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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Standing on corners
And begging for quarters
For what? for you! (and you)
Busting my head
Cos thats what you said
For all of us -- fuck you!
Just like you!
People are happy
When theyre not so trapped
By someone just like you! (and you)
Many more years
Of nothing but fear
Of anything you do!
1980s was run by
A person whos crazy -- like you! (and you)
The 1990s will be
Unkindly, exactly like you! (and you)
Just like you! (and you)
You!
When one dictator
Is the same as the leader -- just like you! (and you)
We work, we survive
Just like you! (and you)
We work, we twitch
You! (and you)
Just like you!