Ministry
The Lost Gospels According to Al Jourgensen
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4.7 • 38 Ratings
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
Ministry is a memoir both ugly and captivating, revealing Al Jourgensen as a man who lived a hard life his own way without making compromises. He survived prolonged drug addiction -- twenty-two years of chronic heroin, cocaine, and alcohol abuse, to be more precise -- before cleaning up, straightening out, and finding new reasons to live.
During his career, Jourgensen has engaged in all of the rock 'n' roll clich's regarding decadence and debauchery and invented new forms of previously unachieved nihilism. Despite this and his addictions, he created seven seminal albums, including the bonafide, hugely influential classic The Land of Rape and Honey, 1989's The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste, and 1992's blockbuster Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed.
Ministry imparts the epic life of Al Jourgensen, a survivor who tempted fate, beat the odds, persevered, and put the pieces back together after unraveling completely.
Customer Reviews
Jourgenson built a hot read
A phenomenally entertaining foray into the world of one of modern music’s most creative and unique minds. Al is both sympathetic and inspirational, a profane prophet who we would do well to grant our undivided attention.
Al needs an editor
Someone with a better memory than Al needed to read this book and edit it, correcting factual errors. I’m only 1/4 of the way through it and there are glaring errors not only about Ministry projects but other artists. It’s also all over the place thematically. It’s obvious there are some days the author just wanted to put pen to paper and other days he’s actually emotionally invested in telling his story. It’s VERY hit and miss.
Wonderful
So glad he took the time to share his experience strength and hope as well as his extraordinarily insane and relentless individualism.