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If Paul Barker or Al Jourgensen
believed in convention, Ministry's
Psalm 65 would be out almost a
year already. Between November,
1991, when the public was put on
alert for the imminent aval of the
new record, and May, 1992, when
it was finally mastered, the band
wrote and discarded several
hours of material. "All that stuff
just didn't get our dicks hard,"
says Barker "Several times we
said. Fuck it, let's just do anything
and get it over with Well, we
tried, but we couldn't do that
either. In the past, Jourgensen
and Barker entered the studio with
previously constructed rhythms
and riffs, then assembled the
chunks into songs. With Psalm
69. however, they tried to wing it
But at the last minute, they decid
ed to trash the whole effort. Atter
sending the studio musicians
home, Barker and Jourgensen
came up with an intimidating com-
bination of tright and might. Unlike
their last few albums, which relied
heavily on computer effects and
industrial keyboard samples, the
new disc focuses on razor-edged
guitar riffs, and endorphin-charged
rhythms. There are plenty of sam
ples and sound bytes, but for the
first time, the electronic takes a
backseat to the organic "We're
not interested in being slaves to
our machines." comments Barker.
Even after Ministry settled on the
songs for Psalm 69, the demential
had only begun. The studio is our
second home" says Barker. "We
had a waterslide installed so we
could get inspired. And we filled it
with strawber
ry Jello And
we did lots of
other crazy
INISTRY
FLIN
We're not interested in
shit too." Musically, Psalm 69 may
be more guitar-based but lyrically
and philosophically, it's vintage
Ministry. Since day one, they have
rallied against conservatism and
conformity, and they're not about
to stop now. "We're railing against
mediocrity on all levels, basically
Politically, this country is totally
fucked up. The meat and potatoes
of the country are just rotting
away." Barker is equally frustrated
by all the bad music being
churned out today. "1 just hear all
this stuff, and I don't think it's
good. We want to make music
people don't like. I'm not saying
that our fans won't like it, but we
want to make music normal
people fucking hate."
Jon Wiederhom
being slaves to
our machines
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