[kj] O.T.: Ministry in NYC

[Christof hamille]

I agree and that is why I'm not going.  They've quickly turned into a Motorhead, AC/DC, Grateful Dead (and many others) band.  Meaning that they make their money on the tours and not on the record sales.  No matter how good their records may be (which hasn't been good in a long  time).  They brought the fence back.  Whop dee doo.  They are not playing places where it would make a difference.  ON the Mind tour you could actually get up to the fence and crawl all over it.  My friend did.  Almost got over it.  Bouncers couldn't reach him.  I think it was either Connolly or Ogre that pluked him down from the fence by hitting his hands with a mic stand.  Ha.  But now it will just look like......Limp Bizkit........or whatever lame band took that approach and put it on a bigger stage. Which at that point makes it irrelevant to have a fence up

It was hilarious when the Blues Brothers played behind chicken wire
It was cool when Ministry did it in 1990
It was lame when everyone else followed suit on huge stages
It is lamer that Ministry is relying on old tactics.
Tired tactics

This whole tour is phoned in.  

Chris


> From: Partyslammer at socal.rr.com

> To: elana_mojica at yahoo.com; gathering at misera.net

> Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 09:33:33 -0700

> Subject: Re: [kj] O.T.: Ministry in NYC

> 

> "Elana Mojica" wrote:

> 

> 

> >I was at the Austin show and will be at one of the Chicago shows.

> >

> > Yes, they do play alot of new stuff, but Burt does an excellent job on 

> > Theives and So What, and the show is hands down amazing.  Alot of people 

> > are bitching on the pissarmy boards about the set list, and then see the 

> > show, and they are happy. Yes alot of old great stuff is not played, but 

> > its still an amazing show!!

> 

> I think what a lot of the hardcore fans are rightfully pissed about, is the 

> fact that nearly a year ago this was advertised as going to be a 

> all-encompassing retrospective of the band's history over a 2+ hour show. 

> Tickets were sold on that premise months in advance of the tour.  Once the 

> first show's barely 90 minute setlist was revealed along with the 

> circumstances the encores were done (No Al, 3 covers), yeah, I think a lot 

> of people had valid reasons to bitch. I guess a big warning sign was the 

> major selling point right before the tour was they were bring back "the 

> fence."  Big fuckin' deal.

> 

> Along with the reasons already brought up which I agree with as to why to 

> avoid this tour, I thought the last tour I caught was pretty substandard as 

> well - especially whoever they had on drums, which was enough to keep me 

> from going this time around.

> 

> T.B. 

> 

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