By Jacob Gordon of TreeHugger.com View pictures At a cost of $35,000, the all-electric smart car will be more than twice the price of the recently Americanized gasoline version.Walk into a Wal-Mart in the not-too-distant future and among the thousands of products for sale will be an electric car. It will not be a remote control car, a golf cart or a little scooter to help granny cruise the aisl...
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Ministry will embark on their final world tour next March. The North American stretch kicks it off in Vancouver, British Columbia on March 28th. The tour, dubbed "C U LaTouR," will include Ministry's founder Al Jourgensen, Tommy Victor (Prong), Sin Quirin (Revolting Cocks), keyboardist John Bechdel (Prong, AoTW, False Icons), drummer Jimmy DeGrasso (ex-Megadeth, Suicidal Tendencies, Alice Coope...
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In a recent interview for Radio Metal with Aaron Rossi in which the Ministry drummer discusses the incident that took place on June 24, 2008 at the band's concert at Havana Café in Toulouse, France. According to the official explanation offered by the group and the venue, Ministry's show had to be stopped after a fan allegedly jumped up on stage and attempted to attack the band with tear gas. H..
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Ministry released their final album ??The Last Sucker?? today (September 18). In a promotional effort, the entire album is available for streaming at MP3.com. "CLICK HERE TO CHECK IT OUT":CHAfter 27 years, 11 studio albums, four Grammy nominations, and plenty of pain, Ministry has just released its final album, ??The Last Sucker??. This will give Jourgensen plenty of time to devote himself to ...
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Date: Oct 21, 2007 10:24 AMSaturday, October 20, 2007 - The 13th Planet family is saddened to confirm the devastating news of the sudden and unexpected death of Ministry's bassist, Paul Raven. Raven was working with French recording artists Treponem Pal on their new collaboration with Ted Parsons (ex-Prong/ex-Killing Joke/Jesu) and members of The Young Gods in a small village on the French/Swis...
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Ministry announced they've been working on an album of remixes. ??Rio Grande Dub?? (13th Planet Records) is scheduled for release in June. They've offered a sample of one tracks form the album on their website."Click Here":CH to check it out.(Rio Grande Blood (Rio Grande Dubya Mix)[CH]http://thirteenthplanet.com/player/
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Ministry frontman Al Jourgensen has revealed to Germany's Metal Hammer magazine that the group's previously announced "final" album, "The Last Sucker", will be followed by an all-covers release, slated for 2008. According to Jourgensen, the as-yet-untitled effort will contain "a lot of different cover songs from various bands," some of which have already been released on Ministry albums over th...
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Ministry announced additional dates for what they are saying will be the band's last tour. The C U LaTour will cover 32 cities beginning March 25th. According to LiveDaily:The lineup for the trek consists of frontman (and sole remaining original member) Al Jourgensen, guitarists Tommy Victor and Sin Quirin, keyboardist John Bechdel and drummer Jimmy DeGrasso, with Static X's Tony Campos takin...
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Last night I went to see the Anvil movie. I liked it-- but I'm an old time Anvil fan. Still there's a sense of comic-tragic angst, sometimes inspirational, sometimes hopeless, that could appeal to anyone at all. The new film about Ministry, Fix won't be quite as easy to get behind for non-fans. It's the ultimate rock'n'roll movie, warts and all, that a commercial venture like the Rolling Stones...
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Former Ministry bassist Paul Raven was found dead at a private home on the French side of the Swiss border Saturday. His death was apparently due to a heart attack, according to his publicist. Raven was 46.Paul Raven, when he was in Killing Joke.From a press release issued by Ministry’s publicist:“Raven (known also for his work with Killing Joke, Prong) was in Geneva working with French record
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The aptly titled The Last Sucker will be the final CD from nu-metalheads Ministry. The album will be released on September 18th after which the band lead by Al Jourgensen will embark on a world tour in 2008. After that it’s kaputt, done, finito, syanara to Ministry. Jourgensen will make his main focus 13th Planet Records, putting11 studio albums and 27 years with Ministry behind him. The 11-tr.
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Ministry, arguably the most influential industrial band to date, punctuated the close of their 30 year recording career with 2007’s The Last Sucker. Now comes the remix album, The Last Dubber, an appropriately beguiling album that dabbles in both trance and metal.The Last Sucker was greeted with a chorus of glowing reviews including Pitchfork proclaiming it “Ministry’s most exciting record
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