass too

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I bought that one from the site years ago. It held together pretty nicely! Fuckin’ cool design, too.

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Yeah I ordered it …great design…

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Cool set list from the Ministry (4/29) Phoenix show (Spoilers)

  1. Work For Love
  2. Here We Go
  3. All Day
  4. I’ll Do Anything For You
  5. Same Old Madness
  6. 'Cause We’re In Love Again
  7. I’m Falling
  8. Just Like You
  9. Over The Shoulder
  10. We Believe
  11. Effigy
  12. Revenge
  13. Every Day is Halloween
  14. Ricky’s Hand
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Never heard of Ricky’s hand or 'Cause we’re in love again, are they covers?

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Ricky’s Hand is a Fad Gadget cover that they used to play live in the 84/86 sets. Cause We’re In Love Again is a Ministry original that was released on the Industrial Accident soundtrack.

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