Interview conducted by James Currie (In The Loop Magazine)
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@annak8313 Жыл бұрын
I love this man. Singing "So What" in the live Ministry video (you all know the one) still kicks my ass. His voice kills and makes this album incredibly intense and vaguely threatening. Perfect.
@carljensen33311 ай бұрын
My most played Ministry song after Angel.
@JackPeloquin9 ай бұрын
“This album…” He wasn’t on Land of Rape… Neither was So What.
@JJONNYREPP7 ай бұрын
Look Out The Window gene autry
@browngirlinaclownworld20775 жыл бұрын
Easily one of the greatest albums of the 1980s. As heavy as anything the metal crowd was doing at the time, but much more fresh and imaginative. Right up there with Faith No More's 'The Real Thing'.
@glenbellefonte9620 Жыл бұрын
I like everything you said until that last thing about Faith. I mean, no comparison. The Real Thing seemed commercial, typical, and marketed in contrast to Land. Land was like some weird dark secret that was coming from hell. I mean Deity and The Missing. Those horns in Deity seem almost mental and off the chain weird
@Brian-ob9vf5 жыл бұрын
It would be epic if Al and Chris would produce an album together now. Maybe a little flashback of '88
@Randomcorpse5 жыл бұрын
A flashback of 88 but only if they laugh like a motherfucker
@tvacchino5 жыл бұрын
Bring back Paul too!!
@paladro2 жыл бұрын
i'd be just as interested any collab they do, retro sound or something brand new.
@tvacchino5 жыл бұрын
Chris's solo work was such a radical unexpected departure from what He was doing with AL that I was just blown away!! And I love his voice as it reminds me of BOWIE
@williamjosephdunn58795 жыл бұрын
Bowie with a LOT of Scott Walker thrown in. Walker was also a huge influence on Bowie as well
@tvacchino5 жыл бұрын
Agreed!!
@clvrswine5 жыл бұрын
Duh.
@nichttuntun33643 жыл бұрын
Both awesome singers, Scott and Chris. :)
@13yelworC13 Жыл бұрын
Bowie AND Scott Walker (who influenced Bowie)
@mykeadaptiv58284 жыл бұрын
Every time Chris looks down, the light that's reflecting in his sunglasses makes him looks like he has reverse googly eyes. Once you see it, you can't unsee it.
@johnmchugh80492 жыл бұрын
Chris’s book is hilarious talking about the craziness of uncle Al , in the audio book he often breaks into uncontrollable laughter
@tangibleblockofwisdom6386 Жыл бұрын
Ok you sold me. Take your salesman of the year award and get the hell outta heeeeer
@francisbottoni64705 жыл бұрын
This one changed everything...I discovered it in my 1st year of college and to the chagrin of my hippie girlfriend at the time, I incessantly listened to my LORAH CD...I was blown away & hooked to LORAH like a seductive obsession...it ravaged my mind and possessed my soul...well, eventually in the winter of 1988, Ministry performed in Farmingdale NY at now defunct Spize Nite Club...that concert in a word was a “Game Changer”...we went in as naive twerps and left as valiant Ministry disciples...sincere thanks to them all: Uncle Al Jourgensen & Paul Barker & the entire Ministry Camp, then & now...🕯💅🏼🌹💅🏼🕯💋
@robertjohnson2290 Жыл бұрын
Was there, think it was called the Crazy Donkey after Spize switched ownership, with my bro in law. Insane intimate show as I recall. I also remember all his shows at the Ritz and other venues in NYC which were much more audience involved.
@ThePeter2814 жыл бұрын
Great album. I always remember about great bass line in "Golden Dawn"
@stevechartrand43625 жыл бұрын
This album completely changed me and my musical tastes. The most out-there, insane, ahead of its time album I had ever heard. I STILL listen to it! Chris is a great artist I still follow, love his voice.
