[POSTPONED: October 16, 2021] Ministry / Helmet / Front Line Assembly [rescheduled from July 18, 2020, April 16, 2021; moved to March 12, 2022]
Out of the blue, and very close to the time of the shows, this tour was cancelled and postponed until next year.
The lineup has completely changed as well. Initially, the support was from KMFDM an Front Line Assembly. Then KMFDM was replaced with Helmet. Now for the show next year, we have The Melvins and Corrosion of Conformity. I had pretty much decided i wasn’t going to go to this show anyhow, but it always lingered in the back of my mind as something I might want to do. Of course, I’d much rather go to the Wellmont than Franklin Music Hall, although I’m in no rush to get tickets for this.
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This show was moved to April which seemed reasonable at the time. I see now that it has been pushed back to October which actually seems optimistic. I am very bummed to see that KMFDM is no longer on the tour, as They would have been a great opener. I like Helmet, but I think KMFDM would have been more fun. If I’m going to one of these two shows (Philly the other one) it would certainly be this one.
I’ve been a fan of Ministry for decades. I even liked the first album With Sympathy (and listen to it now more than their hardercore stuff). But when Land of Rape and Honey came out, it was the most intense thing in the world. It was incredible.
They put out a series of great heavy albums, although by 1999’s Filth Pig either I stopped enjoying it or they just weren’t as good.
So I guess it has been two decades since I cared about Ministry. However, Al Jourgensen and his band keep touring and, since I’ve seen Slayer now, I thought I should see what a ministry experience is like.
I wanted to go to their show in 2018, (I was really interested in seeing opening band Igorr) but the date just didn’t work for me.
Although I hadn’t yet gotten tickets for this show, I was looking forward to this retro bill.
I liked KMFDM more in theory than actually listening to them–I have one album I think). But I always appreciated them (especially the joke that their initials stand for Kill Mother Fucking Depeche Mode–actually it is Kein Mehrheit Für Die Mitleid, “no pity for the majority”). Only one guy is still in the band, but I’d be curious to see what their proto-Rammstein show would be like.
Front Line Assembly 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). I’m curious what 1980s industrial music sounds like in 2020.
Now that I see that the show is also going to be at the Wellmont Theater in Montclair, I will definitely try to get to that one instead.
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