Metal Hammer UK

WAS THE PAIN OF YOUR FACIAL PIERCINGS WORTH IT?

MINISTRY MASTERMIND ALJOURGENSEN has seen it all in his 40-year musical career, from epic line-ups and legendary tour antics to losing bandmates and friends around him. With Uncle Al’s industrial brainchild unleashing their lockdown-fuelled album Moral Hygiene in October, we turned to the Metal Hammer readers to pit the craziest questions to the man himself, from his memories of touring with the late Joey Jordison to how it really felt getting a face full of piercings in one sitting.

Ministry had Joey Jordison drum with them in ’06 – what are your memories of that tour, and at that point had you already resolved to retire Ministry after the ‘C U LaTour’?

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“I felt like retiring Ministry on the Rio Grande Blood

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