@blueberry9696ify5 жыл бұрын
L.O.R.A.H is the best album of Ministry ! A masterpiece
@carlhorowitz75704 жыл бұрын
@@jayskade8350 Animositisomina does it for me.
@oliverhazard732 жыл бұрын
masterpiece
@notsoeasy94874 жыл бұрын
Game changing band , my favourites . And for the eighties they were magic . Exciting compared to anything back then .
@MrGrimm-tz9gs5 жыл бұрын
Kickass!.. bit of a long time no see,, cool seeing Mr.connelly doing good..
@apawstate3 жыл бұрын
I've been listening to Ministry and industrial since the late 80s, and I didn't know until now that Chris Connelly was Scottish. I'd never heard him speak, only sing, and it wasn't mentioned in any interviews that I remember reading.
@spike70382 жыл бұрын
His vocals in Never Believe are pretty broad Scots but if you aren’t Scottish you wouldn’t necessarily notice. Being from only few miles away from where he was brought up I remember being ‘who the fucks singing’....good times
@williamkjwilliamkj18153 жыл бұрын
You are truly an inspiration sir. Thank you for all of the music over the years.
@vaughnmild44674 жыл бұрын
So you so "So What" @ the Riviera in Chicago circa 17 or 18. You were GREAT! Thanks for doing what u do man
@douglasshankland7515 жыл бұрын
Paul and Chris formed Bells Into Machines and I believe presale vinyl is available. I've been really looking forward to getting this after hearing what they have released as previews... I had also read once that the debut would be a double album.
@nichttuntun33643 жыл бұрын
I needed 30 years to finally dig the cover art work :) On the vinyl is even harder to see, as it's bigger. Still got all the records.
@bucksatanII5 жыл бұрын
I hope one day Al, Paul, Chris & Bill get together in a studio and write something
@masonbaker23774 жыл бұрын
Ian .M no chance
@maxcadey92234 жыл бұрын
Al, paul and chris have settled their personal issues so who knows
@rblfrmthewstdwn4 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, Bill Rieflin passed away. He was such a unique musician even for Al Jourgensen's band of merry misfits. A polished professional skin man who will be missed. RIP
@NachtSchreck134 жыл бұрын
@@rblfrmthewstdwn whaaaaaat?? I had no fucking idea. Damn, that fucking sucks. That double drum solo with Rieflin and Atkins on the intro of Breathe on In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up is the most mind-blowing thing ever.
5 жыл бұрын
After Chris, and eventually Paul left ministry, ministry hasn't been the same. Many claim Al for all the success, but I to disagree. Listen to ministry, Revolting Cocks, Pail Head, etc, Al was surrounded with talent. Once they left, ministry tanked. A few songs here and there, but nothing compared to the past.
@jeffram685 жыл бұрын
Agreed. Absolutely. No more than one or two really good songs per album for a while now. Paul, Chris, and Bill were the other three cornerstones that made Ministry and RevCo special. I'd love to see them re-unite.
@MrPerattzi4 жыл бұрын
Time is a factor here. You cannot discount Uncle AL bc his output eventually declined, no one stays on top forever.
@cartertheunstoppablefaxmac9023 жыл бұрын
Al brought the chaos and intensity, Paul brought the grooves, Chris brought the human warmth
@cartertheunstoppablefaxmac9023 жыл бұрын
And not forgetting Bill who brought the rhythm
@matts47503 жыл бұрын
I totally agree. Al was surrounded by amazing musicians and even though there was all this insanity/clash of personalities it just worked musically. I like some of the newer ministry but it just isn't the same without guys like Paul Barker.
@kryptichands968 Жыл бұрын
Cannibal song still is a nail in my structure,
@NachtSchreck134 жыл бұрын
I wonder if they dubbed the original versions of Pailhead tunes with Connelly on vox. I'd so love to hear them.
