Ministry and Surgical Meth Machine mainman Al Jourgensen says that “it’s time” to record another Ministry album.
The vocalist insisted their 2012 album Relapse would be their last after his best friend and longtime guitarist Mikey Scaccia died of heart failure on stage with his other band Rigor Mortis in December that year.
But Jourgensen admits that he was “really angry” after being hounded by the media about Ministry plans and just needed time to grieve.
He tells CleveScene: “When I was asked, it was after Mikey passed and the entire media immediately starts asking me what is going to happen to Ministry. He wasn’t even buried yet.
“It was sick. I was bombarded and email boxes were overloaded with ‘what are you going to do now?’ It was kind of creepy.
“I was really pissed and really angry. I said, ‘Fuck Ministry and fuck you for asking.’ They want to comment on Ministry when my best friend had died. I wanted to have time to mourn before people start asking me about touring dates.”
Jourgensen continues: “It’s been more than two years now, and I got more ideas and I have done albums with Mikey and have done them without him. I have a bunch of songs written in my head. It’s time to get another record out.”
Ministry will tour the UK with DevilDriver next month.
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Al Jourgensen: Ministry's first album made me the maniac douchebag I am today
