[kj] O.T.: Ministry in NYC

[T.B.]

"Jim Harper" wrote:


      Further reason not to attend:
      (e) Al will be vacating the stage while Burton C Bell from Fear 
Factory sings 'Thieves' and 'So What'. Don't entirely see the point of 
watching them pay the minimum lip-service to Ministry's earlier (superior) 
work, but to watch Al sod off for a rest while someone tackles the songs 
that made him famous is just taking the piss...

      Jim Harper.

      --- On Thu, 1/5/08, Alexander Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net> wrote:

Reasons I'm not going:

(a) Saw them not too long ago.
(b) Raven won't be with them.
(c) They haven't made a listenable since FILTH PIG (and even that was
a stretch)
(d) They'll only play the new stuff.

Alex in NYC

+++++++++++

Yeah, all the points you two make are completely valid.  I've seen Ministry 
a bunch of times dating back to '90 and the last couple tours have just not 
been really good.  The whole "Bush Trilogy" group of albums has been for the 
most part garbage and from what I hear, Al is just fried and more than done 
with touring.  Considering this tour is essentially the same as last year's 
tour with the exception of a few new (crappy) tunes and without Revolting 
Cocks (which was much better than Ministry last tour, imo), I had no problem 
skipping this tour despite sticking doggedly with the band through the last 
few years of mediocrity.

T.B.