Ministry, an American influential Grammy-nominated industrial metal group founded by frontman Al Jourgensen in 1981.
Ministry is an Industrial Metal band that has been producing music since the 1980’s. Their most recent album (The Last Sucker) was released on September 18th, 2007.
In 2004, Al Jourgensen started his own record label called, 13th Planet Records. 13th Planet records current artists include Ministry, Revolting Cocks, and Buck Satan. Their music is distributed by SONY BMG Music Entertainment.
Paul Barker, who was Jourgensen’s bandmate through what is considering Ministry’s golden years left the band in 2003. He was unhappy with the way his life was going and his unhappiness was probably brought on by the loss of his father. He left the band and cited reasons that he called “dissatisfaction with the way his life was going“.
For a more detailed biography of the band, please visit the BIO.
