Ministry of Polling

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   I'm seeing the banner ads appear on this site for the new Ministry album Relapse. Not really prog at all, so I'm sure this poll question will have limited interest, but here goes anyway...

For anyone who loved this band at any time, what was your favorite period of the band's development? Their earliest stuff was synth-pop (With Sympathy), but quickly mutated into "industrial" (Twitch), and finally "metal" (everything since). I was totally digging their stuff in the late 80s/early 90's, but a series of mediocre releases afterwards deflated that interest. I think the Bush Jr years brought out the fury in Al Jourgensen and they had a slight "return-to-form" with the music from those years.

Now Jourgensen has brought back Ministry from a 5 year retirement, but I don't think I'm so excited anymore. I wish the band's music continued to "mutate" like in those early years. This new stuff sounds like re-hashing. 

Anyone else?

Poll Question: Favorite Ministry album?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
With Sympathy (1983)	0	[0.00%]
Twitch (1986)	0	[0.00%]
The Land of Rape and Honey (1988)	1	[20.00%]
The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste (1989)	1	[20.00%]
Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs (1992)	2	[40.00%]
Filth Pig (1996)	1	[20.00%]
Dark Side of the Spoon (1999)	0	[0.00%]
Animositisomina (2003)	0	[0.00%]
Houses of the Molé (2004)	0	[0.00%]
Rio Grande Blood (2006)	0	[0.00%]
The Last Sucker (2007)	0	[0.00%]
Relapse (2012)	0	[0.00%]
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catfood03 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 24 2009 Status: Offline Points: 785	Topic: Ministry of Polling Posted: March 30 2012 at 21:13
	I'm seeing the banner ads appear on this site for the new Ministry album Relapse. Not really prog at all, so I'm sure this poll question will have limited interest, but here goes anyway... For anyone who loved this band at any time, what was your favorite period of the band's development? Their earliest stuff was synth-pop (With Sympathy), but quickly mutated into "industrial" (Twitch), and finally "metal" (everything since). I was totally digging their stuff in the late 80s/early 90's, but a series of mediocre releases afterwards deflated that interest. I think the Bush Jr years brought out the fury in Al Jourgensen and they had a slight "return-to-form" with the music from those years. Now Jourgensen has brought back Ministry from a 5 year retirement, but I don't think I'm so excited anymore. I wish the band's music continued to "mutate" like in those early years. This new stuff sounds like re-hashing. Anyone else?

iamathousandapples Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: December 14 2008 Status: Offline Points: 344	Posted: March 30 2012 at 22:42
	I haven't given their career a good listen, but I always have Psalm 69 in my car in case I wanna go out on a joyride somewhere.


catfood03 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 24 2009 Status: Offline Points: 785	Posted: March 31 2012 at 09:02
	/\ That's a good one

CPicard Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 03 2008 Location: Là, sui monti. Status: Offline Points: 10841	Posted: March 31 2012 at 10:28
	I should try to listen to their stuff post-Psalm 69: I only listened to Animowhateveritmeans, which I thought as "OK" more than "YEAH!". Yet, I'm not sure that their "Bust trilogy" is great: I remember having seen a video for some track from "Houses of the Molé", and I mistook them for some generic thrash-metal band...