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1000 Homo DJs, Supernaut
I love that the first disc I get to write about is an Al Jourgensen project. I call him Papa Al–he is as close as I get to a personal hero, all the way out to his own personal penultimate response to the music industry.
This is an early side project with Jello Biafra–it basically is Ministry with Jello, but there was also supposed to be a contribution from Trent Reznor. He was cut out because his label at the time wouldn’t release him. The backstory is that Jourgensen ran with Reznor’s original vocal, processed so they couldn’t be identified, but later Jourgensen asserted that the version on this disc is his performance. (The version with Reznor’s vocals was released several times later.)
This was released in 1990, just as Ministry was beginning to hit its stride, a year before Psalm 69 was released.
311, self-titled
One of the few high points of the rap rock scene, these guys sound the same that they did when this album came out in 1995. I played bass in a cover band that played “Down” pretty damn well, if I do say so myself. I like the vocal performance, but the rap stuff gets a bit tedious.
36 Crazyfists, Bitterness The Star
This was given to me by the then-publisher of Revolt In Style magazine. I spun it a couple times and never really looked back. I think it’s kind of heavy, maybe? I’m a big fan of heavy music, but most of what’s been released in the last decade has been really fucking boring.