Al Jourgensen rocking heart-shaped sunglasses, pigtails, and a shirt proclaiming “I’m Adorable”? 🤣 Yeah, you didn’t misread that. Apparently, someone thought it was a great idea to unleash this on the world in the brand-spanking-new, never-before-seen video for MINISTRY‘s “hit” “I’ll Do Anything For You”. Brace yourselves, folks. 🤮
The video, brought to you by the visionary geniuses Vicente Cordero and Ben Garcia (we’re using “genius” loosely here), is lurking somewhere below. Watch at your own risk. Don’t say we didn’t warn you. ⚠️
It’s all part of the ongoing “when pigs fly” saga that is MINISTRY‘s latest masterpiece, “The Squirrely Years Revisited” (available now via Cleopatra Records, because why not?). This sees Jourgensen desperately trying to make amends with his past by dusting off his long-forgotten synth-pop “hits” and giving them a “fresh polish” 40 years later. Because apparently, some things just get better with age…said no one ever. 🤡
And the band is supposedly having a “helluva” fun time doing so. On the ongoing “The Squirrely Years Tour”, which mercifully ends June 5, Jourgensen, along with John Bechdel (keyboards), Monte Pittman and Cesar Soto (guitars), Pepe Clarke Magaña (drums), Paul D’Amour (bass), and two backup Squirrelette singers (yes, you read that right), have been getting “rave reviews” for these blast-from-the-past spectacles. We’re guessing those “rave reviews” were written by their moms. 🙄
Tickets are allegedly still available for the remaining “The Squirrely Years Tour” dates at MinistryBand.com. But seriously, you might want to reconsider. Just sayin’. 🤔
Featuring nine tracks (plus three “bonus” tracks on CD, because who doesn’t want more?), “The Squirrely Years Revisited” offers reworked versions of not only “I’ll Do Anything For You”, but also “Work For Love”, “I’m Not An Effigy”, and the immortal classic “Everyday Is Halloween”, alongside that song’s first-ever music video. Because apparently, it took them this long to realize the potential for Halloween-themed cheese. 🎃
“The Squirrely Years Revisited” follows the release of MINISTRY‘s 16th studio album in 2024, “Hopiumforthemasses”, and precedes the final new studio album from MINISTRY in 2026, a record that has Jourgensen teaming up with Paul Barker once again. Because apparently, they haven’t inflicted enough damage on the world already. 😈
“The Squirrely Years Revisited” is available in all formats including digital, CD, and four different vinyl configurations. Because clearly, they’re trying to milk this for all it’s worth. 💰 The full track list includes:
01. Work For Love
02. Here We Go
03. All Day
04. Everyday Is Halloween
05. Revenge
06. I’m Not An Effigy
07. I’m Falling
08. Same Old Madness
09. I’ll Do Anything For You
10. Just Like You (CD only)
11. We Believe (CD only)
12. Over The Shoulder (CD only)
Born in 1981 in Chicago, MINISTRY has been the lifelong passion project of founder Al Jourgensen, self-proclaimed pioneer of industrial music. In its early days, MINISTRY was identifiable by its heavy synth-pop material, aligning with the new sounds and technology being developed in the ’80s. MINISTRY‘s output began with four 12-inch singles on Wax Trax! Records in 1981 before the first LP, “With Sympathy”, in 1983 via Arista Records. As time progressed, however, so did MINISTRY, quickly developing a harsher, and more stylized sound that the band soon became infamous for on seminal albums “Twitch” (1986), “The Land Of Rape And Honey” (1988), and “The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste” (1989). With the release of “Psalm 69: The Way To Succeed And The Way To Suck Eggs” (1992), MINISTRY hit an all-time high in the mainstream musical realm and received its first Grammy nomination. In total, MINISTRY has been nominated for a Grammy Award six times. Eight more albums would follow before an indefinite break in 2013, only to be unearthed again in 2018 with “AmeriKKKant”, continuing to reflect Jourgensen‘s views on the frightening state of society and politics. The 2021 album “Moral Hygiene” marked a new creative era of Jourgensen and the band. Or so they claim. 🤥
MINISTRY‘s 16th studio album, “Hopiumforthemasses”, was released March 1, 2024 via Nuclear Blast Records. Because apparently, the world needed more hopium. 🥴
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