@senateguard333 жыл бұрын
They did. Here it is kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fqmhqdNel9jQf2w.html&ab_channel=SteveArra
@genevieveleblanc79104 жыл бұрын
He was my director for a school of rock show. He directed David Bowie (:
@netenemy5 жыл бұрын
If you liked hearing about the behind the scenes stuff, check out Chris’s book, Concrete, Bulletproof, Invisible & Fried: My Life as a Revolting Cock.
@michaelstilger84103 жыл бұрын
How is Al not so greatly revered for the body of work....because he’s still alive.
@oliverhazard732 жыл бұрын
we r talking about him right now. REVERED
@cynthianovoselsky35923 жыл бұрын
Such a great voice
@pamela74h3 жыл бұрын
My favorite album. 🤟🏻💗👹
@cristianfuentes616411 ай бұрын
Deity is one of my favorite songs on the album too.
@mattdag695 жыл бұрын
It would be nice to hear some early 80's style ministry but with als real vocals lol
@miked31685 жыл бұрын
I agree, remaster it. It needs to be played loud
@shanereynolds4276 Жыл бұрын
A mfing classic. Thank you Ministry
@shedtalksrecovery4 жыл бұрын
El Paso misses you, Al
@nobbynoris Жыл бұрын
Kind of surprising how positive Chris sounds talking about his time with RevCo and Ministry given that Al Jourgensen didn't have a good word to say about him in The Lost Gospels.
@williamhollaway19604 жыл бұрын
I hope Paul atleast comes back as luxa/pan productions...... sometimes to get something new. you have to break the formula and revisit the past..... MINISTRY knows their fans would be interested it's been twenty years since we've heard a luxa/pan collaboration but if Paul produced he wouldn't have to worry about touring he could still have his company etc. and ministry would have a new record that would atleast have the fans attention again and their touring new former tool guy could still play bass while letting the luxa/pan sound reguvinate
@rleeroberts63504 жыл бұрын
Chris is so fukkin epic
@BigStevie5 жыл бұрын
LEGEND!!!!!
@papersack42904 жыл бұрын
He walked into an interview wearing a cowboy hat with a piece of staw in his mouth and said, "you boys got something against Texas?" Everyone in the room started laughing and almost fell out if their chairs.
@amc71856 ай бұрын
The Land of… defines “landmark”. An album that took this post-punk/goth type in a different, but sensible, direction. If you were hitting the
@soonerfanjim2 жыл бұрын
I would love a remaster for better sound.
@Sklang322 жыл бұрын
One of the baddest mofukkaz on the planet! Love you Mr. C!
@ceef86883 жыл бұрын
4:30 "When you realize what it is (on the cover), it's really quite shocking." After twenty years of loving this album, for the first time I discerned the cover, which I somehow never believed to be an image of anything specific.
@GardenofEyesNL3 жыл бұрын
Ha.. same here. It took me many years to realise what I was actually looking at. I always thought it was some sort of static, empty landscape with some kind of skeletal figure hovering inside of it.
@ceef86883 жыл бұрын
@@GardenofEyesNL hah that's exactly how I might have described it! Off the top of my head, probably worse. Purple... just mostly purple, with some desert ground near the bottom. Maybe like a floating ghost pyramid.
@belladonna13110 ай бұрын
MY SISTER AND I SAW YOU PLAY. I CAN'T REMEMBER IF YOU WILL BILLED WITH MINISTRY OR... "WHIPPING BOY"? THAT CAME LATER? THERE WERE SO MANY OFF SHOOTS AND PROJECTS, CONFUSING.
@holdinmcgroin8639 Жыл бұрын
Chris looks like Johnny Knoxville in this interview
@CorneliusDoomsDay5 жыл бұрын
I live in The Town of Rape and Honey, but unfortunately it changed it's motto and is now Opportunity Grows Here which would make a real shitty album name.
@multaniloverofbeer5 жыл бұрын
Tisdale Drove through it once or twice.
