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Ministry: The Lost Gospels According To Al Jourgensen (2013)

by Al Jourgensen(Favorite Author)

3.76 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0306822180 (ISBN13: 9780306822186)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Da Capo Press

review 1: Having worked in the extreme underbelly of the music industry myself, I thought I was inured to tales of debauchery, decadence, and bad decisions - but Al proves me wrong with this incredibly entertaining read. I have met quite of few of the characters in the book - his descriptions are spot-on and hilarious. He hides nothing, and yet doesn't waste our time with rationalizations of his life - relentless drugs, booze and punishingly loud music - an easy read, every page is wonderfully interesting or disgusting or simply odd. The story of the genesis of 'Jesus Built My HotRod' is typically entertaining - the incoherent Gibby Haynes added to the recording to finish the song then delivered to Warner Brothers (who expected a full album, not a single) only adds to the aural... more rush of the song (I had to youtube the video while reading the passage). His accounts of his time with Timothy Leary and William Burroughs are both funny and insightful.I promoted or attended thousands of punk and metal shows back in the day - seeing the expanded Ministry lineup at the Hollywood Palladium in 1996's 'Sphinctour' remains the single greatest concert I saw in the genre.While he doesn't really get credit, given his predilection for overdosing and passing out, Jourgenson's mad mixing skills revolutionized hard rock in the 90s. This is a great book if you love metal punk!
review 2: A few things make me glad I read this at the bookstore instead of wasting money on it... 1) Al puts down everyone who helped make him famous.2) Al puts down all the hit songs that helped make him famous.3) If it wasn't for "the Book Club" keeping an eye on him and keeping him straight enough to make the occasional album every 3-5 years, he never would have achieved the fame he attained. 4) They really should have had the editor give this book a serious run-through in the grammar department and the fact-checking department.5) He should have had a serious "ghost writer" working on the book instead of a fan-boy reporter.6) His drug tales get old fast.and 7) According to various stories from various people who talked about Al over the years, he's probably not the nice guy he makes himself out to be half the time.8) He doesn't seem to realize that the years up to FILTH PIG were his most popular ever with the band and that most people don't give a rip for his heavy metal persona he's portraying now. less

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