Ministry

As one of the pioneers of the industrial movement, Ministry have always danced to the beat
of a different drum machine. In recent years the band has been closely connected with
the caustic cyber-metal scene, but when Ministry emerged from Chicago in the early 1980s,
they had more in common with Kraftwerk. Ministry even toured with Depeche Mode and
Culture Club before changing their synth-pop tune in 1986 with the harsh electr... More >

As a joke about disco and a joke about heavy, Al Jourgenson's dance-industrial had some wit to it. Here the motherf*cker realizes that metalheads will throw money at you long after your hip cachet has gone the way of your hard-on. Result, not counting the funnier-than-sh*t "Lay Lady Lay": a grindcore album worth hating. (Grade: C)