@glenbellefonte9620 Жыл бұрын
Not if it's a Taylor Swift album
@reanimate215 жыл бұрын
Brian Shanley designed that cover
@MrGrimm-tz9gs5 жыл бұрын
..but,, I wish he woulda said what was on the album art of the rape and honey 🍯 sleeve.. can anyone inform me?. I've tried to figure it out for years lol. I thought it might be a tank with an explosion or something. But I'm not sure.
@juliojhfhiraldo7775 жыл бұрын
The album cover is an electronically processed image of a burned corpse in the Leipzig-Thekla subcamp of Buchenwald.
@NoOne-jg4ez5 жыл бұрын
Turn it sideways to the left and hold it as far from your face as you can. It's a burned out skull from buchenwald.
@HBrooks6 ай бұрын
you have been found guilty of commerce with the devil! one of the best Ministry albums. This one, Psalm 69, Mind is a Terrible Thing are the top three. Filth Pig and Dark Side rounding out the top five. ive seen ministry and/or revco about twelve or so times over the years. the late 80's/early 90's was the best, but revco (with paul barker) in the past few years was kickass. al seems to have lost his magic lately. unfortunate, but so has Jello, who was great in this album's live show videos. thanks Chris, for 'crackin' me up over the years!
@utilityheel25 күн бұрын
hell ya connelly's the man.
@maxmatson15785 жыл бұрын
Hey I'm glad this came out but my dates a little wrong didn't twitch come before land of rape and honey and didn't Chris Connelly work on "you know what you are" instead¿?
@maxmatson15785 жыл бұрын
@Narrow Deep narrow deep yeah thank you that's what I thought and plus I didn't think that he worked on deity precisely?
@glenbellefonte9620 Жыл бұрын
He said it didn't come before
@carlosmiguelpalacioscastan35925 жыл бұрын
Johnny knoxville..???
@holdinmcgroin86395 жыл бұрын
lol thought the same
@davidl5709 ай бұрын
Is it just me, or does he kind of resemble Vince Clarke?
@angusdf_versus3 жыл бұрын
He is my dad
@hammerhorrible3 жыл бұрын
Then I am your brother. No not really. Cool Dad, if he's really your Dad.
@clvrswine3 жыл бұрын
@@hammerhorrible Chris Connelly's dad drowned.
@devixszell Жыл бұрын
i always knew that was him on the missing - ha!
@LMB2222 жыл бұрын
I can hear the Belgian influence. Or perhaps some Ministry influence on Belgians.
@JSHaivas5 жыл бұрын
Was this filmed in Wicker Park? Looks familiar...
@miked31685 жыл бұрын
I agree with Chris, this album totally needs to be remastered, it sounds kind of flat and quiet when played loud. Same goes for Skinny Puppy's Rabies album (since Al was on that album)
@clvrswine5 жыл бұрын
OK, expert.
@glenbellefonte9620 Жыл бұрын
@ClvrSwine he don't know shit
@alloybust38427 күн бұрын
Golden Dawn is the best for me
@salasg5 жыл бұрын
⚡📈⚡📈
@MrEyeM5 жыл бұрын
looked like an old johnny knoxville in the preview
@user-zu1hi4br4t5 жыл бұрын
Hahaha nice
@ennbee20514 жыл бұрын
He can do no wrong.
@General_Proton Жыл бұрын
Al Jorgensen for President 2024 .
@ClubNoiseband2 жыл бұрын
Ok but who were the fake Revco faces on the albums lol
@glenbellefonte9620 Жыл бұрын
Somebody to do with albums family in West Virginia. I think art director or something
@genewest84262 жыл бұрын
RIP Chris
@uncooldispatch5438 Жыл бұрын
What ?
@genewest8426 Жыл бұрын
@@uncooldispatch5438 He died years ago
@glenbellefonte9620 Жыл бұрын
@@genewest8426 No sir. He's still around. You're the one who's gone, meat-munch.