Tag: KMFDM

The Sisters of Mercy to play rare U.S. shows; The Sisterhood’s out-of-print “Gift” reissued

The Sisters of Mercy to play rare U.S. shows; The Sisterhood’s out-of-print “Gift” reissued

The Sisters of Mercy are scheduled to play a pair of rare U.S. shows this spring as the lone album from Andrew Eldritch’s mid-’80s side project The Sisterhood finally sees a reissue.

Ministry’s Industrial Strength Tour delayed a 3rd time, opening acts shuffled again

Ministry’s Industrial Strength Tour delayed a 3rd time, opening acts shuffled again

Ministry’s Industrial Strength Tour has been been rescheduled for a third time due to the pandemic, moving from summer 2020 to spring 2021 to fall 2021 and, now, spring 2022.

Ministry’s Industrial Strength Tour delayed again, with Helmet replacing KMFDM

Ministry’s Industrial Strength Tour delayed again, with Helmet replacing KMFDM

Ministry’s Industrial Strength Tour has been been rescheduled for a second time due to the COVID-19 pandemic, moving from summer 2020 to spring 2021 and now fall 2021, this time with Helmet joining Front Line Assembly as openers rather than KMFDM. See the new dates right here.

Ministry’s Industrial Strength Tour with KMFDM and Front Line Assembly moved to 2021

Ministry’s Industrial Strength Tour with KMFDM and Front Line Assembly moved to 2021

Ministry’s Industrial Strength Tour with KMFDM and Front Line Assembly — a celebration of the 30th anniversary of The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste and that album’s famed tour — has been moved from summer 2020 to spring 2021 due to ongoing restrictions on crowd sizes in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Ministry debuts new song ‘Alert Level’ off upcoming 15th studio album

Ministry debuts new song ‘Alert Level’ off upcoming 15th studio album

Ministry this week premiered a new song called “Alert Level” off the band’s upcoming 15th studio album that Al Jourgensen and Co. had begun recording earlier this year before the coronavirus pandemic disrupted the music industry and all manner of daily life. Hear the new song right here.

Bill Rieflin, drummer for Ministry, Pigface, RevCo and R.E.M., dead at 59

Bill Rieflin, drummer for Ministry, Pigface, RevCo and R.E.M., dead at 59

Bill Rieflin, the thunderous drummer who made his name in Chicago’s late-’80s/early-’90s industrial scene pounding out beats for Ministry, Revolting Cocks, Pigface and more before manning the kit for R.E.M. over the last eight years of that band’s career, died on Tuesday of cancer, according to former bandmates. He was 59.

Watch: Strangeways Radio + Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Week in Review: Jan. 13-17, 2020

Watch: Strangeways Radio + Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Week in Review: Jan. 13-17, 2020

Our good friends at Strangeways Radio are putting together a new week-in-review video that will recap the news posted at Slicing Up Eyeballs and on the Strangeways site throughout the preceding week, hosted by Velvet Rebel. This week’s episode features news about Depeche Mode, The House of Love, Boomtown Rats and more.

Ministry’s Industrial Strength Tour to feature KMFDM and Front Line Assembly

Ministry’s Industrial Strength Tour to feature KMFDM and Front Line Assembly

Ministry will celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste this summer by recreating that album’s famed tour, enlisting original opener KMFDM and fellow heavyweight Front Line Assembly — and possibly a chained-link fence — for the Industrial Strength Tour. Full dates right here.

New releases: The Replacements, Ramones, Thurston Moore, KMFDM, Prefab Sprout, Midge Ure

New releases: The Replacements, Ramones, Thurston Moore, KMFDM, Prefab Sprout, Midge Ure

This is a round-up of the week’s new albums, expanded reissues and/or box sets, appearing each Monday on Slicing Up Eyeballs. All releases due out Friday. May also include other titles released in recent weeks but not previously featured. This weeks’ releases include titles from The Replacements, KMFDM and more.

New releases: KMFDM returns with ‘Hell Yeah,’ plus Style Council vinyl reissues

New releases: KMFDM returns with ‘Hell Yeah,’ plus Style Council vinyl reissues

Record Rack: A round-up of the week’s new albums, expanded reissues and/or box sets, appearing each Monday on Slicing Up Eyeballs. All releases due out this Friday unless noted. This week’s titles include KMFDM’s new album ‘Hell Yeah’ and two vinyl reissues from Paul Weller’s Style Council.

The Jesus and Mary Chain, KMFDM, Poptone playing L.A. fest with ‘strictly all black’ dress code

The Jesus and Mary Chain, KMFDM, Poptone playing L.A. fest with ‘strictly all black’ dress code

The Jesus and Mary Chain will return to the U.S. this fall to headline the Cloak & Dagger Festival in Los Angeles, a two-day event that also will feature KMFDM and Poptone, featuring Daniel Ash and Kevin Haskins of Bauhaus, Tones on Tail and Love and Rockets. Full details here.

KMFDM and Skinny Puppy side project ohGr announce 25-date U.S. tour this fall

KMFDM and Skinny Puppy side project ohGr announce 25-date U.S. tour this fall

German industrialists KMFDM and Skinny Puppy offshoot ohGr will follow up their appearance at the Cold Waves festival in Chicago with a U.S. tour that’ll keep them on the road through October playing two dozen shows from coast to coast.

Watch: Trailer for ‘Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records’ documentary

Watch: Trailer for ‘Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records’ documentary

The premiere of the long-in-the-works documentary about the rise and fall of Chicago’s Wax Trax! Records retail shop and record label is just over a day away, but for those who can’t make it Chicago, or just want a glimpse now, here’s a 3-minute trailer to whet your appetite. Watch the trailer here.