Ministry‘s synth pop past has been reinvented for an upcoming album titled “The Squirrely Years Revisited“. The industrial rock group’s vocalist Al Jourgensen previously went to great lengths to disavow that early chapter of the band, having been unhappy with the manipulation of outside forces on his music at the time. At one point, he went so far as to say that the band’s 1983 debut album”With Sympathy“, “traumatized me for years.”
However, recent years have seen Jourgensen warm up to those first entries in the Ministry catalog — albeit by overhauling them in a fashion more palatable to him. His newly re-recorded collection of those earlier tracks will be released next Friday, March 28th, under the title of “The Squirrely Years Revisited“.
Perhaps the most popular track to emerge from that fledgling era of Ministry was “Everyday Is Halloween“. You can now stream the reworked ‘Squirrely Version’ of that song below.
“The Squirrely Years Revisited” track listing:
01 – “Work For Love”
02 – “Here We Go”
03 – “All Day”
04 – “Everyday Is Halloween”
05 – “Revenge”
06 – “I’m Not An Effigy”
07 – “I’m Falling”
08 – “Same Old Madness”
09 – “I’ll Do Anything For You”
10 – “Just Like You” (CD only bonus track)
11 – “We Believe” (CD only bonus track)
12 – “Over The Shoulder” (CD only bonus track)
The following touring will take place in support of that record:
With Nitzer Ebb & Die Krupps:
04/29 Phoenix, AZ – Van Buren
04/30 Albuquerque, NM – Revel
05/02 Austin, TX – Emo’s
05/03 Houston, TX – House of Blues
05/04 Dallas, TX – Factory
05/06 Atlanta, GA – The Eastern
05/08 Columbus, OH – Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival (no Die Krupps)
05/09 Chicago, IL – Riviera
05/10 Detroit, MI – Masonic Cathedral
05/12 Baltimore, MD – Soundstage
With My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult & Die Krupps:
05/13 Philadelphia, PA – Franklin Music Hall
05/14 Boston, MA – Roadrunner
05/16 Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Paramount
05/17 Montreal, QC – MTelus
05/18 Toronto, ON – History
05/20 Minneapolis, MN – Palace
05/21 Winnipeg, MB – Burton Cummings Theatre
05/23 Edmonton, AB – Midway Music Hall
05/24 Calgary, AB – Palace Theatre
05/26 Vancouver, BC – Commodore
05/28 Seattle, WA – Showbox SoDo
05/29 Spokane, WA – Spokane Live Casino
05/31 Denver, CO – Mission Ballroom
06/01 Salt Lake City, UT – Union
06/03 San Francisco, CA – Warfield
06/04 Los Angeles, CA – Palladium
06/05 Las Vegas, NV – House of Blues
