Ministry

Name: Ministry
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SKU: 9780306824630
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The Lost Gospels According to Al Jourgensen

By Al Jourgensen

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Ministry by Al Jourgensen offers an engaging recount of the life and career of Al Jourgensen, the lead singer and architect of the industrial metal band, Ministry. Through his personal stories and candid reflections, the book provides insights into the highs and lows of his musical journey, revealing experiences with fame, addiction, and the music industry itself. This compelling memoir captures the wild and relentless world of rock and roll through the perspective of one of its most influential figures.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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This book may appeal to you if you are intrigued by the tumultuous journey of a musician who helped shape the industrial music scene. Al Jourgensen offers an unfiltered glimpse into his wild life in the music industry, filled with candid anecdotes, personal struggles, and creative triumphs.

Ministry

The high-octane, no-holds barred memoir by the legendary godfather of industrial music, Al Jourgensen, founder of Ministry

Description

Ministry: The Lost Gospels is both ugly and captivating, revealing a character who has lived a hard life his way, without compromise.

Jourgensen, one of the most innovative and prolific artists ever to pick up a guitar, mandolin, harmonica, or banjo, wanted to be a musician, yet became a rock star. And fame and fortune almost killed him.

An IV drug abuser from the age of fifteen, Jourgensen delved deeper into heroin, cocaine, methadone, and alcohol for twenty-two years before cleaning up, straightening out, and finding new reasons to live.

Filled with humour, heart, decadence, and tragedy, Ministry depicts the epic life of a renegade iconoclast.

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Al Jourgensen's autobiography offers a vivid and unfiltered glimpse into his tumultuous life as a rock star. It's filled with shocking tales of excess, including his struggles with drug addiction and encounters with notable figures. Critics describe the book as captivating and brutally honest, combining humour with an often uncomfortable level of detail. It's a hit with fans of Ministry, but even those unfamiliar with the band may find it an engrossing narrative of survival and chaos in the rock and roll world.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780306824630

Publisher: Hachette Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 08 September 2015

Country: United States

Imprint: Da Capo Press Inc

Illustration: 16 pages b/w photos

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 230.0mm

Weight: 470g

Pages: 336

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Al Jourgensen Arts & Culture Biography & Memoir Musicians, Movie Stars & Creative Biographies Non-Fiction

About the Author

Al Jourgensen is a six-time Grammy-nominated producer, composer, and musician. A multi-platinum-selling artist, Jourgensen's discography spans over thirty years. After getting clean in 2002, he produced another five Ministry discs and launched his own label, 13th Planet. He lives in El Paso, Texas.Jon Wiederhorn is coauthor of the book Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History of Metal, a senior writer at Revolver, and a regular contributor to Guitar World, Yahoo.com, eMusic.com, and Noisey.com. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his family.