We’’ll throw in some oldies as well. I
think those three albums will stand the
test of time, I think they’re pretty good.
IE: The Land of Rape and Honey kind
of launched the industrial metal revolution. Did you know you were onto
something special with this release?
Al Jourgensen: Back then, the beauty of
The Land of Rape and Honey is I didn’t
know what it was going to lead to or
really cared. I just found this new editing technique that I started getting
those days?
Al Jourgensen: It was so crazy… I basically hated that time period. Everything
was stereotypical rock star life; the
drugs, the women, the this, the that.
And it’s just something I didn’t handle
very well and I just didn’t like it. It’s
not my idea of a good time. My idea of
a good time and one of my favorite
moments in life is the final playback
after working on an album for six
months to a year with a nice glass of
wine in your hand and you blast it one
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David Bowie - Blackstar
Villagers - Where Have You Been All My Life?
January 15
Daughter - Not To Disappear
Garrett Klahn - Garrett Klahn
Panic! At the Disco - Death Of A Bachelor
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down, just splicing tape and doing it á
la William Burroughs’ Naked Lunch.
Take a bunch of tape and throw it on
the floor and splice it back together and
see what happens, that kind of random
chance kind of stuff. So I was really
excited about that. It wasn’t really a
major release even though it was on
Warner Bros. It was just this thing that
we just did and then some people took
notice and things went from there. But
I certainly didn’t go into The Land of
Rape and Honey recording sessions with
illusions of grandeur or any grandiose
plans. I just went in there and did
something I thought was really fun to
do at the time.
IE: Ministry rode the industrial craze
in the ’90s and broke into the mainstream with Psalm 69. How crazy were
last time. And then I’m on to the next
project. Those moments are special, all
the live stuff and traveling, it’s OK, but
my thing is the studio. And that final
one with From Beer to Eternity was specially special because Mikey died during the recording. He just got finished
with his last parts, went back to Dallas
to play a show with Rigor Mortis and I
got the call two days later that he was
dead. I had to mix the record with his
death still fresh in my mind, so the final
playback on that one was extra special
and that album to me is very special.
IE: I know you’re a huge Chicago
Blackhawks fan and you even recorded
your own version of their theme song,
“Keys to the City.” How deep does
your undying love run for the team?
Al Jourgensen: Let me put it this way:
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Tortiose – The Catastrophist
David Bowie
Conrad Keely - Original Machines
Eleanor Friedberger - New View
Half Japanese - Perfect
Lionheart - Love Don't Live Here
Megadeth - Dystopia
Mystery Jets - Curve Of The Earth
NZCA Lines - Infinite Summer
Pop. 1280 - Paradise
Savages - Adore Life
Suede - Night Thoughts
The Besnard Lakes - Coliseum Complex Museum
Tindersticks - The Waiting Room
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Basement - Promise Everything
Black Tusk - Pillars Of Ash
Bloc Party - Hymns
Sia - This Is Acting
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