Adios...Putas Madres [PA] [Digipak]

Performer: Ministry
Engineer: John Bilberry; Michihiro Tanikawa; Michihiro Tanikawa; Al Jourgensen
Producer: Al Jourgensen; Al Jourgensen
Distributor: RED Distribution

Notes: Personnel: Al Jourgensen (vocals, guitar); John Bilberry, Sin Quirin, Ronnie Jr. Hise, Sin Quirin, Tommy Victor (guitar); John Bechdel (keyboards); Tony Campos (bass guitar); Aaron Rossi (drums). Audio Mixers: Michihiro Tanikawa; Al Jourgensen. Recording information: Manchester Academy, England (05/29/2008). Photographers: Bruce Biegler; Steffan Chirazi. Recorded on Ministry's 2008 farewell tour (dubbed the "C-U-La Tour"), ADIOS presents the veteran industrial metal act in fierce form, charging through tracks from its trilogy of anti-George W. Bush albums--HOUSES OF THE MOLE, RIO GRANDE BLOOD, and THE LAST SUCKER. Highlights of the live album include the first four songs from MOLE ("No W," "Waiting," "Worthless," and "Wrong"), tracks that nod to Ministry's early 1990s heyday, while maintaining its scathing 21st-century ferocity. Though longtime fans may be disheartened that no pre-MOLE material appears on the collection, much of that ground is covered on the previous concert offerings IN CASE YOU DIDN'T FEEL LIKE SHOWING UP (`90) and SPHINCTOUR (`02), making ADIOS particularly suited for latter-day Ministry disciples.

Though Chicago's Ministry is known as the archetypal industrial rock band, they actually started out as a dour synth-funk outfit before founder Alain Jourgensen really ratcheted up the noise and the gloom on 1988's THE LAND OF RAPE & HONEY. In so doing, Ministry became the template for scores of industrial bands to come, combining roaring, metallic guitars, distorted, demonic vocals, and relentlessly pounding electronics. By the '90s, they were alt-rock icons, getting heavy play on MTV and appearing at the Lollapalooza festival. Even after Jourgensen's musical partner Bill Rieflin left in 1994, Ministry continued making dark, disturbing music for their legions of admirers.

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