Minister of Carnage: Alain Jourgensen
John Robb, Sounds, 30 June 1990
PERHAPS THE core dude to all things Waxtrax is the mad fucker retro byker figure of Alain Jourgensen. Careering through Ministry's New Order-styled early '80s electro groove (fully kitted at the time as a clean-shaven noo romantic), the years have ridden roughshod over his features.
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