Despite the fact that they started out as a more pop-oriented goth band, Ministry's unspeakably abrasive, endlessly negative music remains pretty much definitive industrial metal. On top of that, we have singer Al Jourgensen to thank for the whole post-apocalyptic biker-cowboy look that led to sales of millions upon millions of full length black leather coats in the early 1990s. This was due in part to the fact that '90s fashions were weird. But more importantly was when Ministry released their 1988 album, The Land of Rape and Honey, it was clear that the music was genuinely unique in the mainstream and that they had created a sound as powerful and heavy (if not more so) than any alternative or metal band of the period. The band crossed those alternative and metal lines, drawing hordes of fans from each camp and helping along the eventual blurring of those traditionally opposite styles that occurred in the late '80s and early '90s with the onset of grunge rock and alternative metal. Ministry's influence (which can be felt even today in the industrial scene) was both musical and stylistic and the albums they put out during their peak (Land Of Rape And Honey, The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste and Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed & the Way to Suck Eggs) actually stand up over a decade later. The band continues to release albums today and, to its credit, remains as Satanic and sex-obsessed as ever -- an aesthetic Nine Inch Nails may have taken to the top but Ministry invented.

ANIMOSITISOMINA	COLD LIFE	EARLY TRAX	FILTH PIG
FILTHPIG	HOUSES OF THE MOLE	I WANTED TO TELL HER	IN CASE YOU DIDN`T FEEL LIKE SHOWING UP
JESUS BUILT MY HOTROD	JUST ONE FIX	LAND OF RAPE AND HONEY	MIND IS A TERRIBLE THING TO TASTE
N.W.O.	NATURE OF LOVE	OVER THE SHOULDER/ISLE OF MEN/TWITCH	PSALM 69
RANTOLOGY	RIO GRANDE BLOOD	SIDE TRAX	SPHINCTOUR
TAPES OF WRATH	TRIBAL TRANCE(12")DBL PK	TWELVE INCH SINGLES	TWITCH
WITH SYMPATHY	WORK FOR LOVE	ΚΕΦΑΛΗΞΘ	The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste
The Land of Rape and Honey	The Fall / Reload	1992-12-27: Kill for Kicks: Universal Ampitheatre, Los Angeles, CA, USA	Twelve Inch Singles: 1981–1984
In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up (Live)	Power Department	Jesus Built My What?	Live USA (1990-02-13: Omaha, USA)
Lollapalooza '92	N.W.O. (Mix It Yourself)	Trip to Hell	I'm Falling / Cold Life
Revenge (You Did It Again)	All Day / Every Day Is Halloween	The Nature of Love	Halloween (remix) / Nature of Outtakes
Over the Shoulder	No W	Flashback (With Ogre)	Just Another Fix
1986-10-04: RPM Theatre, Toronto, ON, Canada	Welcome to the Secret World of Ministry	Rio Grande DUB Ya	The Last Sucker
Adios... Puta Madres	The Last Dubber	Every Day Is Halloween: Greatest Tricks	Every Day Is Halloween
Mixxxes of the Molé	Every Day Is Halloween: The Remixes	1994-10-01: Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA, USA	Bridge School Benefit VIII
1982-05-02: East Side Club, Philadelphia, PA, USA	1988-12-12: Copa, Toronto, ON, Canada	1988-10-31: I-Beam, San Francisco, CA, USA	1983-07-20: First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA
1996-12-05: The Joint, Las Vegas, NV, USA	1986-06-06: Medusa's, Chicago, IL, USA	2003-02-28: Elysee Montmatre, Paris, France	1999-08-27: Deep Ellum Live, Dallas, TX, USA
1990-01-13: The Channel, Boston, MA, USA	Los Angeles 1992	2003-05-15: Masquerade, Tampa, FL, USA	2003-04-08: Numbers, Houston, TX, USA
1992-11-01: Hamburg Docks, Hamburg, Germany	1984-12-14: Lyons Township High School, LaGrange, IL, USA	1992-12-01: Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, ON, Canada	1999-08-19: Roseland Theater, Portland, OR, USA
2006-06-27: Dome Theatre, Niagara Falls, NY, USA	1988-12-15: The Channel, Boston, MA, USA	2004-10-30: Jannus Landing, St. Petersburg, FL, USA	2003-02-24: Paradiso Club, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1984-10-24: First Ave, Minneapolis, MN, USA	2003-03-12: Deep Ellum Live, Dallas, TX, USA	1996-06-29: Waldrock Festival, Amsterdam, The Netherlands	Stigmata (Remixes)