Ministrydid more than any other band to popularize industrial-metal, injecting large doses of punky, over-the-top aggression and roaring heavy metal guitar riffs that helped their music find favor with metal and alternative audiences outside of industrial's cult fan base. That's not to say Ministry had a commercial or generally accessible sound: they were unremittingly intense, abrasive, pounding, and repetitive, and not always guitar-oriented (samples, synthesizers, and tape effects were a primary focus just as often as guitars and distorted vocals). However, both live and in the studio, they achieved a huge, crushing sound that put most of their contemporaries in aggressive musical genres to shame; plus, founder and frontman Al Jourgensengave the group a greater aura of style and theater than other industrial bands, who seemed rather faceless when compared with Jourgensen's leather-clad cowboy/biker look and the edgy shock tactics of such videos as .
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Another day, another knife in the back
Its happened so many times, I stopped tryin to keep track
Youre stuck stickin it in, youre stuck stickin it in
Take it up to the hilt to cover up your own fuckin guilt
And when the shit goes down youre out of places to hide
No time to ask could the motherfucker really survive
Get a load of this fuck, hes the dead guy
Its just a natural ? you never fuckin possessed
You lost control of my life you want control of the rest
Youre always stickin it in, youre always stickin it in
You stuck it so many times you .... .... ....
But when the shit comes down youre out of places to hide
Time to ask if youre alive or just pretend that you died
Just remember this fuck, Im the dead guy
Im the dead guy
Dead guy