[tweetmeme]Al Jourgensen may be hard at work on a purported synthpop album (and recording Christmas songs), but he’s not quite done with Ministry, the proto-industrial act he allegedly retired this year. Next summer will see the release of “Fix: The Ministry Movie,” a documentary about Uncle Al and Ministry featuring appearances by Nine Inch Nails’ [...]

[tweetmeme]As threatened, ex-Ministry mastermind Al Jourgensen has released a Christmas song with guitarist Mark Gemini Thwaite in memory of late Killing Joke/Ministry bassist Paul Raven. “It’s Always Christmas” is now available for 99 cents via iTunes, and Jourgensen’s 13th Planet Records has just posted the video shown above, which features a rambling intro from Uncle [...]

[tweetmeme]Legendary L.A. punk act X will celebrate the holidays this year by releasing a Christmas single — just like Ministry’s Al Jourgensen! — and performing four festive California concerts in late December.
The band’s original lineup — John Doe, Exene Cervenka, Billy Zoom and D.J. Bonebrake — convened in August in Los Angeles to record a [...]

Is Uncle Al going soft? First ex-Ministry mastermind Al Jourgensen lets slip plans to record a pop album, and now he’s announcing he’ll release a Christmas song — hey, just like Bob Dylan! — later this year in memory of late Killing Joke/Ministry bassist Paul Raven.
Building up to Tuesday’s release of Revolting Cocks remix disc Sex-O [...]

With Ministry now over and a bunch of ringers currently out on the road as the Revolting Cocks, industrial godfather Al Jourgensen is threatening to go back to his much-derided roots and do the near-unthinkable: record a pop album.
In an interview last week with VampiresFreaks.com to promote the RevCo tour, Jourgensen claims he is working [...]

Record Rack: A weekly round-up of the pertinent new albums, reissues and/or box sets due out Tuesday.
ARTIST: Living Colour
RELEASE: The Chair in the Doorway
BACKSTORY: The hard rockers this week issue their fifth overall album and second full-length since reuniting in 2000. The band — featuring original members Corey Glover, Vernon Reid and [...]

Ministry’s Al Jourgensen this week announced his spin-off band Revolting Cocks will mount its first headlining tour in two decades this fall — although that’s really just in name only, since Jourgensen’s no longer even in the band, which is comprised of all new touring members.
Formed in 1983, Jourgensen’s RevCo long as been a sort [...]

Record Rack: A weekly round-up of the pertinent new releases hitting stores this Tuesday:
ARTIST: Ministry
ALBUM: Adios…
BACKSTORY: Al Jourgensen says goodbye to his long-running industrial juggernaut with this 13-track live album — to be followed by a companion live DVD in May — which features a tracklist curiously devoid of anything remotely resembling a well-known Ministry [...]

Record Rack: A weekly round-up of the pertinent new releases hitting stores this Tuesday:
ARTIST: U2
ALBUM: No Line on the Horizon
FORMAT: CD, LP, download
BACKSTORY: Bono and Co.’s 12th album leaked nearly two weeks ago, prompting the band to stream it on MySpace well before its official release date. The disc finds U2 working with longtime associates [...]