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\n<\/a>\u201cYeah, this is it man, people who are fans of the band and see we\u2019re playing or haven\u2019t seen us yet, or want to see us for the last time, this tour is definitely one to attend.\u201d<\/p>\n

From Bio: From the schizophrenic opening cut, the sarcasm-dripping, sound effect-laden \u201cHail to his Majesty\u201d to the thrash-punk riffs and booming bass reverberations of \u201cPunch in the Face,\u201d MINISTRY’S new record From Beer to Eternity pulls no punches, sounding at once familiar, yet completely fresh and inspired.<\/p>\n

Like much of MINISTRY’S catalogue, From Beer To Eternity, takes on greed, hypocrisy, capitalism, and conservatism through barbed lyrics and immaculately placed samples that earned Jourgensen the title godfather of industrial metal. While many of the songs are biting and thoroughly provoking, others are sneering and sardonic.<\/p>\n

We had Sin from Ministry fill us in on all that is going on in camp Ministry and well\u2026 tells us that they won\u2019t be around much longer\u2026 so check out what he had to say\u2026<\/p>\n

Now of course we’re here because you’ve joined the massive Soundwave bill, how pumped are you to be a part of that?<\/strong>
\nI am beside myself, I can\u2019t even express how excited I am to be a part of this and to be in Australia, for me for the first time.<\/p>\n

Besides the shows, what\u2019s the number one thing you\u2019re looking forward to doing in Australia?<\/strong>
\nWomen\u2026 there you go. All kidding aside, I\u2019ve heard nothing but great things about Australia, I\u2019ve never been, I\u2019m looking forward to seeing it, I hear it\u2019s beautiful, I hear the weather\u2019s great, I hear everybody is friendly everybody\u2019s great down there so I\u2019m just really looking forward to just being down there.<\/p>\n

Is there anyone you’re excited to be sharing the tour with?<\/strong>
\nSoundgarden and Faith No More, huge fan of both those bands, have been for years, so I\u2019m very much looking forward to it and to be playing on the same bill as those guys.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been a long, long time since Ministry have been down here, so tell us what people can expect from a Ministry show circa 2014 \/ 2015\u2026<\/strong>
\nWe\u2019re working on a very different, very cool stage production for our 2015 tour, so I would say expect the unexpected with Ministry because we\u2019re just that band, we\u2019re that band that you just never know what we\u2019re going to do, but definitely some cool stuff in the works, we\u2019ll be doing stuff off the new record and we\u2019ll be doing stuff that hasn\u2019t been played since the early nineties.<\/p>\n

After only being in the band for a couple of years, a hiatus hits\u2026 during that period, was there a time that you thought Ministry wouldn\u2019t play together again?<\/strong>
\nYes\u2026 I\u2019ve been with them now close to ten years and we did what we called our \u2018C-U-LaTour\u2019 in 2008 and that was supposed to be our last tour. So yeah I thought OK that was it, luckily we came back 2012 but it\u2019s been a lot of health issues man, that\u2019s been the main reason Al wanted to stop back in 2008, he was just not doing well health wise, he had bleeding ulcers and there was just no way to be touring like that, so he was pushing himself and so there are those times when you think it\u2019s not going to happen anymore, but I always say never say never, but I do think that this 2015 tour that we\u2019re doing, I think it will be the last one\u2026<\/p>\n

So Al has stated that your last album was in fact going to be the last Ministry album, is that statement still true?<\/strong>
\nYeah, I mean as of today that is true *laughs* that this is the last album. I honestly don\u2019t think we\u2019ll be doing another Ministry record, I don\u2019t\u2026 we are working on other projects, we\u2019re actually currently right now in the studio working on a new Lard record, so there\u2019ll be other things that we\u2019ll doing, but I don\u2019t think Ministry will be around past 2015\u2026<\/p>\n

So we better make sure we come and see you at Soundwave\u2026<\/strong>
\nYeah, this is it man, people who are fans of the band and see we\u2019re playing or haven\u2019t seen us yet, or want to see us for the last time, this tour is definitely one to attend.<\/p>\n

So let\u2019s talk \u2018From Beer to Eternity\u2019 it\u2019s been out for a year now, it also saw you take on a much greater role in terms of song writing, what was it like for you having this amount of input into the album?<\/strong>
\nIt was great, man. I\u2019ve got to say that since I came into the project, Al has always given me a lot of freedom in the studio, the first record that I collaborated on and co-wrote with him was 2007\u2019s \u2018The Last Sucker\u2019 \u00a0I co-wrote four of those songs on that album and played guitars on pretty much most of that record, and then on a slightly side note, I wrote the two Revolting Cocks albums, \u2018Sex-O Olympic-O\u2019 and \u2018Got Cock?\u2019 wrote pretty much most of the music on both of those albums as well, so on \u2018Relapse\u2019 I had one song that was actually left over from \u2018The Last Sucker\u2019 sessions, but \u2018From Beer To Eternity\u2019 it was just the same type of thing, it was the same kind of freedom that Al has always given me in the studio, but was documented more on this record *laughs* so I think this is why people are now sort of realising that I did have a decent amount of input on these songs.<\/p>\n

Were you the one that came up with the awesome name \u2018From Beer to Eternity\u2019?<\/strong>
\nNo, I wish I could take credit for that, but that was our fearless leader Al who came up with that one\u2026 *laughs*<\/p>\n

