Ministry frontman Al Jourgensen’s life has been one long, wild ride. Born in Havana, Cuba in 1958, he fled the island as a toddler with his family following a revolution that saw communist insurgent Fidel Castro seize power. Things have barely calmed down for him since.
Ministry started out in 1981 as a besuited synth-pop outfit – albeit against Al’s wishes - before changing lanes and laying down the blueprint for industrial metal with such landmark albums as The Land Of Rape And Honey (1988), The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste (1989), and their big breakthrough, 1992’s Psalm 69: The Way To Succeed And The Way To Suck Eggs.
