In the world of very politically supercharged bush-bashing bands, on stands a head and shoulders above the others. a band that has been bashing George Bush sr. since before bush-bashing was a sport. This band is Ministry, who have released a trilogy of anti-bush themed albums. Houses of the Mole, Rio Grande Blood, The Last Sucker. The first sign of specifically anti bush themed material was the song N.W.O. off the album Psalm 69 released in 1991. The particular song in question being a protest against the Persian Gulf War attacking Bush personally. On their 2006 release Rio Grande Blood, Ministry even goes so far as to imply that the Bush administration had a direct hand in the attack of 911. Now, is devoting this much material to bashing a specific president really necessary or worth it? Personally I love Ministry. However enough is enough! this much excessively cruel Bush-bashing simply gets old. The album cover for Rio Grande Blood featured an image of George W Bush crucified with a crown of thorns on his head. This type of cover is extremely unnecessary. Bush may be a crappy president, but he doesn't quite deserve this treatment. I am definitely not one to avoid controversy, in fact i encourage it, but this level of single-themed, single minded hatred and controversy is ridiculous. Lets at least diversify our controversial interests and start hating on some other shit too, not just Bush!
On an interesting side note, founder and singer of Ministry Al Jourgensen attended CU boulder. He has also announced plans to disband Ministry after the next tour.
Saturday, October 13, 2007
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i'm with ya. any type of exaggerated and overdone overdone overdone coverage on any topic, whether on an album or wherever, gets on my nneerrrrrvvves...
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