I know it\u2019s been out for a while, but in terms of the creation of the album, how did it compare to previous releases you\u2019d been a part of?<\/strong>
\nWell I\u2019m an old, old school Ministry and Revolting Cocks fan, and I always was influenced by the electronic side, and I\u2019m a guitar player by trade because it\u2019s my main instrument, but I play a lot of electronics as well, I play keys or what have you when I\u2019m in the studio. So from my end I wanted to bring in a slightly more electronic record, and you know if you listen to \u2018The Last Sucker\u2019 it\u2019s very guitar driven, very fast, very heavy, as was \u2018Rio Grande Blood\u2019, \u2018Houses of the Mol\u00e9\u2019 then the previous album \u2018Relapse\u2019 also very fast, heavy, guitar stuff. So on \u2018From Beer to Eternity\u2019 you can definitely hear more of the electronic influence brought back, and actually Al and I were talking about this just a couple of days ago, just how electronicy that record is, so that\u2019s probably the main difference I saw.<\/p>\n

Yeah and as I was listening to it, to me it\u2019s one of those albums where you can\u2019t just pick a song, you have to listen to it from start to finish and it flows.<\/strong>
\nExactly, and it\u2019s very cool that you say that because somebody told me that about a week or so ago, I\u2019m glad that we made an actual album, it\u2019s not just one track or two tracks, I mean we did consciously go in there wanting to have that sort of flow, we wanted it to be you know how you would listen to a record back in the day, you would put the needle down and you would play the whole thing and it was something as a whole as opposed to just one or two tracks.<\/p>\n

Plus if you\u2019re going to go out on an album, it\u2019s a good one to go out on\u2026<\/strong>
\nI think so, man, I appreciate that and I\u00a0 think so, I\u2019m very proud of this record, I think we all did a great job on it, and I\u2019m extremely proud of it.<\/p>\n

So what is next for Ministry and is there a picture of what the future looks like for the band or does it change daily?<\/strong>
\n*laughs* Yeah, it can change daily, but I mean we\u2019ve talked about this being the last run and I really do think that\u2019s the case. Al loves being in the studio and creating and he\u2019s more of you know feeling the production side of things as we always has, so as of today that\u2019s how it looks. Will things change? Who knows? Could they change? Possibly\u2026 but as of today that\u2019s where we stand.<\/p>\n

Well in February when you\u2019re here, if we get a chance to catch up then I\u2019ll ask you the same question and see what you say\u2026<\/strong>
\nAwesome man, it\u2019ll probably be a completely different answer by then *laughs*<\/p>\n

What about you personally, what have you got going on outside of Ministry?<\/strong>
\nWell I\u2019m doing a movie, called \u2018The Bridge \u2013 The movie\u2019 and it stars Joe Elliott from Def Leppard, Eddie Ojeda from Twisted Sister, Ricky Warwick from The Almighty and Black Star Riders and Thin Lizzy, and Joey Santiago from The Pixies is also in it, and I also got Al Jourgensen in it, so we\u2019ll be working on that movie sometime early next year in between breaks from the tour. So that\u2019s something big and something I\u2019m excited about working on apart from the band. I started DJing on my own, so I fly to different events all over the world to DJ and that\u2019s something new to me, so I\u2019m excited about doing that, but other than that, it\u2019s just me being in the studio and doing a lot of session work and that kind of thing. I\u2019m still going to be doing music in some capacity, hopefully still with Al, we\u2019ve got some projects up our sleeve, probably not Ministry but it will definitely be stuff with myself and Al Jourgensen.<\/p>\n

Lastly, I have had everyone I\u2019ve spoken to this year predict what their year will end up like, so if you can finish this sentence for me, by the end of 2014, Ministry will\u2026<\/strong>
\nMinistry will\u2026 actually be looking forward to touring in 2015, as opposed to other years where we are dreading going on the road *laughs* so that\u2019s a big change us, man, if you know anything about us that\u2019s a big change for us, so that\u2019s definitely a positive thing.<\/p>\n

I guess if everyone\u2019s head is in the game of this will be the last one it could almost be a renewed excitement about going out would you say?<\/strong>
\nVery much so, and that\u2019s something that I have to say hasn\u2019t necessarily been there on the last few tours. I personally love touring, I can be out all year round, but I don\u2019t know, there\u2019s something about this upcoming tour, we\u2019re all just really, really looking forward to it.<\/p>\n

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Catch Ministry on Day 1 as part of Soundwave 2015 at the following dates:<\/strong><\/p>\n

SATURDAY 21 FEBRUARY & SUNDAY 22 FEBRUARY, 2015
\nBONYTHON PARK, ADELAIDE<\/p>\n

SATURDAY 21 FEBRUARY & SUNDAY 22 FEBRUARY, 2015
\nFLEMINGTON RACECOURSE, MELBOURNE<\/p>\n

SATURDAY 28 FEBRUARY & SUNDAY 1 MARCH, 2015
\nOLYMPIC PARK, SYDNEY<\/p>\n

SATURDAY 28 FEBRUARY & SUNDAY 1 MARCH, 2015
\nBRISBANE SHOWGROUNDS, BRISBANE<\/p>\n

For tickets and more information head to<\/p>\n

soundwavefestival.com<\/a> \/ facebook.com\/soundwavefestival<\/a> \/ twitter.com\/soundwavefest<\/a><\/p>\n

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Essential Information<\/strong><\/h2>\n

From:<\/strong> Los Angeles, CA, USA<\/p>\n

Band members:<\/strong> Al Jourgensen \u2013 Vocals, Sin Quirin – Guitars \/ Bass, Aaron Rossi \u2013 Drums, John Bechdel \u2013 Keyboards, Casey Orr – Bass \/ Keyboards<\/p>\n

Website:<\/strong> http:\/\/www.alfuckingjourgensen.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Latest release:<\/strong> From Beer to Eternity
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