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Ministry is an American industrial metal band, founded in 1981 by Al Jourgensen in Chicago, Illinois. Following its inception, the band has gone through multiple lineup changes, with Jourgensen remaining the only constant as the band's main producer, singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist.[1]

The band's first lineup was assembled in November 1981, and comprised vocalist and guitarist Jourgensen, keyboardists John Davis and Robert Roberts, bassist Marty Sorenson (formerly of Special Affect, Jourgensen's previous band), and drummer/percussionist Stephen “Stevo” George. Initially, Jourgensen didn't want to perform vocals, but embarked on after he had auditioned twelve singers “who all sucked;” also Jourgensen's friend Paul Taylor was invited to play keyboards, but he got sick and proposed to approach Roberts instead.[2] With the aforementioned line-up, the band had recorded their debut single, “I’m Falling / Cold Life,” and made their live debut on December 31, 1981 in a Chicago-based club Misfits; during mid-1982, Ministry had toured through the East Coast and Mid-West.

In May 1983, Ministry's debut studio album, With Sympathy, was released by Arista Records. The album featured a sheer number of contributors beside the core line-up, including bassists and Brad Hallen; however, only Jourgensen and George were credited as the band's members[3] and later referenced to as such in several publications.[4][5][6]

Members

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Current

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Image Name Years active Instruments Release contributions
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Al Jourgensen 1981—2008; 2011—present All Ministry releases
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Burton C. Bell 2008; Spring 2018–present additional vocals
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Sin Quirin 2007—2008; 2011—present
  • guitars
All Ministry releases from The Last Sucker (2007)
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John Bechdel 2006—2008; 2011—present keyboards
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Cesar Soto 2015—present AmeriKKKant (2018)
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Tony Campos 2007—2008; 2011—2015; October 2017—present
  • bass guitar
  • backing vocals
DJ Swamp Summer 2017—present AmeriKKKant (2018)
Derek Abrams 2017–present drum kit AmeriKKKant (2018)

Former

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Image Name Years active Instruments Release contributions
Stephen George 1981—1984 percussion (including drum kit)
Paul Barker 1986—2003
  • bass guitar
  • keyboards
  • vocals
All Ministry releases from The Land of Rape and Honey (1988) to Animositisomina (2003)
Bill Rieflin 1986–1994
  • drums
  • guitar
All Ministry releases from The Land of Rape and Honey (1988) to Filth Pig (1996)

Timeline

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References

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Notes

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  1. ^ Although they left the band after 1984, Hallen and George were still credited in the liner notes of Twitch since their recorded parts were featured in the track "All Day Remix."[7]

Citations

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  1. ^ Brooks 2017, pp. 48–49.
  2. ^ Jourgensen & Wiederhorn 2013, pp. 49–50.
  3. ^ With Sympathy (Media notes). Ministry. Arista Records. 1983. AL 6608.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. ^ Coupe, Stuart; Baker, Glenn A. (1983). The New Rock'N'Roll. New York: St. Martin's Press. pp. 103–104. ISBN 0312572107 – via the Internet Archive.
  5. ^ Greene 1993, p. 26; Brooks 2017, p. 48.
  6. ^ Huey, Steve. "Ministry". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
  7. ^ Kretsch, Ron (March 25, 2015). "'The Game is Over' Previously unreleased Ministry song from 1983". Dangerous Minds. Retrieved January 25, 2018.

Bibliography

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