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MINISTRY Mainman Interviewed On 'Hangar 19' Podcast (Audio)

August 27, 2013

Cutter of Envision Radio Networks' "Hangar 19" podcast recently conducted an interview with MINISTRY mastermind Al Jourgensen. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below.

MINISTRY's 13th studio album, "From Beer To Eternity", will be released on September 6 via 13th Planet Records.

Sessions for what would become "From Beer To Eternity" began last December at Jourgensen's 13th Planet compound in El Paso, Texas, with Jourgensen (who produced the album, composed the music and wrote the lyrics for all 11 songs),guitarists Mike Scaccia and Sin Quirin, drummer Aaron Rossi and bassist Tony Campos. Rough tracks for 18 songs were finished on December 19, and three days later, the 47-year old Scaccia died from a heart attack he suffered onstage while playing a live show with his band RIGOR MORTIS in Dallas, Texas. Jourgensen, Quirin, Rossi and Campos were absolutely devastated.

"We have never, in the history of MINISTRY, ever had a tracking session like that before," stated Jourgensen. "Everything went so smoothly, it was surreal. And Mikey was so on fire and inspired, and really a driving force for this record."

After returning from Scaccia's funeral in Dallas, and shouldering the weight of grief as well as the desire to honor his fallen comrade, Jourgensen locked himself in his studio with his engineer and co-producer Sammy D'Ambruoso for three excruciating months. "There was no choice," Jourgensen said of the bittersweet production process. "During the tracking sessions, Mikey was smiling and going, 'You know what, Al? This is by far and away the best MINISTRY album we've ever done together. This is awesome.'"

Interview (audio):



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