[DID NOT ATTEND: May 4, 2023] Ministry / Gary Numan / Front Line Assembly [rescheduled from July 18, 2020, April 17, 2021; moved to March 9, 2022]
Ministry had several tour dates scheduled and cancelled in the last few years. Most were pandemic cancellations, but some seemed out of the blue.
I had once really like Ministry, but I haven’t listened to much by them in ages. So I think I’m pretty much done with the idea of seeing them live. Seeing Skinny Puppy took care of my industrial needs and I suspect the Ministry crowd is more aggressive.
Gary Numan is a pioneer in the genre. And boy do I dislike him. Actually, that’s not fair. I hate the song “Cars” so freakin much that I’ll never get past it to explore him further. So, even if I had wantedto go to this show, Gary Numan might have kept me away.
Front Line Assembly was supposed to open for Ministry on the original 2020 tours. They were eventually replaced. FLA was one of the few bands on the industrial label Waxtrax that I never really got into. I liked many bands on the label, but really never had much exposure to FLA (in the days before you could listen to things online).
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