Al Jourgensen
Al Jourgensen (born October 9, 1958 in Havana , Cuba ), actually Alain David Jourgensen , is a singer , guitarist , keyboard player , music producer and songwriter , who was mainly known as the front man of the industrial metal band Ministry . Other artist names are Alien Jourgensen or Hypo Luxa , as he calls himself as a producer.
Career
Jourgensen was born in Havana to a Cuban mother and a Norwegian father. He soon came to the USA, where he grew up with his mother and Danish stepfather in Chicago and Denver, among other places . He attended the University of Northern Colorado and the University of Colorado at Boulder . He worked as a radio DJ until he founded the band Special Affect with Groovie Mann . Jourgensen founded Ministry in 1981. In 2008 the band was disbanded, but reported back in 2012 with a new album.
In 1983 Jourgensen was also a co-founder of the Revolting Cocks . In 1989 Jourgensen founded Lard with Jello Biafra ( Dead Kennedys ) and Paul Barker from Ministry . With his bandmate Paul Barker he worked as a producer team.
Many of Jourgensen's texts reflect personal experiences with heroin and cocaine addiction. But some are also of a political nature, he is considered a critic of George W. Bush . He later stated that he had been drug-free since the early 2000s. The triggers were the amputation of a toe and the impending amputation of an arm, the latter, however, as a result of a spider bite.
Jourgensen told journalist Jon Wiederhorn about his memoirs, including many excesses committed under the influence of drugs, in several hour-long interview sessions. The material was published in 2013 as a biography under the title Ministry: The Lost Gospels According to Al Jourgensen.
As of February 3, 2014, he will be treated in a rehab center for his alcohol problem. He also admitted almost dying from health problems resulting from alcohol addiction in 2010.
Discography
With Ministry
With Revolting Cocks
Initial release | title | Label |
1986 | Big Sexy Land | Wax Trax! |
1988 | You Goddamned Son of a Bitch - Live | Wax Trax! |
1990 | Beers, Steers, and Queers | Wax Trax! |
1993 | Linger fucking 'Good | Sire / Reprise / Warner Bros. Records |
2006 | Cocked and Loaded | 13th Planet Records / Megaforce Records |
2007 | Cocktail Mixxx | 13th Planet Records / Megaforce Records |
2009 | Sex-O Olympic-O | 13th Planet Records / Megaforce Records |
2009 | Sex-O MiXXX-O | 13th Planet Records / Megaforce Records |
2010 | Got cock? | 13th Planet Records / Megaforce Records |
With Lard
Initial release | title | Label |
1989 | The Power of Lard | Alternative tentacles |
1990 | The Last Temptation of Reid | Alternative tentacles |
1997 | Pure Chewing Satisfaction | Alternative tentacles |
2000 | 70's Rock Must Die | Alternative tentacles |
With pailhead
Initial release | title | Label |
1988 | Trait (EP) | Wax Trax! |
Book publication
- Al Jourgensen with Jon Wiederhorn: Ministry: The Lost Gospels According to Al Jourgensen. Da Capo Press, Boston 2013, ISBN 978-0-30682-218-6 (English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Al Jourgensen - Biography. Internet Movie Database , accessed April 12, 2012 .
- ^ Daniel Raven: Al Jourgensen and his thoughts on George W. Bush, the Internet as an "anarchy punk-rock threat," and the end of Ministry. Phoenix New Times, April 3, 2008, accessed April 12, 2012 .
- ^ Ministry - Jourgensen's Heroin Wake-Up Call. Contactmusic.com, November 8, 2005, accessed April 12, 2012 .
- ↑ Reading samples in: Jon Wiederhorn: Outtakes from 'Ministry: The Lost Gospels According to Al Jourgensen. In: Noisey of September 6, 2013, accessed on September 28, 2013 (English)
- ↑ http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/ministrys-al-jourgensen-to-enter-alcohol-rehabilitation-facility/
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Jourgensen, Al |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jourgensen, Alain David (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Cuban musician |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 9, 1958 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Havana , Cuba |