History Trivia / Ministry

** In January of 2020, Ministry announced that they were to embark on ''The Industrial Strength Tour'', a celebration of the 30 year anniversary of ''The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste'' and featuring fellow Wax Trax! alumni KMFDM and Front Line Assembly. The inclusion of these two bands effectively turned the tour into a 90's industrial all-star line up. However, after the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the tour had to be rescheduled several times, with KMFDM dropping off due to restrictions in their native Germany, and Front Line Assembly later being dropped from the tour as well, which they alleged was done with no forewarning or explanation from the Ministry camp. These bands were replaced with the Melvins and Corrosion Of Conformity as support. While ''The Industrial Strength Tour'' is still scheduled for 2022, Ministry is the only band on the bill that could be described as "industrial", and the "tribute to the classic Wax Trax" aspect of the tour has been lost entirely.

** Al initially didn't even want to be a singer, preferring to focus on production and songwriting - after an early bout of auditioning various singers who "sucked", he decided to just do it himself.

** According to some sources, early on, Al had the idea of Ministry being two sister groups: Ministry of Funk would release dance club oriented material and Ministry of Fear would release darker, more experimental works.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Ministry were set to headline the second stage at Ozzfest in 2000. Reportedly, they ended up getting replaced with Soulfly soon after... while barely telling Ministry beforehand. Al is still furious about it and has turned down every Ozzfest offer since.

** In a 2016 [[https://thequietus.com/articles/20135-al-jourgensen-favourite-ministry-albums-interview?page=14/ interview]] where Al ranked all Ministry albums released at that point, he revealed ''Animositisomina'' to be this. Due to him constantly being sick from kicking his heroin habit at the time and his falling out with Paul Barker. In the same interview he claimed he left the sessions two days earlier than planned in frustration, which is why the final track, "Leper", was left as an instrumental.

** In a 2016 interview, Al finds ''Animositisomina'' to be this. Due to him constantly being sick from kicking his heroin habit at the time and his falling out with Paul Barker. In the same interview he claimed he left the sessions two days earlier than planned in frustration, which is why the final track, "Leper", was left as an instrumental.

** The lyrics to "Jesus Built My Hotrod" are similar to the ones in Music/ButtholeSurfers song "Some Dispute Over T-Shirt Sales" off the album "Independent Worm Saloon", although the song is question was performed live as early as 1990.

** Jourgensen's outright hatred of ''With Sympathy'' has cooled over the years, although he still doesn't personally like the album. In 2017, he [[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/ministrys-al-jourgensen-on-new-trump-era-lp-how-pot-changed-his-life-196102/ told]] ''Rolling Stone'' "Some people like it, and good on them. It took me years to like stop loathing that album or distancing myself from it. It is what it is."

** Jourgensen's outright hatred of ''With Sympathy'' has cooled over the years, although he still doesn't personally like the album. In 2016, he [[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/ministrys-al-jourgensen-on-new-trump-era-lp-how-pot-changed-his-life-196102/ told]] ''Rolling Stone'' "Some people like it, and good on them. It took me years to like stop loathing that album or distancing myself from it. It is what it is."

** In a 2016 interview, Al finds "Animositisomina" to be this. Due to him constantly being sick from kicking his heroin habit at the time and his falling out with Paul Barker. In the same interview he claimed he left the sessions two days earlier than planned in frustration, which is why the final track, "Leper", was left as an instrumental.

** The lyrics to "Jesus Built My Hotrod" are similar to the ones in ButtholeSurfers song "Some Dispute Over T-Shirt Sales" off the album "Independent Worm Saloon", although the song is question was performed live as early as 1990.

* ThrowItIn: There were actual lyrics to "Jesus Built My Hotrod" at first, but when Gibby Haynes started doing some psychotic scatting over the instrumental track, Al liked that better and used that in the final product.

** In a 2016 interview, Al finds "Animositisomina" to be this. Due to him constantly being sick from kicking his heroin habit at the time and his falling out with Paul Barker.

* OldShame: ''With Sympathy'' is pretty much this trope summed up for Ministry.

* FatalMethodActing: Mike Scaccia, longtime guitarist for band (he was apart of both the classic lineup and the reunited 2012 configuration) died of a heart attack while performing at a club in Texas in December 2012 with the band Rigor Mortis.

* TheOtherMarty: [[NineInchNails Trent Reznor]] was to sing on 1000 Homo [=DJs=]' "Supernaut", but his label, TVT Records, wouldn't allow it to be released, so Al Jourgensen re-recorded the vocals himself [[note]]rumor has it that they merely distorted Reznor's vocal track beyond recognition and released it that way, but Jourgensen's always denied this[[/note]]. The "Trent Reznor Vocal Version" of "Supernaut" eventually saw official release on the box set ''Black Box – Wax Trax! Records: The First 13 Years''... which was, ironically enough, released by TVT - the label had bought out the whole back catalog of Wax Trax! Records at that point, which included 1000 Homo [=DJs=].

* FatalMethodActing: Mike Scaccia, longtime guitarist for band (he was apart of both the classic lineup and the reunited 2012 configuration) died of a seizure while the band was performing at a club in Texas in December 2012. Shortly before his death, he requested that the club turn down the strobe lights, but he was apparently ignored by the promoters.

* TheOtherMarty: [[NineInchNails Trent Reznor]] was to sing on 1000 Homo [=DJs=]' "Supernaut", but his label, TVT Records, wouldn't allow it to be released, so Al Jourgensen re-recorded the vocals himself [[note]]rumor has it that they merely distorted Reznor's vocal track beyond recognition and released it that way, but Jourgensen's always denied this[[/note]]. The "Trent Reznor Vocal Version" of "Supernaut" eventually saw official release on the box set ''Black Box – Wax Trax! Records: The First 13 Years''... which was, ironically enough, released by TVT - the label had bought out the whole back catalog of Wax Trax! Records at that point, which included 1000 Homo [=DJs=].

* TheOtherMarty: [[NineInchNails Trent Reznor]] was to sing on 1000 Homo [=DJs=]' "Supernaut", but his label, TVT Records, wouldn't allow it to be released, so Al Jourgensen re-recorded the vocals himself [[hottip:*: rumor has it that they merely distorted Reznor's vocal track beyond recognition and released it that way, but Jourgensen's always denied this]]. The "Trent Reznor Vocal Version" of "Supernaut" eventually saw official release on the box set ''Black Box – Wax Trax! Records: The First 13 Years''... which was, ironically enough, released by TVT - the label had bought out the whole back catalog of Wax Trax! Records at that point, which included 1000 Homo [=DJs=].

* TheOtherMarty: [[NineInchNails Trent Reznor]] was to sing on 1000 Homo [=DJs=]' "Supernaut", but his label, TVT Records, wouldn't allow it to be released, so Al Jourgensen re-recorded the vocals himself [[hottip:*: rumor has it that they merely distorted Reznor's vocal track beyond recognition and released it that way, but Jourgensen's always denied this]]. The "Trent Reznor Vocal Version" of "Supernaut" eventually saw official release on the box set ''Black Box – Wax Trax! Records: The First 13 Years'' - TVT had bought out the whole back catalog of Wax Trax! Records at that point, which included 1000 Homo [=DJs=].

* OldShame: ''With Sympathy'' is pretty much this trope summed up for Ministry.

* FatalMethodActing: Mike Scaccia, longtime guitarist for band (he was apart of both the classic lineup and the reunited 2012 configuaration) died of a seizure while the band was performing at a club in Texas in December 2012. Shortly before his death, he requested that the club turn down the strobe lights, but he was apparently ignored by the promoters.