Ministry: Academy, Manchester
Dave Simpson, The Guardian, 3 July 2003
BEFORE MARILYN MANSON and Nine Inch Nails, Chicago's Ministry pioneered industrial music and outrage. Journalists visiting the studio of Al Jourgensen and Paul Barker would flee with tales of being offered heroin, and the band's live shows — often involving animals and strippers — were discussed in the Commons.
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