Manowar

See. See also: Revolting Cocks. Manowar (wargame) a wargame by Games Workshop, now Out of Print. Ministry's latest album, The Houses of the Molé, was released in 2004. Manowar (band). Longtime bassist Barker left the band in 2003. Man O' War (racehorse). Ministry's single "Bad Blood" appeared on the soundtrack album of The Matrix and was nominated for a 2000 Grammy award, but for the next several years, label problems prevented much recorded material from being released, except the Sphinctour album and DVD in 2002.

Portuguese Man O' War, a jellyfish like creature. In spite of their growing success, Ministry was derailed by a series of drug problems and arrests, and finally, the suicide of guitarist William Tucker. Man of war, a type of warship. The three other albums were Filth Pig (1995), Dark Side of the Spoon (1999) and Animositisomina (2003). The music video was a hit on MTV, and the full-length Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs was another hit. After several years of touring and recording, Ministry broke into the mainstream in 1991 with "Jesus Built My Hotrod" (co-written by Michael Balch, and Gibby Haynes of the Butthole Surfers).

Ministry would also inspire and inform the industrial collectives of the 1990s such as Pigface and KMFDM. Barker released his own material as Lead Into Gold and Jourgensen lent his heavy hand to treating Skinny Puppy's Rabies LP. Jourgensen and Barker also formed Lard with Dead Kennedys frontman Jello Biafra, Acid Horse with Cabaret Voltaire, 1000 Homo Djs with Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor, PTP with Chris Connelly and Pailhead with Ian MacKaye of Minor Threat and Fugazi. "Revco," as it was fondly referred to, was essentially the same band plus Belgian vocalist Luc Van Acker.

Foremost of these was Ministry's alter ego, the Revolting Cocks. Many of these bore Ministry's signature sound and the duo's "Hypo Luxa/Hermes Pan" production imprint. Throughout the late 1980s Jourgensen and Barker expanded their ideas beyond Ministry into a seemingly endless parade of side projects and collaborations. Both albums stretched the definition of industrial to include the tight, thick soundscapes formerly occupied by thrash metal, albeit with jackhammer drums, obscure samples and unconventional electronic processing.

The follow-up, The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste was just as acclaimed. The album was a smash success in the underground music scene. With Paul Barker, William Rieflin, Mike Scaccia and Chris Connelly, Jourgensen recorded The Land of Rape and Honey (1988). Though Twitch did not sell well, it set the stage for Ministry's move into industrial music.

Jourgensen parted ways with bandmate Stephen George and took the band in a new, more hardcore direction for Twitch (1985). The debut album was With Sympathy (1983), but sales were sluggish. The band was formed in 1981 by Alain Jourgensen. Ministry is an industrial rock band of the 1980s and 90s.

Sphinctour (2002). What About Us? - Promo (2001). Tapes of Wrath (2000). In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up - Live! (1990).

3 for One box (2000). Just Another Fix (1995). Box (1983). No "W" (2004).

Bad Blood (1999). Brick Windows (1996). Lay Lady Lay (1995). The Fall (1995).

Just One Fix (1992). N.W.O. (1992). Jesus Built My Hotrod (1991). Burning Inside (1989).

Stigmata (1988). Halloween Remix (1987). Over the Shoulder (1985). The Nature of Love (1984).

All Day (1984). Work for Love (1983). Revenge (1983). I Wanted to Tell Her (1983).

Cold Life (1981). Side Trax (2004). Early Trax (2004). The Houses of the Molé (2004).

Animositisomina (2003). Sphinctour (2002). Greatest Fits (2001). Dark Side of the Spoon (1999).

Filth Pig (1995). Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs (1992). In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up (live) (1990). The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste (1989).

The Land of Rape and Honey (1988). Twelve Inch Singles (1987). Twitch (1985). With Sympathy (1983).