Looking forward to reading this for the insights provided by Bill, Chris & Paul
Was this in the new issue of Decibel? 'Cause I was just thumbing through that at the store yesterday and I didn’t see it.
Also, Test is just fine the way it is. I like that it’s different from everything else in the Ministry catalog.
“It took us a while to get industrial pioneers Ministry in the Decibel Hall of Fame — classic case of the classic lineup hating each other’s classic guts. But enterprising staffer Chris Dick finally convinced the infamous “Book Club” (Paul Barker, Bill Rieflin, Chris Connelly) to sit down together…”
This part makes it sound like Paul, Bill and Chris have a history of not getting along with each other, but as far as I know that’s not true…
Of course that’s nonsense, these guys are like brothers to me! we actually did the interview together and it was really good fun
Clearly they were referring to Al vs everyone else on the album, lol.
that’s like 2-3 months from now?! i want haz now!
that’s like 2-3 months from now?! i want haz now!
It’s out now - this is the issue I was looking at yesterday, I just didn’t notice the Ministry article.
http://store.decibelmagazine.com/collections/back-issues/products/november-2011-085
The mental image Paul, Chris, and Bill in some cheesy book club like that one episode of King of the Hill is all kinds of [laugh] .
Nerds!
The article preview seems to be a smarter piece than the usual pathetic “Uncle/Big Al is so crazy” lame bullshit. I think the last music magazine I bought was an edition of Classic Rock back around the time of Animositisomina, which had a review of that album but also a lengthy story about the band and some cool photos (I remember there was one of just Barker and Connelly).
I can understand the focus on The Mind and Psalm 69 if people are interested more in the industrial or industrial metal aspect but if you are to assess the band overall, The Land, Filth Pig, Dark Side, and even Twitch are more interesting albums. The Mind and Psalm 69, for all their efficiency, are fairly straight forward albums. The other ones were more challenging.
Also, I wouldn’t have reservations about calling Filth Pig and Dark Side start-to-finish Stone Cold Steve Austin classics.
INGRATE!!! 
Chris, what did you think of ‘Fith Pig’ and ‘Dark Side of the Spoon’ ??
So, what I gathered from reading it…
Al still has no clue how to not be a dick to people he formerly worked with. Paul, Bill, Chris seem to have done a lot of ‘lifting’ on the base tracks and Al just ‘touched’ 'em up a little.
And I wish I had a version of Test sans vocals 
Considering the source its no wonder they chose TMIATTTT over LORAH. and why most of the comments seem to rave Filth Pig as the greatest Ministry album ever which is laughable.
yeah well that “journalist” is about to get his ass reamed for writing something which sounds like a roundtable discussion and it isn’t. two separate interviews cobbled together to seem so. i don’t think that’s very honest journalism to say the least. sure, you can interview people separately, and make that CLEAR that this was your technique. unfortunately for that guy he spliced two or maybe three (or more?) interviews together. that’s rich. it’s convenient. and not true.
Chris Connelly just said they all did the interview TOGETHER.
chris would never say that because it’s not true. and he and Paul and Bill talk regularly.find a different hobby would you please, hm?
chris would never say that because it’s not true. and he and Paul and Bill talk regularly.find a different hobby would you please, hm?
Pointing out previous posts is certainly not a “hobby” of mine. I’m just telling you what he wrote. Here . . .
Of course that’s nonsense, these guys are like brothers to me! we actually did the interview together and it was really good fun
Tricky the way you all use degrading comments as bait to lure in those who has a backbone that our forefathers had with in God we trust. Like a mousetrap you lie to snap and break the backbone. Many rats are out today like the Atheist who worships intellect, Budda, Sungods, and Satan.
chris was referring to paul and bill, and had that “journalist” actually made it clear that paul, bill and chris were being interviewed separately from the cuban, that would have set some perspective.the three of them agreed to an interview sans the cuban.
it mentions in the article that Al is being interviewed by phone seperately. well, mentions might be overstating it. Al actually mentions the phone call during his answer to one of the interview questions.