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| Al Jourgensen, Ministry |
One band that I somehow didn't ever expect to be lucky enough to see, let alone photograph, in person, live on stage:
Ministry. And if I hadn't been at
Chicago Open Air this weekend... who knows if that opportunity would come around. Read Al Jourgensen's autobiography, and know that he prefers being shut away in a studio making music to being on the road and on stage. Know that in 2008,
Jourgensen disbanded the band, saying it was the end... but then reformed
Ministry in 2011. Who knows what's coming next?
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| Ministry, playing at Chicago Open Air |
Heavy, heavy, industrial metal,
Ministry, together with
Friday's headliners Rammstein, rule the genre, with
Jourgensen's band coming into existence about 12 years before the German group formed in Berlin.
Johnny Depp may say that he based his characterization of Jack Sparrow partly on Keith Richard, but today the movie character bears a far closer physical resemblance to Jourgensen, who also sports as many piercings as a pincushion, a pirate's cheeky smirk, and nips nimbly around the stage while playing some of the heaviest music you're likely to hear anywhere. A bit like the engine which powers some underground, dark-but-purposeful machine; the setlist included newer songs Hail To His Majesty (Peasants), Punch in the Face, and oldies such as LiesLiesLies, Just One Fix and The Missing.
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| Al Jourgensen, Ministry |
Ministry are heading to Europe for more tour dates in August, back to the USA in September.
Check their tour page for details,
Full photogallery:
click here to go to the Ministry photogallery from Chicago Open Air.
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| Ministry |
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